One thing I noticed is that the slicer is a bit different form the slicer I use with my filament printer. It does not care if there are blocks embedded in other parts but the Elegoo version does not seem to automatically integrate everything into a single solid or surface. I had to do a logical add of all the parts in my model to make them into a single surface.
I'll do some investigating.
Hi Andy,
I've had a torrid morning trying to get the Chitubox slicer to accept STL files which were fine on the Bibo. Tried to make sense of several mesh repair tools. Got nowhere. One program I tried told me I was making a big mistake using STL files which were nearly always broken, and I should use OBJ files instead.
Then I found this online STL repair service:
https://www.formware.co/onlinestlrepair
Brilliant. Upload STL. Wait 3 minutes while nothing seems to be happening. Download repaired STL.
Bingo, Chitubox loads it and slices it without errors.
Of course I'm not really using STL files. I'm creating DXF files in Templot, but DXF seems to be unknown in the 3D printing world.
I'm using TurboCAD simply as a converter to convert DXF to STL. It doesn't support OBJ files.
edit: Templot can now export STL files directly.
edit: First results from printer here:
https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?threads/229/
cheers,
Martin.