Part of SketchUp File is Inverted When 3D Printed

I have been attempting to 3D print a flower that I designed using SketchUp. This is a screen shot of what the file looks like… …however, when I actually print the object, it comes out with the octagon missing, but the two circles are printed… …Here is a picture of the file in SketchUp, and then the 3D printed version of it. …I made sure to make it all into a group before exporting as an STL file. I made sure every side was white as well. I don’t understand why this is happening. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Can you share the model for inspection?

Try erasing the unnecessary edges and then confirm the Group is a Solid.

Yeah, of course! I think it should be uploaded…Flower.skb (1.1 MB)

Make sure face normals are correct, back side is mixed bag?

Your flower is not a solid group and it should be for printing…

You can use the Solid Inspector extension to help sanity-check your objects before sending off to 3d print:
http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/solid-inspector

If entity info doesn’t say Solid Group or Solid Component you will have to clean up your geometry.

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It is only 2 clicks with SuSolid plugin.One for deleting all internal faces and other for reversing all reversed faces.

+1 on @tt_su Solid Inspector. Love that tool! Check out my article on my recommended plugins for 3D printing http://www.mastersketchup.com/best-3d-printing-plugins-for-sketchup/

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