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  1. Robert Lamarche

    Robert Lamarche New Member

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    My query does not have so much to do with the printer itself, but with the MatterControl app. I designed an object in FormZ and MeshMixer. It measures 5.5" X 4.25" X 0.625". That's inches. When I import it into MatterControl to print, it now measures 5.5 mm X 4.25mm X 0.62mm. Minuscule little thing...

    What I am doing wrong?
     
    #1 Robert Lamarche, Mar 28, 2016
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    You have confused units.
    One program is using metric and the other SAE.

    (I don't use either of them so I can't help you with instructions).
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Mar 28, 2016
  3. daniel871

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    Scale up by a factor of 25.4
     
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    @daniel871 is dead on for treating the symptoms, but really since you are doing all of this you need to fix the units :)
     
    #4 mark tomlinson, Mar 28, 2016
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    Always design in millimeters for something like a 3D printer, yes.
     
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