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Daniel Lipsky  
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 More options Sep 27 2012, 1:17 am
From: Daniel Lipsky <d...@aprildawn.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:17:13 -0700
Local: Thurs, Sep 27 2012 1:17 am
Subject: Re: [MakerBot] 3d printing / slicing issues? 3d modeling issues with sketchup?
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Thanks, Dan - That helped a lot, I have been processing the image through the netfabb cloud and it's working a lot better.
...Dan

On Sep 25, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Dan Newman wrote:

> While perhaps just a workaround, have you tried sending the .stl file to
> the online processor at netfabb.com,

>   http://cloud.netfabb.com

> You can upload it, wait a minute or so (if it's not too complex), and then
> download a version which may be cleaned up in such a way that the issue
> is gone.

> Dan

> On 25 Sep 2012 , at 10:43 PM, ChipCustomizer wrote:

>> I hope someone can help here - I have tried several things and don't
>> understand my issue here.

>> I have a makerbot replicator and have been using google sketchup as a way
>> to make 3d prints.  My issues is that when I create a print (most of the
>> time manipulating an existing print), I try to clean up my image as much as
>> possible, but when the 3d print starts producing, I'll get triangles
>> appearing on flat surfaces that end in a surface that is raised up slightly
>> with a triangle that stretches over the whole print.  I've tried to look at
>> my image in sketchup and even went inside the image to see if there are
>> hidden lines that I'm not seeing and I can't determine what the problem is.

>> Any help here would be appreciated - I'd be happy to send someone the
>> sketchup file that I'm working from if anyone has a clue.  I'm using a
>> plugin to allow for export to dxf or stl.  Am I missing a step in sketchup
>> to simplify the lines on the image or something?  

>> Please help, I am now on my 15th revision of the print and each time I try
>> something the triangles keep coming up.
>> THanks,
>> Dan

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