So today was the first time ive ever 3D printed. My printer is the Creality CR-10. I used “Cura” to convert my .stl file to gcode, and I used blender to create the model. I have pictures cause they are literally worth 1000 words, if not more.
Few questions:
in the 2nd pic you can see that slinky wall the came out of the middle of the box. This was put in by Cura i assume as a pseudo support for the box.
Is this required? and can something like this be printed without that? If so, does anyone know how to turn that off in Cura, or if there is a better exporting program for this?
You can see in the 3rd/4th pictures in blender AND Cura the pillars are round with a hollowed hole. 1st Pic shows that they came out very very oval shaped with no hollowed center.
So: Is this Cura related (software)? Is it printer related (my printer not capable of such precision)? Or what would cause this in general?
The box was about 1-3 mm short of what my measurements in Blender were. Has anyone else experienced this?
Is there a better modeling program than blender out there any of you recommend?
You only posted 1 picture. I’d recommend reposting this to: plus.google.com/communities/117814474100552114108 they are a much better community for issues like this. As for 3D modeling software I’d recommend Fusion 360. You can get a free license on Autodesk’s site.
What version of Cura are you using? Unless it’s ridiculously old, I would say Cura is not the issue. Check the belt tension on you printer and measure the rectangle to make sure the dimensions are accurate, the rectangle might be elongated in the same direction as the circle. For the other issues I need to see the other pictures.
