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Scaling on saving

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rebekah_harper
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Scaling on saving

Hi everyone,

I'm trialling inventor for the use to make parts for 3D printing. I built a part in full scale then saved it as an SLT file for the printer. The result was a 10% reduction in size. So instead of being 133mm wide it became 13mm wide.

Is there a default on the software that's set to 1/10 or it's there a setting I've missed to ensure my product is as drawn.

Many thanks
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JDMather
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When saving the file as stl - be sure to click on Options and set the export Units to the same units as your model.

 

stl Options.png


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rebekah_harper
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thanks for that. so simple yet so easy to miss if you're me lol

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