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Zoom view in Cura ?

ntewinkel
ntewinkel over 2 years ago

Silly question...

Is there a way to zoom into the "prepare" view in Cura?
Specifically, I'm using Ultimaker Cura on a Mac.

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I'm printing some tiny parts for lego figures, and I would like to see things a bit closer to make sure all is set up correctly.

I don't see any options in the menus (but I might be looking right past them, wouldn't be the first time Rolling eyes)
And the usual Mac-type pinch zoom, or mouse double-click, or click drag, does nothing.

Thanks!
-Nico

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  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 2 years ago +5
    Do you have a scroll wheel? On a PC, normally I just "wheel" in ...
  • ntewinkel
    ntewinkel over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui +5
    hmm, no. it's a touchpad. Oh!! scrolling on this browser is done with two-finger dragging, and the same thing works in Cura for zoom! Hooray!! Thanks Gough Lui !!
  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 2 years ago in reply to ntewinkel +2
    Glad it was that easy :)
  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 2 years ago

    Do you have a scroll wheel? On a PC, normally I just "wheel" in ...

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    ntewinkel over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

    hmm, no. it's a touchpad.

    Oh!! scrolling on this browser is done with two-finger dragging, and the same thing works in Cura for zoom!

    Hooray!! Thanks Gough Lui  !!

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    Gough Lui over 2 years ago in reply to ntewinkel

    Glad it was that easy :)

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  • robogary
    robogary over 2 years ago

    Good luck printing tiny parts ! 

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  • ntewinkel
    ntewinkel over 2 years ago in reply to robogary

    Laughing at least I’ll know within 10 minutes if it works or not.

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  • jaygee59
    jaygee59 over 2 years ago

    GO Here!   support.apple.com/.../HT201236

    PRINT List!

    HAVE Fun!

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  • ntewinkel
    ntewinkel over 2 years ago in reply to robogary

    It turned out ok. Definitely not perfect, but with some tweaks it kind of fit together and looks ok with 20/20 vision... ie, from 20 meters away while going 20 km/hr Wink

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to ntewinkel

    Where did you get those giant ducks ?  Slight smile

    Did you make any attempt to have the printed parts work with real Lego geometry ? I think that's still the tricky part as the Lego injection moulding process appears to have very fine tolerances in order to get it to clip together in the way it does - not too loose, not too tight. 

    Looks pretty convincing though.

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  • ntewinkel
    ntewinkel over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave
    beacon_dave said:
    Where did you get those giant ducks ?

    Toronto.

    giant duck

    Wink

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    ntewinkel over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave
    beacon_dave said:
    Did you make any attempt to have the printed parts work with real Lego geometry ?

    It's pretty rough. It's fine to sort of jam them together, but some parts, like the leg connector, don't really fit well. I had hoped to use them for a little art project, but I don't think the quality is there to make it work.

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