Hello,
We are aware of an issue when a user wishes for a part to be in Metric
units that it comes out of CADspan in Standard units. This is due to
the way SketchUp works behind-the-scenes. No matter what you set your
working units to be in your SketchUp model, SketchUp is actually
always "thinking" in Standard units. Setting a different unit type
simply tells SketchUp to do mathematical conversions on-the-fly to be
displayed in the bottom-right corner and in dimensions and
measurements. SketchUp outputs models by default
in inches and feet no matter what, thus resulting in improperly scaled
models for those who wish to work in Metric units.
The current fix is to simply scale the STL file by 1/25.4, from inches
to mm.
We are releasing a new version of the plugin early 2010, and this is
an issue we would like to resolve in that release. Our question to you
and the community is how would you like it to be resolved? Would
checking the working units, then scaling by 1/25.4 on export if the
units are MM be sufficient? Do you have any other suggestions for us?
I would like to thank you in advance for any feedback you would like
to give us on this matter. CADspan welcomes all user feedback.