So it sees the 12 as the value and the import doesn't know or care what it is but as soon as I changed my import option to mm the. The customer exported in mm and I imported in inch.

I opened a customer model and it looked correct until I made a measurement and it was 12' the real measurement was 0.473 or 12mm. stl file (inch or mm) when opening the file and change it in your options to match before opening it to keep it at the correct values. Make sure you know what your units are of the. This next comment doesn't really have anything to do with how the Mesh Enabler works other than how you import then use the Enabler: On this week, the assignment was to model(draw, render, animate, simulate.Seems to work fine now after Rocky fixed it up. I have a experience with a SolidWorks and Sketchup. I modeled and rendered with Autodesk Inventor. I modeled a part of my potential project (Real life game with third person view). It will be 3D printed and assembled with 2 Gopro cameras, 2 Servo motors, 1/2 inch diameter aluminium pipe. I decided to using Autodesk Inventor for this assignment. because I wanted to try that I haven’t used it before.

I downloaded the free student software from the autodesk website. I’m going to model a Gopro 3D mount with pan-tilt motion. there are many servo motor’s CAD model files on internet. I downloaded GoPro and servo motor models.

I assembled all the file I downloaded, and modified the size to servos fit into the mount. It looked like belowīut the angle of the camera mount was limited to see downward. I needed to change the angle.įirst mistake : The biggest mistake I made was that the Gopro case was not fit in my Gopro model. I measure the size of Gopro case from the STL file I downloaded (link : ) but It was Gopro1. If I used parametric properties when I made dimensions, I could save much times. Second mistake : Gopro case cannot be assembled with Gopro because of the lens. I also needed pan-tilt mount, I downloaded similar model from “” It will be 3d printed and the design should be added hole for the bolt to be fasten well I changed design for the lens.īall joint : I made ball joint to connect aluminium pipe and camera mount. , but It was STL file so if I want to modify it, I have to convert STL file to 3D model. Mesh enabler is plugin for Inventor that makes mesh files to solid base feature or surface base feature. I scaled the downloaded STL files with this way

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