Why can't I print this Soup Pot with lid on my Makerbot z18

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.Stl in .zip

EDIT Fixed .zip & newer files

The .zip file is bad. Try reposting the .stl without putting it inside a .zip file.

Fixed the zip wouldn't let me upload the stl directly.

:-)

which is odd as it's one of the approved file types. is it a very big file ? there are file size limits.

Okay loaded the pot into simplify3d - did you by any chance use inches ?
It needs to be in millimetres :-)

Other than that and the lid needing to be the other way up to print properly. The way you've got it it'll need supports.
Looks fine.

Loads fine into makerware desktop as well.
But the pot only 25.2mm tall - and the lid is the wrong way up.

I don't know... But I think your .STL file is not 'manifold'. Netfabb says it has errors. How did you generate this model?

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Originally Posted by Roxy

I don't know... But I think your .STL file is not 'manifold'. Netfabb says it has errors. How did you generate this model?

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Created in blender.

Still not working after removing non manifold vertices in Meshlab and filling in. Getting weird concentric circles where the raft should be.

Will redo in Autodesk

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what software are you printing with, what machine, etc.
And pics of the actual output would be much more sueful than cad designs.

And answering the odd question might help as well :-)

The model runs through a simplify3d tool path animation with no issues.

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Originally Posted by curious aardvark

what software are you printing with, what machine, etc.
And pics of the actual output would be much more sueful than cad designs.

And answering the odd question might help as well :-)

The model runs through a simplify3d tool path animation with no issues.

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See image below abysmal print quality and holes.

http://i.imgur.com/N3TiOpL.jpg

Printed using MakerBot Desktop 3.6 on a Makerbot z18.

0.15mm,200 degrees 20% infill and huge 2.5cm offsett on the raft to attempt to deal with its strange circle effect

Printed at 10x scale

hmmm.. did you fix this oddity ?
http://i.imgur.com/RdFHEwO.png <top
http://i.imgur.com/b2ziH9o.png <bottom
http://i.imgur.com/FUG1nAV.png <side (cut away)

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Originally Posted by 3dspider

hmmm.. did you fix this oddity ?
http://i.imgur.com/RdFHEwO.png <top
http://i.imgur.com/b2ziH9o.png <bottom
http://i.imgur.com/FUG1nAV.png <side (cut away)

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Yep fixed top and bottom in netfabb. Not sure what side cut is trying to show. Am printing again on side with full supports to see if that helps.

Have tried refining mesh - as the part that prints as a large hole is in the wire-frame a mass of triangles no avail yet though

Thanks for the help guys

the lid - unless you've inverted it, will print much much better with the top flat on the print platform. And wouldn't need supports.

One of the problems I see round here is people assuming that they have to use supports for everything. When correct design and orientation can often eliminate them entirely.

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Originally Posted by curious aardvark

the lid - unless you've inverted it, will print much much better with the top flat on the print platform. And wouldn't need supports.

One of the problems I see round here is people assuming that they have to use supports for everything. When correct design and orientation can often eliminate them entirely.

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I initially tried to print flat bottom up - as you said it should print much better but still had the issues seen in earlier images read a hole in the middle.


Definitely the model and not print settings as per defaults and dozens of variations. Different printers confirm this.

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Originally Posted by MANICX100

Yep fixed top and bottom in netfabb. Not sure what side cut is trying to show. Am printing again on side with full supports to see if that helps.

Have tried refining mesh - as the part that prints as a large hole is in the wire-frame a mass of triangles no avail yet though

Thanks for the help guys

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The side cut shows the reason for the holes. In that spot, your mesh overlapped itself. (self intersecting non-manifold geometry) think of a Klein bottle.

Progress
Wall thickness at center measured at 0.31mm

That is too thin for the machine to recognize. The nozzle is .4mm
Made lid thicker will try again