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November 24, 2016
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CAD Dimension Issues when printing

  • November 24, 2016
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While printing the part, the CAD dimensions change to mm, what is the problem with dimensions? The STL and actual CAD are attached below:

    Best answer by smorris

    ‌I'm assuming you are referring to 3D printing. If so, what application are you using to load the STL? What are it's default units set to? Creo does not change the units while creating STL, so the issue is either with the source CAD file or the 3D printing software.

    I just checked the CAD file and it is currently set to INCH. The issue has to be on the 3D printing software side.

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    smorris1-VisitorAnswer
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    November 27, 2016

    ‌I'm assuming you are referring to 3D printing. If so, what application are you using to load the STL? What are it's default units set to? Creo does not change the units while creating STL, so the issue is either with the source CAD file or the 3D printing software.

    I just checked the CAD file and it is currently set to INCH. The issue has to be on the 3D printing software side.

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    jpal1-VisitorAuthor
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    November 29, 2016

    Still having problem. we loaded the STL in Free online STL viewer. And it says the file has units as mm.

    In Parametric Creo, during saveAs (export) do we need to set any setting to inches somewhere?

    We are using Creo 2.0 and Model Properties -Units is set to inches.

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    sm_011-Visitor
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    November 29, 2016

    Free online STL viewer default units is mm. It is not reporting the units of the file. If you want to see values in INCHES, just change Size and Units setting in the viewer.

    This page claims there are no units saved in an STL file.

    STL Units | 3D Printer

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