<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Importing into Solidworks makes things 10x larger]]> 2014-04-25T14:59:01Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/6235/importing-into-solidworks-makes-things-10x-larger/ <![CDATA[Re: Importing into Solidworks makes things 10x larger]]> I encountered this as well...if the .stl source file is in mm (which it probably is) and your default SW units are set to inches, then you will need to scale down by 25.4; but it seems like your default is in CM.

When you import use the File / Open command and when the dialog box pops up, change the File Type to .stl; single click on the file, and then hit the "options" button and you can select "mm" for the import regardless of your default settings...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/131/ 2014-04-25T14:59:01Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/55069/#p55069 <![CDATA[Re: Importing into Solidworks makes things 10x larger]]> Probably need re-scale by 25.4......

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/614/ 2014-04-23T11:48:09Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54849/#p54849 <![CDATA[Re: Importing into Solidworks makes things 10x larger]]> When importing there are a couple of options and there were some about units of the source and scaling. Check if you're not importing in 'cm' or if the scale is OK.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4055/ 2014-04-23T06:59:00Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54845/#p54845 <![CDATA[Importing into Solidworks makes things 10x larger]]> Title pretty much says it all. When I import an STL into Solidworks as a solid, it makes the thing larger by a factor of ten. Ie. if the measurements in another program like SketchUp show it an edge to be 200mm, when I measure it in Solidworks the same edge is 2000mm

Any thoughts?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4607/ 2014-04-22T23:08:15Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/54806/#p54806