ANET A8 Slicer and SKP files

[Ian_B]

I have some SKP files for things I would like to include on my layout. My son has an ANET A8 printer which accepts GCODE files. I discovered that I need a utility called Cura (a slicer whatever that means) to reformat the files from SKP to GCODE but don't seem to be able to achieve the desired outcome - a usable file. Has anyone any experiences of this software that might help.

Thanks

Ian_B

[Mike Harvey]

Check that the normals are all correctly oriented in the Sketch Up file. Just one reversed will confuse the slicer. There is a Sketch Up extension which will detect and correct face orientation. Check out “Solid Inspector 2”.

[JimFin]

I am a Cura user - I understand you can export from Sketchup in STL formal rather than save as SKP. Cura will handle the STL file.