gluetools 0 Posted June 20, 2015 in Cura & Ultimaker Orig. prints 25% smaller! Hi Everyone, I have a really strange problem with STL that I generated from my Solidworks package. When I import the STL into Cura, I have to rotate the model 90 deg. to have it positioned in a printable fashion. Looking at the model using the "Scale" settings panel, all of the dimentions look right. However, upon printing the model, the actual physical dimensions are about 25% smaller than the STL itself. (eg: If I have a 20mm tube bring printed, it actually prints at 15mm.) Can anyone make a suggestion as to why this might be happening? I am building a tube that is using a 1mm shell, 30% infill, with the latest version of Cura and firmware. (Cur 15.04, with the latest firmware uploaded.) Thanks in advance! bob. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mastory 31 Posted June 20, 2015 in Cura & Ultimaker Orig. prints 25% smaller! Almost all my parts come from SW, and I have never seen this. To export when I am done modeling, I do a 'save as' *.stl. If I mess with anything during export, it would be the mesh density, but I rarely do that since long ago finding a sweet spot. There is also a 'settings' dialogue in this save process for other conversion factors. Check out these settings to make sure they are not defaulting to something other than 100% scale. Hope that helps. Matt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
