Leaving a gap in the print

I'm using version 1.2.9 and am seeing an issue with the slicing. I'm slicing an extruded design that is admittedly thin. The last time I sliced it was with version 1.0.0 and it sliced fine.

What happens now is that I get a piece of the part missing because the slicer starts/stops on the print and they do not connect. They "almost" connect but don't. I'm wondering if someone has an idea on how to change it so that it slices properly? In version 1.0.0, it did the entire slice as a single non-stopping extrusion. In the new version it made it into two.

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Any ideas on how to get this to actually touch?

thanks
david

Reduce the extrusion width slightly. "Print Settings" > Advanced" > "External Perimeters" (Look at your G-code with a text editor to see what the default setting is, then set it to something a tad thinner).

Dave

Dave,
I ended up going the other way, and made it a bit wider. This allowed slic3r to only create a single print there and it fixed it as well. When I tried to go thinner I had issues getting the first layer to stick.

thanks for the response,
david

Also un-check Detect Thin Walls. Doing this allows me to sometimes get an additional extrusion into a tight space.