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Flip stl file?

cashman04

Flip stl file?
July 21, 2013 07:15PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 8

After printing a iphone case today, I noticed it was inverted. I would guess that it's due to me having my x an y axis's inverted in the firmware. It works fine, when I press left, it goes left, up for up and all that....but the case was inverted. Is there a way to flip the stl file in slic3r? Or will I need to turn my printer around, and unflip the axis's in the firmware?

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dissidence

Re: Flip stl file?
July 21, 2013 07:28PM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 800

motor side dose not matter much, what side dose it home to the min or max side

if it is set to home to min but you have it setup to go to the max side you will get your exact problem

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cashman04

Re: Flip stl file?
July 21, 2013 07:48PM

Registered: 10 years ago
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I believe it is set up to min side (-1)....but I'm not entirely sure what that means. I just know the endstops didn't work at all unless I set them to -1.....

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waitaki

Re: Flip stl file?
July 21, 2013 11:03PM

Registered: 11 years ago
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isonoob

Re: Flip stl file?
July 21, 2013 11:49PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 136

that is firmware side you need to make the proper adjustments to get the correct print. adjust according to which axis it is being flipped on. if it is being flipped across the y axis, i would just flip the y stepper header on the board and move the endstop as well to the "new" home

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jamesdanielv

Re: Flip stl file?
July 22, 2013 12:30AM

Registered: 13 years ago
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be sure the pin.h is configured correctly for min and max pins. if they are then the x/y axis is going the wrong dir. better to fix this that have every stl file need conversion. you want things to be as simple as possible.

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dissidence

Re: Flip stl file?
July 22, 2013 09:07AM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 800

What firmware are you using.

Homing is normally done to 0,0 if set to home at min. That is normally to the left side and the bed is to the back.