Working Unit(s) Size?

[Carve]

I use Maya 2010 and 2011, and I was wondering what is the unit size used for LW? (inch, meter, etc)

 

I tried centimeter at first and when I exported FBX -> GMF and imported the model in the Editor it was HUGE.

 

Thanks

[Canardia]

The default setting in Max and Maya is 100x too big, so you need to scale it 100x smaller. However, you can also configure Max and Maya to work with the same size, as well as using XYZ (=RGB) coordinate system instead of the default XZ-Y in Max and Maya.

[Jordan]

what is the unit size used for LW? (inch, meter, etc)

1 Unit = 1 Meter

[Carve]

The default setting in Max and Maya is 100x too big, so you need to scale it 100x smaller. However, you can also configure Max and Maya to work with the same size, as well as using XYZ (=RGB) coordinate system instead of the default XZ-Y in Max and Maya.

 

Can you elaborate more about setting the XYZ coordinate system?

 

Also, on your screenshots of the LW Editor, how did you setup you layout like that? With the tabs and stuff for entities, models, etc?

 

1 Unit = 1 Meter

 

Thanks I'll try this first.

[DaDonik]

Also, on your screenshots of the LW Editor, how did you setup you layout like that? With the tabs and stuff for entities, models, etc?

 

"MyModels_Trees_Tree1.gmf" will show up in the editor as the folder "MyModels" with the subfolder "Trees" with "Tree1" in it.

[irishlostboy]

i model in max at 1 unit = 0.01metre then i scale down the finished model to 1 unit = 1 metre. i find it better for me anyway.