If there is red facing out, the printer will not recognize it correctly, and the model can't print. A face can only “face” in one direction, so if it's blue, it is facing outward, and if it is red that means it's facing inward. Think of a 3D model as being an origami made out of paper that is infinitely thin, as an individual face has 0 thickness. Invalid orientation means that the normal value of a face is in the wrong direction. Shells the number of separate 3D objects that are in this file. They may be separated by space or overlapping. In the 'statistics' side bar a few values are red, click update to see which ones they are. You can use the repair tool to fix most common issues.Ĭlick the red + sign on the top bar, this will change your toolkit to be repair-related. If you see this sign, it means there is something wrong with your model that will prevent it from printing correctly. More polygons means that your model is less likely to print faceted.

Shapeways will accept uploads of up to 1,000,000 polygons and/or 64mb. The more shapes, the more complicated and the larger the file can become. Triangles: These are the smallest shapes that a 3D model can be described with. Volume: How much space (in cubic centimeters) your model occupies. Sometimes this shows a dash if the model contains errors that need to be resolved.Īrea: The amount of surface area your model has.

On the bottom right side bar, you can find important information about your model:īounding box dimensions: How long, wide, and deep your whole model is. If you are exporting a file from another program to open in Netfabb, be sure to save it with one of these file extensions.Ĭlick on the model so that it turns green. Netfabb supports the following file types.

3d printing cli file