Levelling model for 3d printing

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Hi all, Im new to 3d printing so forgive the bad question. Ive designed ‘yet another spool holder’ for my 3d printer but I’ve done something wrong and when I export the STL file and put it into the slicer programme, the model is sitting a fraction of a degree off which means its not sitting level on the bed of the printer which leads to print issues.

Is there a feature within shapr3d that levels the model on the X axis so I don’t have to fiddle with fractions of a degree rotation in the slicer programme?

Any help appreciated.

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Did you design it in Shapr3D? If so, select the model & do a manual rotation using the transform tool. If it helps, you could create a large shape on the x-axis to serve as a base and use it to guide your fine-tuning.

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Thanks Rob. Yes, I fully designed it in Shapr3D. The issue with using the manual rotation is that I am still a fraction of a degree out by eyeballing it. How do I know when it’s completely level?

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Sorry, missed the line around creating a larger sketch to base against, apologies… I’ll give that a go but maybe this is something that you might want to add to your roadmap for us newbies :slight_smile:

Thanks again.

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If you know the angle, there is a numeric input box on the angle rotation. Click the box to enter a precise angle.

If you don’t know the angle then trial, error and correction. Might want to try with a simple figure like a block to determine the precise angle.

Best,

Tommy

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Yes, there’s “something” on the roadmap which will be able to solve this in the future pretty easily.

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What Slicer program are you using?

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Hi Robwhi, Im using Slic3r. I know that Slic3r should autolevel the model but it was a multiple part model so splitting it to enable autolevelling would have misaligned the model.

Thanks for the help all. Creating a new level shape and zooming in a lot helped levelling in Shapr3D. Fiddly but it worked.

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Kev

I break the parts and arrange them for the best outcome . it is pretty important if you are using a material
that warps a lot to position them correctly. I was never a fan of slic3r but that was a long time ago

Have you tried simplify3d it isn pretty good.

I mainly use proprietary software these days but still use Simplify3D for some of our printers

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I am using Simplify3D which has a function to align a face of the model with the ‘floor’ of the printer. I think it’s best to keep design functions in Shapr3D and print functions in the slicer programs of your choice.

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Hi all,
I used slic3r at the beginning for 2 years, it is a very complete program with many options, I have tried many and finally I have also opted to use simplify3D along with slic3r, I really like simplify3D for the simplicity and configuration of the parameters.

a greeting

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I cringe at the response because there must be a better way to perform this function. An automatic setting/ option needs to be designed into Shapr3D. In my slicer app simplify 3D, I had a very very very… hard time getting my part level. The only way I could level my part was to sink it into the simulated bed of Simplify3D about a few layer. This is nuts. We should not have to wast many hours, Eye Balling the part to level it in these apps. There has got to be a much easier way! Please developers, Please.

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Hi, most slicers have a feature to place a selected surface onto the bed. As I see, Simplif3D also has it, is something wrong with this tool?

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