I have a print to make but the .stl is oriented wrong for printing.

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I have a print to make but the .stl is oriented wrong for printing. Is there an online or open source tool that can rotate this file 180 degrees ? I don’t have the source file.

thanx !

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You can do it in TinkerCAD if it’s not too big.

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Netfabb free version will do it, if you know scad you can do it in that. If you’re using a reprap then i think kisslicer will do it before printing by right clicking the part.

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If you are using Repetier Host to drive your printer, you can rotate parts in any axis (usually 90, 180, 270) to place on the bed.

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Cura will let you do this as well.

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@Mark_Durbin Did it in Tinkercad ! Thank you. I use Slic3r and pronterface so I will look for those features … never had to in 11 months of printing !

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Most slicers will let you rotate and scale a model before producing gcode.

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@Shachar_Weis Slic3r will scale and rotate but only around the Z axis. I needed to rotate on the x or y … ie print upside down. Upside I will kook into Repetier and other software to see what I may be missing. Winter has come and time indoors is greater !

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I use RepGv40 to do my repositioning.

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@William_Frick Cura can do that, or you can edit the model with FreeCAD, TinkerCAD or MeshLab, Blender (all free)

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Thanks everyone !

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Me too, @David_Cushing . It’s a super annoying fact that RepG is way better at this than any program that has come since.