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I have some round and spherical parts.
I'm wondering if there is a way to align the planes of the parts with the surface of the table, and then drop the part onto the bed so the lowest surface is on the bed?

Anyone?

If you are able to identify the exact face you want to place on the bed, there is a dropdown item ( Edit dropdown) that will move the part so the selected face is flat to and on the bed.

A sphere has no face.
My only work around was to make a tiny flat in the model, but that was not ideal

Todd_R wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:13 pm A sphere has no face.

STL/OBJ -> Segmentation. They do have faces.

Even if exporting at extremely high detail levels (like some tools like zBrush/mudbox do) this will be limited by the minimum segment size
of the slicer in use. Also printer firmwares like marlin usually do have a minimum segment length they will print.

Try switching on wireframe view (ctrl+w) and zoom in on the spherical part after importing it into s3d.

Many tools will show you smooth surfaces (meshmixer) because that's sometimes a "default = on" option.

Another thing you can do:
Add a simple plane or box at the end of your model, place it using that like Doug suggested and move it -Z (into the bed) until the plane/box is gone.

If there is a plane in my model, is there a way to select it in the slicer software as the "surface" I want on the bed?

The only answer you're going to get is this:

https://www.simplify3d.com/support/vide ... ce-on-bed/