I have a relatively simple design and I made some reusable components that I then assembled together with joints. However, when I export the model using hte STL export from within the designer, the joint parts are all treated as separate items. For example, when I slice the model using Cura, a simple rectangular body that has a joint in the middle would look like this:
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However, I wan them to be one body so that the path looks like this:
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A simple way would be to merge all components into a single body but my inexperience has left me with a lack of understanding how to do that.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you, that was it. It was a little tricky as it sometimes rearranges parts when it merges but I got it.
It'll be welcome if you can attached your model here, let us know what happened in your model about "rearranges parts".
We'll analyze it and give you some suggestions.
Thanks,
Great, copy model from the dashboard is coming in the Jan update.
For now you can Right mouse click at the ver top node in the browser and do a save copy as... This will copy the design to a new name in the same project as the open design. You can then open this design, merge the bodies and delete it when done.
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