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3dup		#1 Posted : Friday, April 7, 2017 8:52:53 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Joined: 4/20/2014(UTC) Posts: 86 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 3 post(s)		I have some old VCP files made some years ago. Now I want to slice the STL in S3D for 3D_printing, and getting a "self intersecting surfaces" warning? Is there a way to find and correct/repair that in VCP V10? Or maybe with the V10 PowerPack, before i exporting to STL?


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Tim Olson		#2 Posted : Friday, April 7, 2017 11:20:51 AM(UTC)
Rank: Senior Member Joined: 2/2/2007(UTC) Posts: 5,447 Was thanked: 502 time(s) in 353 post(s)		You can see if Verify: Check Object will pick it up. Visually you can try the 3D Print Tools : Slices command. If you have a loop in the 2D slice you might have a self intersection in the 3D model. Tim
		Tim Olson IMSI Design/Encore


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