Hi there! My brother-in-law composes and produces music, and asked me to 3D print an XY stereo clip for his microphones. I was able to find already-created models online, but the largest model I found is for microphones with a 25 mm diameter. I measured the diameter of his microphones with a caliper, and his have a diameter of 31 mm.
I tried importing the attached STL and modifying it (I need to increase the diameter of the clips, and spread them out in the vertical direction on the main stem), but I’ve found it to be difficult because of the nature of STL files (i.e. lots of triangles).
Does anyone know of an easier way to work with STL files? Or would I be better off with modeling this clip from scratch? Thanks in advance for the help!
If you choose to work with the existing .stl file set the import units to meters to avoid the tiny faces issue as much as possible. Also set the model units to Meters in Model Info.
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When it comes in you’ll still need to clean it up. Soften edges and then use Solid Inspector to help you find the problem areas. (This thing won’t import as a solid object.)
It might be that you can mange to scale the object up to accept the 31mm dia. mics but doing so will scale all of the dimensions which may not be what you want. You’d have to figure out if fixing this thing and making it the right size is easier than just modeling it from scratch.
That’s easier in SketchUp Go than in SketchUp Free but it would be even easier in SketchUp on desktop because of the availability of a wide variety of helpful extensions.
FWIW, the inside of the center hole will need work to make this solid. Some of the bad spots are shown in red.
Maybe you would remove that center hole and all of it’s geometry, resize the thing, and then put a new, suitable hole in the bottom.
BTW, since you know the clips are for 25mm dia. mics and you want 31mm, use the Line tool to draw a 25 meter long edge. Then measure it with the Tape Measure tool making sure to click on both ends. Type 31 and press Enter.