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henryci
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Fundamental misunderstanding: Top layer never appears in slicer

Hello, I've had tons of success with my Prusa but I keep running into this problem and could use some help. I have a square-ish object with a flat top. On the top I have some detail (in this case some pretty simple flat surfaces). When I slice the object in Prusa Slicer with default settings, it always ignores everything on the top. I usually work around this by rotating my object but today is the day I learn what is going on. See the attached pics. You see the object in the slicer and then you see the sliced result:

 

Posted : 19/11/2021 11:45 pm
henryci
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Fundamental misunderstanding: Top layer never appears in slicer

And the answer is there is an option for "detect thin walls". All is well now!

Posted : 20/11/2021 12:57 am
FoxRun3D
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RE: Fundamental misunderstanding: Top layer never appears in slicer

Yes. Detect thin walls can help but it can also have undesired side effects elsewhere in a model. I think it's better to design upfront with the capabilities of the printer in mind. 

Formerly known on this forum as @fuchsr -- until all hell broke loose with the forum software...

Posted : 20/11/2021 4:20 am
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