3DS MAX Scale

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 02 Mar 2006, 01:47

well... I shoulda posted this awhile ago...

but I had to make a ballpark guess, its not ACCURATE, but its close enough +/- about 8%... but a foot in TA, is equivilant to about 1 std. unit in 3DS max...

Simple eh?

anyhoo... if a commander is approx 32 feet tall, then to model in max, its 32 units...

I'll have some models done pretty soon too ... I'm playing with the settings on upspring

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 02 Mar 2006, 01:57

cool once they get done zip them up and post a shot in the features thread on the mapping forum!

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 02 Mar 2006, 02:37

I have a question though.... the centerpoint (it would be the X-form modifier in 3dsmax) the little red dot....

how do I move it?? (I'm guessing its the center of the groundplane...)
and well... I'd like to be able to move it around, since the models all had to be rotated after exporting from max...

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Mar 2006, 02:39

Miss Piggy?!?

<scrubs eyes with disinfectent>

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 02 Mar 2006, 02:55

Spring uses the metric system doesn't it?

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 02 Mar 2006, 03:00

maybe, I dunno...

never thought about that..

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 02 Mar 2006, 04:16

Das Bruce wrote:Spring uses the metric system doesn't it?

Nope... not even.

~10 points of the coordinates = 1 height/footprint unit...

So nope, it goes by points on a grid. I am sure someone could work out a system to convert to metric or feet but either one is moot.

what lethan is saying is that based on the established scale 1 grid unit in 3dsmax is equal to one foot of the relitive established scale for spring.. but since you MUST have it in meters.. it would be 1:3 one meter for every 3 of the std unit in 3dsmax.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 02 Mar 2006, 04:34

Seems more metric than imperial.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 02 Mar 2006, 04:51

dude, come on... get over the whole bit of it. It DOESN'T matter it is neither... as I said it is just GRID units... it can be measured in tickle-me elmos for all I care.

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 02 Mar 2006, 05:01

smoth wrote:dude, come on... get over the whole bit of it. It DOESN'T matter it is neither... as I said it is just GRID units... it can be measured in tickle-me elmos for all I care.

bwaahahhahahaa

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 02 Mar 2006, 05:59

You can measure it in tickle me elmo's of you want, but how do you plan on measuring very small or very large distances? Thats right, kilo-tickle me elmo's and milli-tickle me elmo's.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 02 Mar 2006, 06:12

hell yeah, I am all about calling grid units(not footprint or height) elmos... I am going to figure out how many elmos make up a footprint/height... I have been getting deep into that.

LathanStanley · Post by **LathanStanley** » 02 Mar 2006, 06:12

Das Bruce wrote:You can measure it in tickle me elmo's of you want, but how do you plan on measuring very small or very large distances? Thats right, kilo-tickle me elmo's and milli-tickle me elmo's.

How about Smurfs, elmo's, and big birds??

Your fanboy attitude with metrics needs to go away, there is no units here, but PLAIN units...

(Yes I know you made a joke, it was kinda amusing)

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 02 Mar 2006, 06:32

if it doesn't bother anyone, I'd rather that Smurfs be reserved for measuring mass. Standardize it with the Commander weighing in at a kilosmurf

P.S. You look quite fetching in that pink dress, Smoth

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 02 Mar 2006, 06:58

mass really doesn't come into play... but I will start using the term elmos to refer to the grid measurements of spring.. I'll likely have number and conversions for it tommorrow. If I called them units then it would be easily confused with height and elmo is fun to right.

If I am going through the trouble of getting all these measurements for you guys to use let me call them what I want for the sake of later simplicity.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 02 Mar 2006, 07:00

well, a smurf is approximately 3 apples tall if that helps

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