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Missing part after slicing

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 6:52 pm
by NosIreland
Hi all,
For some reson after slicing I get missing parts in 3 d model. See pictures below:
Model
3d_1.JPG
Sliced
3d_2.JPG
Slic3r seems to work ok
3d_3.JPG
Any explanation for this?

Re: Missing part after slicing

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:08 am
by brian442
You are already tell just by looking at the model display in S3D that there are a lot of problems. Looks like lots of self-intersecting surfaces and backwards faces. So you can pretty much guarantee that this is not a valid solid model.

So I would say either fix the model in the original CAD package first or maybe try to use one of the free repair services (netfabb, makeprintable, etc).

Re: Missing part after slicing

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:11 am
by kabali16
Looks like some triangles are flipped. Go to Repair menu, click on Flip surface orientation and select the face on the model that looks inverted. This should fix it. As a test, Click on View normals on the toolbar. All the Normals should be facing outwards.