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I am having problems with parts not showing up or getting printed, because of slicer... I have 2 pictures, one is of simplify3d slicer and the other is another slicer. Both are same printer, nozzle settings and size... everything is the same except the program... why is simplify3d missing parts????

You likely need to utilize separate connected surfaces or look at modifying your thin wall print settings.

Please see this explanation from S3D-Alex: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13150&start=10#p56448.

The problem isn't the model.. i can print it just fine.. it's the slicer... for a program that i paid a lot of money for.. it sure does under performs other free programs... i have pulled multi models in other free programs.. and didn't have all these issues.. and have had more options.. i am very, very disappointed in this program, that i should have never bought and would love a refund on... because this isn't something, anyone should expect from such an expensive program.....

Could you please post a Factory File so we can look into this and offer some more specific advice?

I looked at the thin wall settings a little bit and got it a little better...

This part has crossed the bridge where the basic fundamental design of S3D differs to all of the other slicers. Let me explain...

All other slicers work on the basis that if the correct extrusion to maintain the dimensional constraints of the part being printed cannot be achieved, what goes out the window is the dimensional constraints...and slicer will print as thin as it possibly can within the settings of the slicer. The result is a complete print.....but the dimensions of areas of the part will be oversize.

S3D works to a different set of rules. if the correct extrusion to maintain the dimensional constraints of the part being printed what happens is the slicer will simply NOT PRINT the out of parameter parts of the model. Full stop! And the result is holes in the part....and its up to the user to identify that the part will not print...and do something about it. And most of the time is.....slice with another slicer!...or change the nozzle for a smaller nozzle.....or try and use the recently introduced Thin Wall Behaviour settings to try and get the model sliced. What S3D will NEVER do is print any part of the model to be oversized due to extrusion dimension capabilities.

So....to summarise. For this part,, if you want to slice with S3D, you have no choice but to change to a 0.2mm nozzle. Or simply print it with a SLA printer...which is the purpose of this SLA printer capability test piece.

This is explained somewhere on a thread in the forum......I'm too tired to search it out for you!