STL's saving very small??

[Frunple]

Trying to save some files as STL and a 4" x 5" piece saves as 3mm x 4mm...am I missing a setting?

[Frunple]

Might be a bug.

Turns out it works fine when drawn in metric. Comes out tiny when drawn in imperial.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Frumple,

There are no "units" inside an STL file. What you put into it is what you put into it.

[Tyler Robotson]

Might be a bug.

Turns out it works fine when drawn in metric. Comes out tiny when drawn in imperial.

 

When you say 'works fine' what are you trying to do with it, bring it into another system?  In which case if that system is set up for metric, and you save in 'imperial' in mastercam, then the units would be inches but your other system would be expecting matric