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Print Scheduled At Fraction of Size

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  1. Sullivant2

    Sullivant2 New Member

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    So I am just getting started here and I am trying to figure out what my problem is.

    I built some STLs in DesignSpark Mechanical and tried to send them over to the printer. The construction lines on the file themselves measure out to 4+ inches but when it gets sent over to the printer, it appears much smaller than that on the digital print table (and the print time in seconds also clues me in to the fact that it doesn't seem to think as big as I think it is).

    Does anyone have any experience with a problem like this? Is this more a problem with the software not playing nice?
     
    #1 Sullivant2, Mar 10, 2016
  2. mark tomlinson

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    You have mixed units.
    Sounds like something is modeled in inches and printed in millimeters.
    Most printers and software assume metric units.
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Mar 10, 2016
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    Sullivant2 New Member

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    Wow. Nailed it. Thanks bro.
     
    #3 Sullivant2, Mar 10, 2016
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    :) I think we all did it once,
     
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