Troubleshooting
Match what you see on the failed print (spaghetti, drooping, curling, snapped layers) to its cause, and fix it in the model rather than only in the slicer.
Ideas
What the 0 to 100 score means, how to read the heatmap and the issues list, and how Fix and Fix all work.
…ABS, ASA, TPU, nylon, resin, several metals, and wood and acrylic for cutting. FDM printing has the most complete checks. Other process modes show the issues that matter for them…
Ideas
Overhangs, walls, bridges, orientation, supports and heat-set inserts: the handful of ideas that make FDM prints succeed, and how Solid Vibes helps with each.
…usually fails without support. Design away from overhangs instead of fixing them later: Use chamfers instead of flat ceilings. A 45 degree chamfer under a shelf prints cleanly. Make horizontal…
Troubleshooting
The file is missing, the wrong format, the wrong size, or shows several pieces stacked together. Find the cause and get a clean print file.
Playbooks
Wrap a real dev board in a printable case with a snug fit, port cutouts, vents, a lid and screw bosses, using the ESP32 as the worked example.
…test the fit with the real board. It takes minutes and avoids a failed overnight print. Adjust fit clearance if needed. Checklist before printing Check Done --- --- Board matches the library…
Troubleshooting
A fillet or chamfer step turned red or produced nothing. The usual causes (radius too large, tangent edges, wrong order) and how to fix each.
…chamfer instead A chamfer is geometrically simpler and often succeeds where a fillet fails. For printing, a 45 degree chamfer is often better than a fillet on a bottom edge…
Ideas
A practical guide to the seven Connections: what each one is for, the numbers that make it work, and how to ask for it.
…multi-part prints larger than your bed, laminated panels. Rules of thumb: Glue bonds best on large, clean, flat surfaces. A tiny tip of contact will fail. Add alignment features…
Ideas
How history works in Solid Vibes: commits that write themselves, branches for ideas, visual diffs, and release tags that freeze what you sent to the factory.
…agent make a big, multi-step change before committing to it. If the experiment fails, throw the branch away. Main never noticed. Why: Hardware design is exploratory. Branches make exploring…
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