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
What im i doing wrong??
Re: What im i doing wrong??
You can save itas mm,
Or you can scale it in mc. It is under edit.
Or you can scale it in mc. It is under edit.
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Re: What im i doing wrong??
I work in Rhino and just do everything in mm. Much easier that way.
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Re: What im i doing wrong??
so you think thats the problem? i need to convert my files into mm before i export it into a stl file?mhackney wrote:I work in Rhino and just do everything in mm. Much easier that way.
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Yes STL files don't have units, and the Slicers all assume everything is mm.Orellana.arch wrote:so you think thats the problem? i need to convert my files into mm before i export it into a stl file?mhackney wrote:I work in Rhino and just do everything in mm. Much easier that way.
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Re: What im i doing wrong??
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.
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Re: What im i doing wrong??
Have you tried double clicking the rendered model in s3d?
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Re: What im i doing wrong??
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.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.
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Re: What im i doing wrong??
nitewatchman wrote: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.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.
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awesome man thanks alot thats exactly what i needed