Hey @Superlamaface

I see that is a bit of a problem, do you mind posting this up into the GitHub with the STL so we can give it a shot and see what is going on?

All I need you to do is to go here and start a new issue with the green box in the top right named "New Issue". From there just follow it's directions and our Dev team will take a look and see what we find.

Thanks!

Thanks-- we're not sure what is happening. There's a few guesses amongst the development team.

One is that the window interaction between MatterControl and the operating system is crashing due to mishandling of window generation, and other guesses stem from that.

What OS are you running MatterControl on?

Would you mind posting a gcode file and also your slice settings, so we can have a look and see what is going on?

Depending on the type of filament used the printer may or may not have much trouble, but that can probably be done. The two settings you can adjust to help with this are:

I did not try printing. I only checked the layer view after slicing and no matter what I set the air gap to I could not get any blank layers between the last interface layer and first layer of the object being printed. I have to assume that if it shows material in the layer view then that is what the printer is going to print. Is there nothing in the layer view that identifies the air gap layers now?

I'm sorry but your explanation and animation don't make much sense to me. It sounds like you trying to say that the printer is going to print layers under what has already been printed and I find that hard to believe.

@smithtec said:

> I don't get a very nice surface anywhere I have support. What settings do I need to be looking at?

The ones I mentioned in my previous reply are a good place to start. The interface layer tends to create problems, so I typically just leave that out. The X, Y, and Z distances create a gap between the model and the support which can affect aesthetics, so adjust those as needed. Just don't make them too big, or the model's overhang will droop.