On Thursday 04 June 2020 19:34:03 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote:

> What format is the original model? To convert to STL the model has to
> be solid or "water tight". No missing faces and all one piece. A bunch
> of solid parts 'glued together' can cause problems like what you're
> experiencing, especially if the parts intersect. Other issues that can
> crop up with 3D CAD files are disconnected vertexes and edges that
> look like they're connected. Doubled lines, vertexes, and faces.
> Backwards normals (what's supposed to be the outside of a face
> specified as the inside) and various other screwed up stuff. I dread
> having to work with stuff people have designed in Sketchup. The
> software may as well be called screwup because of how easily people
> can create bad geometry with it.
>
> Try this parametric pulley customizer to get a model that should be 3D
> printing sympatico. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16627

Thats what I am using Gregg.  I think from a previous post of yours.
Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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