Hello all,
I haven't yet bought my printer but I've created my model in Sketchup then exported to STL I'm currently trying to get something sensible out of the virtual printer in Repetier. The Gcode view looks fine but when I run it to the virtual printer all the curved columns are a complete mess. I assume the virtual printer is a good representation of what it will come out like.
I am on slic3r 1.17 stable. The model was created in Sketchup and exported to STL using the sketch up plug in. For the curved columns I made sure each radius has an adequate number of segments to prevent faceting. Accutrans reports all the meshes as watertight and manifold. I've even run it through netfabb cloud, yet although it reduces the file size substantially I still get the same I get a horrible looking virtual print. Please see images.
[attachment 38374 GCode.png]Gcode view (Nice, what I would expect)
[attachment 38375 Printpanel.png] Print panel view (The perimeters on the curved surfaces seem to be a mess. Also happens with 0% infill)
[attachment 38376 SolarController18ForReprap_fixed.stl] Stl file
I've tried it with less perimeters, more perimeters. 0% fill. 0.1 layer height 0.4 layer height nothing seems to make a difference.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I really thought i'd designed this well for printing.
Update. I just tried a 5mm cylinder and it does exactly the same thing
I haven't yet bought my printer but I've created my model in Sketchup then exported to STL I'm currently trying to get something sensible out of the virtual printer in Repetier. The Gcode view looks fine but when I run it to the virtual printer all the curved columns are a complete mess. I assume the virtual printer is a good representation of what it will come out like.
I am on slic3r 1.17 stable. The model was created in Sketchup and exported to STL using the sketch up plug in. For the curved columns I made sure each radius has an adequate number of segments to prevent faceting. Accutrans reports all the meshes as watertight and manifold. I've even run it through netfabb cloud, yet although it reduces the file size substantially I still get the same I get a horrible looking virtual print. Please see images.
[attachment 38374 GCode.png]Gcode view (Nice, what I would expect)
[attachment 38375 Printpanel.png] Print panel view (The perimeters on the curved surfaces seem to be a mess. Also happens with 0% infill)
[attachment 38376 SolarController18ForReprap_fixed.stl] Stl file
I've tried it with less perimeters, more perimeters. 0% fill. 0.1 layer height 0.4 layer height nothing seems to make a difference.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I really thought i'd designed this well for printing.
Update. I just tried a 5mm cylinder and it does exactly the same thing