Anyone having issues with outer faces not getting filled in?

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Dave M.

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Dec 22, 2010, 5:57:41 PM12/22/10
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The first print I did on the UP! was the Mecanum MK2 by Zaggo (http://
www.thingiverse.com/thing:2473). Overall, it printed pretty well, but
the notable thing here is that the outer faces aren't getting filled
in. I have been playing with different settings in the Print
settings:

Surface: 2, 3, 4
Fill: Loose, Hollow (solid is printing right now)
Dense: 3, 4
Space: 6, 8

No matter what I change, the part always basically looks like the
image I posted on Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/derivative:5230

Can anyone recommend settings to try?

I'll cross post on the official PP3DP forum as well.

Linkreincarnate

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Dec 23, 2010, 1:50:37 AM12/23/10
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Looks like the normals for those faces are reversed. Try running the
stl through netfab.

On Dec 22, 5:57 pm, "Dave M." <mr.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The first print I did on the UP! was the Mecanum MK2 by Zaggo (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2473).  Overall, it printed pretty well, but

Dave M.

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Dec 24, 2010, 12:44:22 AM12/24/10
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Thanks! I got a similar suggestion through the PP3DP forum. You're
exactly correct about the normals being reversed. Thanks for the tip!

On Dec 22, 10:50 pm, Linkreincarnate <linkreincarn...@gmail.com>
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