purduecrew

About

Username
purduecrew
Joined
Visits
6
Last Active
Roles
Member

Comments

  • Ok well good to know! ill either find out how to export via mm or start building in mm. 
  • Figured it out! Sheesh. Under Config-> Units of Imported Objects . This was set to MM. My drawings are in inches. Slices look great! Thanks Repetier for the suggestion to helping me find really simple fix. By the way, Creo 3.0 is a part of Param…
  • Great advice! Im sorry I missed something so elementary. Ok so it shows that the object is manifold and that everything appears to be ok but then I noticed something odd. It appears that the scale is wayyy off. It shows the maximum dimension of 7mm.…
  • Another new update: I did just download a .step file off thingiverse, saved as a stl through creo 3.0 and slicer butchered it. Something tells me its creo
  • Ok new update: I just made a block, and extruded a hole through it. When I put that in slicer, it works perfect. However my simple spoolholder which requires zero supports and has zero holes in the sketch which I extruded as one single piece won't c…
  • I might also add that my skills with Creo 3.0 are pretty good so i really am confident its not a "watertight" issue. It must just be converting from a .prt to a usable .stl that is giving me trouble.
  • Ok so I understand what you are saying. So for example, I took my .prt file ( redrew a very simple version). I then saved it as a shrinkwrap which as I understand makes it one surface part.  I then resave it as an stl. I get the same results. Any id…