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Additive Print: Error message Exception: INVALID INPUT: Scanline start point outside of part boundary: [0.036655:-0.000181] / [0.090000:0.012700]. What does this error mean?

Tagged: 1.3.2, 19.2, Additive Print, additive-manufacturing, cloud, structural-mechanics
    • April 5, 2023 at 2:32 pm
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      This error means that the slicing application that creates the scan patterns created at least one scan line outside the part boundaries. This can happen if the part stl file isn’t clean, meaning the triangles enclosing the geometry are not completely watertight or have intersections or some other issue.

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