Hi...does anyone happen to know how to determine definitely how a model will be printed in reference to origin axis?
In the material descriptions it states for Elasto_plastic that the tendency is for the model to print larger in the x/y directions by .2mm and .4mm in the z direction. I would like to compensate for these tendencies in my model but don't know how my model will be oriented for printing.
I design in SolidWorks converting to .stl file format and then run it through Netfabb for checks.
I don't know if the axis information I see in Solidworks/Netfabb files is seen as the same axis in the printers.
I am assuming the possibility that there might be some conversions eg. x becomes y, y becomes z, z becomes x.
I've written to Shapeways last week with this question but haven't received a reply.
Thanks - Baba