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Re: What you've learned about your Cube 3D Printer
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Originally Posted by TEntwistle View Post
I have noticed that if I design in piece in Autodesk Inventor (2012 or 2014) and save as a .stl file and import into the Cube software, the dimensions are way off - I have to shrink to 40-60% of the original size to get it to approximate what I designed. I have confirmed that the design is in inches, and I import into the Cube software in inches as well. Any others have this issue?
Actually, I have heard that as well. Our team uses Creo but the person who normally sets up the printers tried to make some spacers in Inventor because that's what she's familiar with and she had the same issue with dimensions being way off. No idea how to fix it (she caved and downloaded Creo), but you're definitely not alone.
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