Hello everyone,
As the title says, I'm new to 3d printing. I finally decided to get into it so I could try to print some things for my rockets. So, this past Saturday I picked one up at Microcenter. I feel like things have come a long way since I looked at 3d printers years ago.
I was able to download and print a 29mm motor retainer that fits Estes tubes perfect, and now I am trying to print a 4 inch nose cone electronics bay. It is still printing, but I'm not sure it will turn out. When I opened this file in the slicer, it seems like it was designed in Inches, but the slicer thought it was mm. I scaled it up by 2540, but it does looks like that may have impacted the threads. I still have several hours to wait to find out.
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to change a model from mm to inches so the detail remains. Or a slicer that allows me to pick the UOM. I tried Creality and Cura slicer.
You'll all probably get tired of my questions pretty soon, but I always appreciate the help.
More questions:
Is there a way to search the forums for .STL files?
Is there rocketry related groups on Thingiverse or Printables that I could join?
All my current searches always show a bunch of "toy" type rockets and very little hobby rocket type parts.
Thanks,
Jeff
As the title says, I'm new to 3d printing. I finally decided to get into it so I could try to print some things for my rockets. So, this past Saturday I picked one up at Microcenter. I feel like things have come a long way since I looked at 3d printers years ago.
I was able to download and print a 29mm motor retainer that fits Estes tubes perfect, and now I am trying to print a 4 inch nose cone electronics bay. It is still printing, but I'm not sure it will turn out. When I opened this file in the slicer, it seems like it was designed in Inches, but the slicer thought it was mm. I scaled it up by 2540, but it does looks like that may have impacted the threads. I still have several hours to wait to find out.
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to change a model from mm to inches so the detail remains. Or a slicer that allows me to pick the UOM. I tried Creality and Cura slicer.
You'll all probably get tired of my questions pretty soon, but I always appreciate the help.
More questions:
Is there a way to search the forums for .STL files?
Is there rocketry related groups on Thingiverse or Printables that I could join?
All my current searches always show a bunch of "toy" type rockets and very little hobby rocket type parts.
Thanks,
Jeff