Heavy STL
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Hi i downloaded a STL file of a intricate vase, must have 500k faces, i want to cut it in half horizontally and just print the lower part
I tried putting a plane through it and delete the top half,…well after about a hour of watching the spinning ball, i shut the computer down
Any one got a work around this?
Thanks Dean -
There are a variety of options, waiting being one of them, but without seeing the stl it would be guessing.
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I’m not at work until Saturday will post then
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Hi I’m having a problem uploading the stl file
First attempt said upload failed, second one I watched for 15 minutes as it slowly loaded then I left the shop
The file is 315mb which I think maybe is too big to upload
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That's about 312mb over the forum limit.
That is a ridiculously large file for one vase.
You could upload it to dropbox or similar and post a link to it here, someone may look at it. It is too big for me to download on my limited internet.
Perhaps a screenshot to begin with would give us some idea of what you are dealing with. -
How did you do it?
Another problem ,in sketch up I’ve put a hole in the bottom of the gnome, but in Cura it’s filled in -
Screenshot is too big aswell
If you go on thingiverse and look for Christmas gnome, you can see it -
https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=Christmas+gnome&page=1&type=things&sort=relevant
There's many gnomes to pick from...
I had a look at the first .stl and its mesh is not manifold. So that needs fixing. The bottom of the hat, at the back, stands out.
But it's definitely doable...
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How do you reduce a photo so it can be posted?
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@leggy said:
How did you do it?
Boolean subtract using solid tools
@leggy said:
Another problem ,in sketch up I’ve put a hole in the bottom of the gnome, but in Cura it’s filled in
Can't help I'm afraid. Cura is a fungal nail remedy in my part of the world.
@leggy said:
How do you reduce a photo so it can be posted?
I use imgur to host images and then use the bbcode with the url for the image to embed it.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/rq2kP3m.png[/img] -
Could you explain the solid tools a bit more
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@leggy said:
Could you explain the solid tools a bit more
They are part of SketchUp. There's already extensive help docs under the help menu on how to use them.
It's a boolean subtract method. So select the cutter then the target and click Subtract. Go make a coffee, read the news and watch the clouds for a bit. When you come back it'll be done.
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