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I attached the design below can someone help?

Also this is what is coming up in shapeways
http://www.shapeways.com/model/448498/htc_mytouch_4g_cell_ph one_cover___untested.html?gid=ug]]> Kyle772 2012-01-23T06:29:50-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42544&th=7940#msg_42544 I've just had a quick look at your model, and first thing I notice is that there's alot of reversed faces, I quickly sorted these but it shows a few more problems.

One view is this, it has multiple faces overlapping:


There is also alot of faces inside the shell that don't need to be there, you need to look inside every part of the model to get rid of unwanted parts, otherwise it will either not print, or may fall apart when printed.

This is what I'm talking about, the face marked in red should not be there, or any reversed face inside a shell like that, and I think the yellow faces should either not be there, or must be reversed:


For reference, the view above is just inside here:


The model would IMO need some time spent on it to get it ready for printing, it's just a time consuming process removing unwanted faces/lines and making sure the faces are all facing the right way.

All I did to your model was reversed the faces that needed to be, other than the ones which overlap with others.

Hope this helps,
Tom.]]> underitall 2012-01-23T12:08:47-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42546&th=7940#msg_42546
You can use this tool to help you find other problems:

Solid inspector

]]> denali3ddesign 2012-01-23T13:54:09-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42557&th=7940#msg_42557 aeron203 2012-01-23T16:15:57-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42558&th=7940#msg_42558
]]> denali3ddesign 2012-01-23T16:25:50-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42559&th=7940#msg_42559 aeron203 2012-01-23T16:28:02-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42561&th=7940#msg_42561 ]]> denali3ddesign 2012-01-23T16:39:41-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42563&th=7940#msg_42563
Thanks.

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]]> denali3ddesign 2012-01-23T17:03:19-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42612&th=7940#msg_42612
Is there a simple way to reverse faces in Sketchup? I usually don't use Sketchup for being read by anything other than me so I never really thought reverse faces would be a problem. Is there a good tutorial on the details of Sketchup that would make things like this easier? Thanks!

Also Can the inside of all the walls be completely hollow? From what I understood those had to be put into complete pieces then connected for it to work. :\]]> Kyle772 2012-01-23T23:19:14-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42613&th=7940#msg_42613
Yeah, you want the interior of the model to be completely hollow. Think of it as a container for the 3D printed material - any geometry inside will interfere with the printing.

]]> denali3ddesign 2012-01-23T23:23:14-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42614&th=7940#msg_42614
Thanks ;P]]> Kyle772 2012-01-23T23:44:00-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42616&th=7940#msg_42616
]]> Kyle772 2012-01-23T23:47:51-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=42627&th=7940#msg_42627 Cleanup

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