scale in max

hawken · Nov 2005

right one for you gods out there.

can I rescale things in max to a relative dimension?

IE, select item, tell it I want X to be 25cm and it rescales uniformly? I've not found a rescaling option in max yet except for using percentages.

Toomas · Nov 2005

You can set how large 1 unit is from options if thats what you mean but you have to calculate by hand i belive.
Or if the unit doesnt matter as such you can create a box that is the right height and scale your model manually to fit the height.

MoP · Nov 2005

Yeah, I'd probably do something like Toomas says, except I'd make a box of the precise dimensions I wanted, then use an FFD Box modifier on the object I wanted to scale, turn on Vertex Snap, and just snap the FFD verts to the corner verts of the box.

Joshua Stubbles · Nov 2005

That works in max, Per, though to a VERY limited extent. You can only use divisions. So if you put in a box dimention of "100/50", it will come out as 2, etc etc.

MoP · Nov 2005

Well, you can type calculations into the little pink Listener box at the very bottom left. It should give you the answer below it.

However, I noticed some oddities - try "4/2" and it gives a weird symbol. However, if you try "4/2.0" it gives "2.0".

Try stuff like 4.6*((cos)20/pi) - works perfectly. Using the form cos(20) also works. Read Max's help file, just look in the Index for "Expression Techniques", it gives you all the parameters you can use - it's a lot more than just multiplication, division, adding and subtracting

Also, if you've got a new Box primitive or a new Sphere primitive, you can do stuff like:
$.length = 256/1.5 and
$.radius = 25*pi respectively.

Enjoy!

hawken · Nov 2005

I came upon this little problem when getting entries for the polycountville thing. Some were odd sizes due to the import process. Would have been so simple to have a little transform box for actual sizes, not scales.

If I could have typed 500cm for X it would have been very nice.

Keg · Nov 2005

per: have a look at XSI, you're allowed to use mathematical computations for values.

Eric Chadwick · Nov 2005

Rescale World Units utility, read up on it. Will do the whole scene, so scale each scene before merging them.

hawken · Nov 2005

import / merge

slight difference

Eric Chadwick · Nov 2005

Sorry... Import one file, use Rescale World Units, save as a Max file. Repeat with each house. Merge results together.

scale in max

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