02-28-2022, 02:14 PM
(02-28-2022, 12:17 PM)MikeWi Wrote: FDM is all you need for that. PLA would work too unless you expect it to see some abuse (a little brittle) ABS would be "durable" If they can't work from an STL file, they're in trouble.
correction: Actually STL files lack information like scale, so they may be trying to make it simpler by getting the CAD file which will have that. If your stl was done in imperial, then it will show up too large in a slicer that will assume metric. .3MF files remove that problem, but are not too common yet.
When I uploaded the .stl file to Xometry it automatically popped up with the dimensions (191.57 x 178.00 x 124.95) and I had to select metric or imperial for those figures. Obviously it's not a 16 foot long part so...
Most all tooling and modifications for these machines are given in metric dimensions seeing as how they are made in Sweden.
The only real problem is I don't know Jack about 3D printing or CAD. Pencils, a drafting table and drafting machine is all I ever learned on.
Willie