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Hollow model printing as solid?!

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:44 pm
by bettachick
I am trying to print a hollow pen holder / cup like thing , it keeps printing as a solid - infilling the hollow area.
here is the file - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:237692

I set the infill to 0% but the preview still shows as a solid, I turned off support as well - same thing.
Funny thing is that when you import the file it shows as hollow it is just when you do the print preview it is filled. I'm not sure what else it could be.
Any suggestions?

Re: Hollow model printing as solid?!

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:58 am
by JoeJ
It slices fine for me. It's hollow, not filled in.

Are you sure you didn't enable some of the options that automatically fill in the interior? For example, if you go to the Advanced tab, is the option for "Merge all outlines into a single solid model" disabled? Because if that is enabled, it will make the hollow parts into a solid, filled-in model.

Re: Hollow model printing as solid?!

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:29 pm
by bettachick
That was it! Thank you !!!