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Good software for precise measurements

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  1. John in MS

    John in MS Active Member

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    First week of printing. I wanted to print something 10 centimeters tall. Using the included Mattercontrol I scaled the model at 1/2. It eyeballed as being close to 10. Final result is 7 centimeters. Would another program offer more precise settings? Thanks
     
    #1 John in MS, Oct 29, 2015
  2. WheresWaldo

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    Some slicers will allow you to scale by specifying a target size rather than a ration or percentage.

    Cura will let you do it by selecting the object then clicking on the scale icon, you can then directly enter the Z height you desire and all the other dimensions will automagically scale to the same percentage.

    Simplify3D will let you do this by double-clicking the model and then under "Change Scaling" allow you to directly enter the Z height, all other dimensions will be properly scaled.
     
    #2 WheresWaldo, Oct 29, 2015
  3. janot928

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    matter control does it to on the scale option you see the max dimension on each axis. just replace by the value you whant
     
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