I recently tried to upload a file to a company called Shapeways which seems to specialise in printing 3D models. Unfortunately it did not go well. I tried in both .STL and .OBJ formats, but received error messages in both instances. One of them contained the following: ‘Unfortunately, the model you…

Hi Neil, thanks for reaching out. Please can you upload a screenshot showing the model you are trying to export. This will help us better understand and investigate the “non-manifold body” error message.

The STL format does not contain units. Under the advanced STL export settings, you can set the units of the STL file to any unit. I assume Shapeways expects the STL file units to be in millimeters.

Thank you for the quick responses. Just received an email saying they are now able to access the model file so it appears it was a false alarm, but I hope you won’t mind if I come back to you if the issue proves not to have been resolved. Best wishes. ANW

Glad to hear that, happy to help anytime :slight_smile:

Me again. I’ve heard back from Shapeways. They say I have manifold issues and have sent me this link to help me resolve them. [image] Fixing Non-Manifold Models - Shapeways Learn about how to fix non-manifold models for 3D printing. Unfortunately none of the vid…

Hi Anthony, sharing the file with us will be helpful in this case. Please send the design file to support@shapr3d.com and we are glad to help find what brings about this error.

Also you can try applying the union operation(Union Tool) on overlapping bodies. This can also help you find bodies not properly intersecting if there is an error while trying to union them.

I’ll have a go. I’m pretty new to this, but your tutorial videos have been so encouraging. I may have tried to run before I could walk so feel free to be honest with your assessment. If you think I should go back and start from scratch then please do tell me. I have found your software a joy to work…

It’s great to hear that you enjoy working with the app, this means a lot to us. If after you try to union the body faces the issues persist please send us the design file. We are glad to assist you in finding the fastest and most efficient way to achieve your desired results using the app.

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I’ll do that now and mark it for your attention Victor. Many thanks, ANW

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