export to flow 3d

nimaaghaie · January 18, 2015, 10:54

Hi dear members;
i did my model in Solid work with meter as length unit(for example 1 meter).but when exporting to (.stl), flow 3d shows the same length(1 m) as (1000 probably mm).what would be the problem?
thanx again.

JBurnham · January 19, 2015, 19:26

SolidWorks is displaying in m but exporting in mm. You can either change the setting in SolidWorks, or import the mm-based .stl into FLOW-3D and set Meshing & Geometry tab > Geometry > Component X > Subcomponents > Subcomponent X > Transformations > Magnifications > Global = 0.001. This will rescale the part back to meters.

mojtabaivi · March 21, 2015, 14:52

before you export your model in Solid works, you can set your length unit in "Save As" Window, Option.

January 18, 2015, 10:54	export to flow 3d	#1
nimaaghaie New Member Nima Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 12	Hi dear members; i did my model in Solid work with meter as length unit(for example 1 meter).but when exporting to (.stl), flow 3d shows the same length(1 m) as (1000 probably mm).what would be the problem? thanx again.

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January 19, 2015, 19:26		#2
JBurnham Senior Member Jeff Burnham Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 204 Rep Power: 17	SolidWorks is displaying in m but exporting in mm. You can either change the setting in SolidWorks, or import the mm-based .stl into FLOW-3D and set Meshing & Geometry tab > Geometry > Component X > Subcomponents > Subcomponent X > Transformations > Magnifications > Global = 0.001. This will rescale the part back to meters.

March 21, 2015, 14:52		#3
mojtabaivi New Member Mojtaba Ans Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 11	before you export your model in Solid works, you can set your length unit in "Save As" Window, Option.