gmax settings inches to metres??

[class1987]

hi could someone tell me how to change my units to metres from inches ive bin speaking to leefer via email bout anmation on my JIA wagon and he says i need to change my units to metres but cannot seem to find out where to do it
i went onto unit setup and it says im already in metres and when leefer opens my gmax file up it says its in inches??? could someone tell me how to sort this out so i can get on with the animation for my asset

thanks

 

[leeferr]

All that you have to do is select (in the menu bar at the top) Customize / Preferences

this will open a preferences menu and then make sure that 1 unit = 1.0 meters

Mike

 

[narrowgauge]

Animation works just as well with feet and inches. I always work with that setting. It is vital that system units are metres which is the default setting but you don't see these.

Peter

 

[leeferr]

Peter,
that's what I've been trying to point out to him. The user units can be in feet and inches, but the system units need to be in meters when an animation is involved. I would recommend leaving system units set to meters all of the time. The file that he's been sending me has the system units set to inches and not meters.
Mike

 

[class1987]

oh right got you thanks il sort that out tomorrow and il resend you my file for animation on lid mike (leefer)

by the way how do you do the gamescript for controlling the lid to open and close you mentioned about a gamescript in one of you emails you sent to me

some months ago

 

[backyard]

Sorry to be so late with this reply...

Simply said, setup gmax for metric measurements & if you enter any deminsions just add the unit of measurment into the dialogue boxes with the number.

When the Automatic Unit Conversion option is turned on, gmax automatically converts your entries into the current setup.

• double quotes (") for US inches
• single quotes (')for US feet
• mm for millimeters
• cm for centimeters
• m for meters
• km for killometers

All these would automatically convert to the Units Setup.

If you need a converter, here is the BellSoft Calc-it Converter.

Amazon has the gmax Bible but some searches turn up Internet downloads claiming that for free...