Any CAD system should allow an exact measure, click on a circle, and see the diameter out to the full resolution you have set, typically 0.001mm. You should be reading out the numbers not visually comparing to an on-screen scale. An on-screen scale would be limited to the pixel resolution of the monitor
On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 6:11 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > Greetings all you 3d printer users; > > 1; Which is a measure of the OD of the rendered pulley, those areas of > the preview gfx are blank, although the scale marks are there, they are > drawn behind the sprocket image. so one could get a very rough idea of > the total radius of the finished gear in mm. Am I missing a font, or is > this a more serious concern that will need me to make the gear before I > can determine how it fits? > > 2; This motor runs uncomfortably hot, and I've not found anything to > indicate the controller goes into a low current mode at balance, I left > it running at about 1500 revs for half an hour and cannot lay a hand on > it to pick it up, and an extended stop didn't seem to cool it any, and > since that heat will telegraph up the motors 8mm shaft to the PLA, is > this going to be a life of the sprocket limiting factor because the PLA > will soften and eventually cold flow to a loose and likely out of > concentricity warpage? > > 3; I have the pi3b I took off the Sheldon, and another of those 5v5a > supplies, and I've downloaded the octo-pi image that includes that > slicer. So that I think solves the slic3r problem of having to compose > a working multi-variable config for slic3r. Unless someone has a slic3r > config to drive an Ender that they can share. > > Thanks all. > > The printer might show up Wednesday. > Maybe... One thing seems obvious, it really doesn't matter what the skin > color is, we the people are sick and tired of blacks being killed by > police just for the fun of it and no one gets convicted. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
