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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi Amos,</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I normally would export
the model as STL or OBJ. Sometimes one format provides a better
result than the other for intermediate processing.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Once I have the
exported file, I will run it though netfabb Basic (free) to
detect and correct any errors within the exported file. You
will typically find holes, inverted triangles, degenerative
faces and other problems. The Basic version of netfabb will
allow you to auto-correct most of these problems with a few mouse
clicks.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I also use netfabb
Basic to position the model in the desired orientation and
situated at the origin before I save any changes and export it
as a corrected STL file. You can also scale the model in
netfabb Basic, allowing you to make adjustments before sending
it to the 3D printer. Make the file is exported as a Binary STL,
it seems to work better.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I hope that this helps.<br>
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