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Extruded text turn out well in STL file, but not after slicing
mattias_carleson
Member Posts: 2 ✭
Hi!
I try to extrude some text on a surface using the Text tool in the Sketch, and then print it on my 3d printer. Everything works well, I can extrude the text. Then I export it to a STL file. When opening the STL file in my slicer (Creality Slicer) the STL file looks correct, but after haveing sliced it the gcode doesnt include the text anymore. I come from Fusion and have never had such problems there, though in Fusion I usually "explode" the text into lines/splines before exporting to STL. Any ideas?
/Matt
I try to extrude some text on a surface using the Text tool in the Sketch, and then print it on my 3d printer. Everything works well, I can extrude the text. Then I export it to a STL file. When opening the STL file in my slicer (Creality Slicer) the STL file looks correct, but after haveing sliced it the gcode doesnt include the text anymore. I come from Fusion and have never had such problems there, though in Fusion I usually "explode" the text into lines/splines before exporting to STL. Any ideas?
/Matt
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If you can see the text in the STL file, it seems like the issue would be in your slicing settings. Maybe the extrusion is too small (thinner than your layer thickness?) or maybe the lengths of the edges are two small and getting ignored by the slicer.
I think most have some settings for dealing with features that might be too small to print. Maybe it's worth looking into those settings?