# Measure in cura

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-in-cura/13948>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-in-cura/13948 "2021-07-20T11:02:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Libebulle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/libebulle/32/11278_2.png) [@Libebulle](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Libebulle)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-in-cura/13948/1 "2021-07-20T11:02:57Z")

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Hello ! When I put my stl files on cura they appear very little. Why ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/a39e0d22dea5f17d6fb592025e60416be83abf90.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-in-cura/13948/2 "2021-07-20T11:29:01Z")

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Hello! The main reason I think is Cura expects every imported model to be in millimeters. Can you please set the Units in the Advanced settings of the STL export window to mm and give it a try?

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-in-cura/13948/3 "2021-07-20T11:29:29Z")

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Hi!

This article might help 🙂 It’s probably caused incorrect units used.

> **[Why did my STL file change units?](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021173500-Why-did-my-STL-file-change-units-)**
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> STL files only contain numbers, and they do not contain any unit information. So, if you export your model to STL, the models’ numbers, not units, are exported and saved.
> This characteristic of STL...

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**Author:** ![Libebulle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/libebulle/32/11278_2.png) [@Libebulle](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Libebulle)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-in-cura/13948/4 "2021-07-20T11:50:50Z")

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Thank you so much ! It works 😌

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-in-cura/13948/5 "2021-07-21T00:52:24Z")

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You guys really need some sticky posts.