tapnair
automatic STL rotation before slicing
Is there a way to automatically rotate the STL file before sending to octoprint for slicing? I think that my 3d printer has a coordinate system that is 90 degrees different than Fusion360 so by default things lay on their side when printed. If I manually slice in Cura, I always need to manually rotate the STL first.
Actually in your preferences you can set which direction is "up." By default it is set to Y. If you set it to Z, then all new models would be created at the proper orientation. Automatically doing the rotation would be tricky i think. I would say use either the preference, or the move command in Fusion to get the model oriented correctly before using the script.
Other than that, how is it working out for you?
Other than the orientation, the plugin works great! It always hurts to wait for the slicing and to watch the printer home and warm up but those are all necessary steps :)
Just a clarification for others reading this thread: The location of the preferences is in Fusion 360, to access it you find your name in the top right corner, click it and pick preferences from the drop down. Then change "default modeling orientation" to "Z up".
After this preference is changed, it only works for new models that you create.
@tapnair thank you again for your help!