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Why won't this slice?

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Hi, I’m trying to get this to slice in cura 5.6.0

Yellow block is set as a cutting mesh. Can Cura just not ignore stuff outside of the bulid area?

I’m open to suggestions on how to cut it outside of cura as well. I tried meshmixer, but the import absolutely destroys the stl

Thanks!

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WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
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Here’s how I would do this in blender:

  1. Import the stl
  2. edit the default cube so it overlaps the part of the stl you want to delete
  3. add a “boolean” modifier to the stl that is set to “subtract” the cube
  4. apply modifier
  5. export as stl
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SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
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Can even use cylinders to group some circular parts of the model together naturally so that the “glue” points are at the bottom inside the walls where they’re not obvious

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ROLLER@twit.social
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@WolfLink @papalonian yeah, something like this but you might try. MS 3D Builder is out is still around our even good old Meshmixer!

Alternatively you could try adding a plane and extrusion this downwards on blender, Meshmixer etc

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