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Scale problem when importing into max

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 12:43:49 GMT

I cant get the scale right when importing into max. When it comes into max its way out of scale (too Small). I don't know the scale factor in the Archicad 3DS export options to scale by. If the archicad file is correct inside archicad, shouldn't it come in the same size in max??? Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Scale problem when importing into max

Ben Odonnell — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:31:31 GMT

When you save out to max, you should use a scale factor of 1000. Then it should work ok in Max.

Cheers.
Ben

Re: Scale problem when importing into max

giza — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:39:39 GMT

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Re: Scale problem when importing into max

Djordje — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 06:50:56 GMT

GADZOOKS wrote:
I cant get the scale right when importing into max. When it comes into max its way out of scale (too Small). I don't know the scale factor in the Archicad 3DS export options to scale by. If the archicad file is correct inside archicad, shouldn't it come in the same size in max??? Any help would be appreciated.

Depends on the unit settings.

When you export to 3DS, the export engine is asking you what are the ArchiCAD units used.

Then, when opening the file, you should also set the same units; it should work.

Re: Scale problem when importing into max

stefan — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:12:33 GMT

Max has system units settings (telling what realworld size one unit is) and display settings (meaning, in which units to display readouts). The last option might mean that you "read" inches and the model uses "meters".

I always export from ArchiCAD using drawing unit = 1000 mm.