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Hole Compensation Guide

One hole offset cannot cover every printer, material and hole size. See why, what published minimums exist, and the coupon ladder that finds yours.

Your hole

Nothing you enter here is sent anywhere.

Echoed into the coupon plan below. Not used to predict a number.

One hole offset cannot cover every printer, material and hole size.

The direction is confirmed: a printed hole comes out fractionally undersize. The magnitude is not published anywhere credible, because it depends on your printer, your slicer, the hole size, and your material.

Enter a nominal diameter and hole axis to see a plan

Both are required. Nothing below computes until they are filled in.

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