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Scott_M

Whoops just saw MasterFX's post

Thanks !!

Scott

Scott_M

Thanks Doug
I kind of thought that "Vase Mode" would override the model and make it 1 extrusion wide.
What would it do if the model was solid ?
How does one get it to work?
Or does the model have to be designed with 1 extrusion wall thickness ?

Scott

Scott_M

I just tried printing a funnel/cone shaped object and selected "Vase mode" I thought that having a spiral perimeter would get rid of the "line" where it starts and stops. But it didn't. It still starts and stops and leaves a line. I cannot find any other setting that sounds like ...

Scott_M

I guess I'm not sure why you wouldn't just make the change with the original 3D geometry itself. I do a lot of R&D prototype work for the real world. I may design a complex mechanism and want to rapid prototype a model or a portion of it to check proof of concept or whatever. Before machining t...

Scott_M

I have checked several gcode files myself, and S3D generates the EXACT coordinates that I would expect for these internal holes. So I haven't found any reason to think that the gcode is actually incorrect. If you find otherwise, please feel free to post your factory file and the exact line in the g...

Scott_M

upsm Thank you very much for your very detailed posts, I learned some new stuff :) and I always like it when that happens. You are probably exactly right about the $$$ being the stumbling block. There is an old adage " Build a better mouse trap, and the world will beat a path to your door"...

Scott_M

I agree whirlybird but I am sure some clever programmer could make it work. I think it would need to be some user input fields something like Offset interior Loops with options like a finite dimension or percentage of extrusion width. And you are correct that the problem is worse on smaller features...

Scott_M

Jeff The more I think about it...the band saw analogy doesn't work. The hardware is fine, it is a software problem. I always tell people unfamiliar to CNC that "The machine will go exactly where you tell it to, even if it's wrong" In the case of undersized holes I am pretty sure our machin...

Scott_M

Hi Jeff Please don't think I am being difficult, I just don't understand why nobody has fixed a "know issue" since the inception of the process. I am getting wonderful prints with great accuracy, on the outside of my parts L W and height. I really don't think it is unrealistic to want that...

Scott_M

Well being a new member it seems my posts are being delayed to be approved by a moderator. I replied yesterday morning and it just showed up this morning. If you missed it , it is back on page one, post 5. Maybe I am good to go now. There have been many very good replies to my question, thanks for t...

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