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Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3DModel Preview -- upside down and backwards
http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60126&th=12384#msg_60126
I'm building in SolidWorks and exporting files as .STL
Surely someone else has run into this... All my uploaded models then appear upside down and backwards... basically the least logical 'orientation' for my model preview to be generated in. Is there an easy way to fix this in Shapeways... or I guess I'll just have to convert my axes in SolidWorks? Any experiences help.
]]>atkinslance2013-01-13T13:12:07-00:00Re: Model Preview -- upside down and backwards
http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60140&th=12384#msg_60140
1. replace the SW display render with another image of your model,
2..Just experiment and find out what axis in your program correlates with SW's axis,then rotate you model. In Blender its z axis is Shapeways Y(up). it's -y axis is Sw's +X axis(forward). For a stl.]]>Fredd2013-01-13T18:39:12-00:00Re: Model Preview -- upside down and backwards
http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60146&th=12384#msg_60146
Tith the default render, it doesn't matter which orientation your model is displayed in as when printed, the model is orientated to best fit the build platform.
