Solid Inspector Help

skenn2121

Great stuff!...but now what am I not seeing? I thought I had it all done and this keeps popping up and I don't see anything.

...ahhhhh--except now I can't upload it since it has somehow become over 4mb!

The problem is the same shape on the side is all outlined in red with the big red circle around it.

Dave R

At least make a screen shot. Did you download the file I uploaded?

cotty

@skenn2121 said:

...ahhhhh--except now I can't upload it since it has somehow become over 4mb!

You should purge unused content before uploading, this will probably reduce the file size (Daves version is less than 1mb).

d12dozr

Hey Shaun, did you get your problem sorted with Dave's help?

Also check out Cleanup for reducing file sized and making quick work of fixing those tedious coplanar faces.

skenn2121

@dave r said:

At least make a screen shot. Did you download the file I uploaded?

Dave--Sorry--out all weekend. I just thought that the attachment was mine to you--you actually fixed all the problems didn't you?

Thanks!

Shaun

skenn2121

@d12dozr said:

Hey Shaun, did you get your problem sorted with Dave's help?

Also check out Cleanup for reducing file sized and making quick work of fixing those tedious coplanar faces.

He did help me! Still learning here.

Is there an extension that will confirm this is ready for printing or is that what the solid inspector does?

Thanks,

Shaun

Dave R

@skenn2121 said:

@dave r said:

At least make a screen shot. Did you download the file I uploaded?

Dave--Sorry--out all weekend. I just thought that the attachment was mine to you--you actually fixed all the problems didn't you?

Thanks!

Shaun

Well, I won't claim to have fixed all of the problems but I made it a solid. That ought to be enough to make it printable anyway.

d12dozr

@skenn2121 said:

Is there an extension that will confirm this is ready for printing or is that what the solid inspector does?

Thanks,

Shaun

Solid Inspector will make sure the model is solid, and most models will print as long as they're solid. There are other things that can cause a print to fail, like features that are too thin, but there isn't a plugin that will confirm that a part will print correctly - that just comes with practice!

Box

SUSolid is handy for sorting out things for 3d printing.
http://www.susolid.com/

skenn2121

thanks all!

Great forum for us newbies.

Shaun