Exporting Part As STL Results In Missing Walls Of Part

trihardert
trihardert Member Posts: 13 ✭✭
edited June 2022 in Community Support
Hi all,

I haven't come across this before and it's got me stumped!

I've created a drinks bottle holder for my TT bike. I made one half in OnShape and then the final step was to mirror it and boolean. When I export as an STL (mm, binary, fine), the original half looks like it has a wall missing when I preview the file or upload to online printing services, however the mirrored half looks fine.



I then tried deleting the original half and mirroring the mirrored half. On export, the same issue occurs in the same place as in the original export. I've tried with a hollow version and a solid version and it's the same issue.

Any help would be much appreciated... I don't have a 3D printer myself so I want to make sure it's OK before sending to get printed!

Here's the file: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3f397a1ed12c09c983dd97b2/w/90b3e158c6b448501264c486/e/7fe1a645850a16a47253f727

Many thanks,

Tom
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  • _anton
    _anton Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 554 image
    Answer ✓
    As a quick workaround, you could set resolution to custom and fiddle with the settings. E.g., set chordal tolerance to 0.05mm.

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  • _anton
    _anton Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 554 image
    Answer ✓
    As a quick workaround, you could set resolution to custom and fiddle with the settings. E.g., set chordal tolerance to 0.05mm.
  • _anton
    _anton Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 554 image
    (Also, you can file a support ticket so we can track this issue.)
  • trihardert
    trihardert Member Posts: 13 ✭✭
    Hi @_anton,

    Many thanks for your answer. Changing the chordal tolerance did indeed fix the issue I was seeing. I'll bear this in mind for future exports.

    Thanks again,

    Tom

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