![]() ![]() ![]() Was that too much of an expansion? Is there some specific limit to how much a drawing can be resized downward? Is there something else going on which I don’t understand? I’ll appreciate any advice I can get. So, it needs to be reduced to 1/13.7 of current size to be of use for 3D printing.Įffectively, I drew the part 137 times life size. The drawing I uploaded has already been shrunk to 1/10 of the size it was drawn. Next, I tried to shrink another copy of the part in a single step by entering 0.0073 in the “Scale” box and got a bug-splat.įinally, I tried saving the full sized file to SU 2016 format and tried the process again with the same results. Then, I tried to repeat the process to get down to one 13.7th of full size by entering 0.073 in the “Scale” box. Bug Splat in LayOut BugSplat (is a third-party software application that is integrated in LayOut to help improve the quality of the product. Once the scaling frame was in place, I entered 0.1 in the “Scale” box and the drawing shrank to a full size representation of the real part. First, I used the SketchUp “Size” utility to bring the drawing down to full size. The scale I model in is 7/8" per foot which is one 13.7th of real size. I drew the part ten times as large as the real life prototype part. The drawing I uploaded is one I drew large, but cannot shrink enough to print. I have learned that it’s much easier to draw an item many times larger than needed and then scale the finished drawing down to the size to be printed. I am a model railroader and have been using SketchUp Pro 2016 & 2017 to draw up parts which can be 3D printed. Kvalve top half - 10X step 3.skp (2.2 MB) ![]()
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