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What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 1:18 pm
by Orellana.arch
Hey whats going on guys
so im pretty new to 3d printing and i have a couple of files i want to print from Rhino 3d. but i have them saved in inches (im not sure if the machine only recognize mm). When ever i export as an STL and import it into Matter Controls the piece comes out realllyyyyy small. what am i doing wrong??? or should i save the stl file as mm idk. please help thank you
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:50 pm
by teoman
You can save itas mm,
Or you can scale it in mc. It is under edit.
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 5:07 pm
by mhackney
I work in Rhino and just do everything in mm. Much easier that way.
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 6:18 pm
by Orellana.arch
mhackney wrote:I work in Rhino and just do everything in mm. Much easier that way.
so you think thats the problem? i need to convert my files into mm before i export it into a stl file?
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:05 pm
by Polygonhell
Orellana.arch wrote:mhackney wrote:I work in Rhino and just do everything in mm. Much easier that way.
so you think thats the problem? i need to convert my files into mm before i export it into a stl file?
Yes STL files don't have units, and the Slicers all assume everything is mm.
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:14 pm
by mhackney
KISSlicer has a menu item to convert from inches to mm. I use it on occasion when I forget to work in metric. All the slicers provide a scaling function so you could scale down by 1/25.4. The caveat is that I don't think (or I haven't found) the ability to specify the scale factor in Simplify3D, it seems to just allow you to drag to resize.
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:31 pm
by BenTheRighteous
Have you tried double clicking the rendered model in s3d?
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:35 pm
by nitewatchman
mhackney wrote:KISSlicer has a menu item to convert from inches to mm. I use it on occasion when I forget to work in metric. All the slicers provide a scaling function so you could scale down by 1/25.4. The caveat is that I don't think (or I haven't found) the ability to specify the scale factor in Simplify3D, it seems to just allow you to drag to resize.
Double click on the presented image after importing the desired model. You will get a popup menu that allows you to manipulate the model as you desire.
gary
Re: What im i doing wrong??
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:06 pm
by Orellana.arch
nitewatchman wrote:mhackney wrote:KISSlicer has a menu item to convert from inches to mm. I use it on occasion when I forget to work in metric. All the slicers provide a scaling function so you could scale down by 1/25.4. The caveat is that I don't think (or I haven't found) the ability to specify the scale factor in Simplify3D, it seems to just allow you to drag to resize.
Double click on the presented image after importing the desired model. You will get a popup menu that allows you to manipulate the model as you desire.
gary
awesome man thanks alot thats exactly what i needed