Hello,
After an almost 5 year hiatus, i got back into drawing with autocad with the intentions to print small things on the ender 3 pro i have available to me. I chose to draw this belt clip that will help me hold onto ear protection. I set the units in AutoCAD 2017 via the 'UNITS' command to inches as that is what all of my parameters were measured in.
Once i was done drawing the clip, i 'exported' STL file into the appropriate folder on my PC. Every time i import the STL into cura 4.0.0, it is insanely small. im talking half of a pea sized small. as previously stated, printer is an ender 3 pro. i believe our 'profile' for cura is currently set on the ender 3 pro profile that came with cura.
i have to manually scale this clip by taking a measurement of the length in autoCAD, convert from inches to mm and then change the x or y in cura. this works okay, but it is not precise. the thickness of the clip is about .040" (1.016mm) off, so that means every other measurement is off as well.
i even changed the units in CAD to mm, and no changes.
how can i setup autoCAD/cura to ensure that my drawings are automatically scaling correctly? this belt clip isnt a 'precise' part per say, so its not an issue right now. but i plan to start prototyping things that have to print the correct dimensions. i would ask on an autocad forum, but i dont think a lot of people are using autoCAD specifically for 3d printing.
thanks in advance,
Brandon