Thank you, jimc. Your post is extremely helpful.

Thank you, jsc. Your post is extremely helpful.

I just did a little research on 123D and it appears there are are real issues: Known issues Autodesk's Catch software is free and allows users to create 3D models with ease with only the use of a camera or smartphone. This convenience comes at cost however and means a lack of functionality pertainin...

Thank you, Jim. I do appreciate the information and will certainly keep it in mind as my needs require a more robust modeling software. However for now my needs are simple and SketchUp is working perfectly.

Thank you.

You also might want to avoid sketchup in the future. Its not really a great product for designing 3d printable parts. Check out one of the other free design tools like fusion360 or perhaps 123d Thank you for your suggestion, Bratag. So far I'm really enjoying SketchUp and is working very well for m...

Hi Tom,

Thank you for your suggestion.

Hi Jules, You nailed it. The problem was indeed the part was not laying flat on the platform. I did two things, first made sure the part in SketchUp is perfectly flat and second in the Simplify3D program I adjusted the following: Layer -> First Layer Speed -> Default 50% now 25% Here are the results...

In SketchUp I create a cylinder using the following method: draw a line put a circle at the end and use the Follow Me In Simplify3D the FFF is set so the Infill Percentage is 0% so the pipe is printed with no infill. The Skirt/Brim and Raft are deselected. The one issue is that the portion of the cy...

Hi Jules,

I followed all your advice and now the print is much better!
Thank you for all you help.