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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?
We have some huge Talon cable mounts that printed before we caught on to the inches - centimeters thing. Kinda neat in a way, because we could see the details easily instead of squinting to make out the tiny features...
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