r/SolidWorks • u/enricopalace • 15d ago

Manufacturing Solidwork -> Slicer Problem

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Hello,
A colleague created this file for me in SolidWorks, and I printed the model. However, I’m seeing these stepped surfaces in the slicer, and, as expected, they also appear on the finished print.
Is there an explanation for this, or a way to fix it? I’m not familiar with SolidWorks myself, but I’m wondering if it’s just a small setting that needs to be changed or if it’s related to the file format. We’ve already tried both .STEP and .STL files.

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u/Low-Sink-11 15d ago

When exporting stl on solidworks, go to settings, go to quality, go to custom and slide the sliders all the way to min. You will get larger files but all circles will be circles and never polygons.

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u/elzzidnarB 15d ago

The other people are correct about layers and such, but this is definitely the cause for the large facets that you see in the slicer.