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I am using a Wanhao Duplicator 7 DLP Printer. The part that I wanted to print has a volume of 72 mL, so I would imagine that 72 mL of my Monocure 3D Rapid resin would be used up. On the contrary, the NanoDLP control software calculated that it would need 250 mL of resin - over 3 times as much as I had assumed! Can anyone explain this? I’ve attached the STL file if you want to take a look at it.
manifold.stl (974 KB)

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I have found the nanodlp mL estimates to be right on. Have you looked at the sliced output to make sure it looks alright?

I sliced just now and got this:

test2MCAST + Sylgard / 65micron
X:65.0μm Y:65.0μm Z:30.0μm
Cure Time:3.90sPrint Time-Resin Usage72.05mlResin Cost-

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NanoDLP’s showing me 71.95ml of resin.
plates_nanodlp_d7_nanodlp.png

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Thanks @FoCoProto and @jamesarmstrong for helping! The fault is entirely mine. I was unwittingly trying to print the first iteration of my part, which was much much bigger. I ran the right version through and NanoDLP estimated 72 mL as expected.