Simviation Forum - How Do I Export in Meters

May 11^th, 2003 at 7:38pm

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How Can iI export my model in meters?? i changed my units to meters using the customize/units setup in the main tool bar. but when i go to export it says the model wasnt stored in meters and when i look at it in fs2002 is HUGE!!!! Angry

can some one plz help....

thanxx...

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Reply #1 - May 12^th, 2003 at 8:13am

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firstly, you want to customize it in the first way so..
click Customize> units setup> metric> and change it to meters .
Next, because gcraps is naff in the head, click...
Customize> preferences> then at the top, where you see 'system unit scale', change it to 1.0 = meter
Bingo Wink

Might need to resize your model now mind you. 8)

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Reply #2 - May 12^th, 2003 at 10:04am

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Dan - as a sidebar - I've also read that as long as you have your system unit scale set to 1.0=meter, it doesn't matter whether your units setup is metric, or English....?

(just curious - haven't gotten to that chapter yet)

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firstly, you want to customize it in the first way so..
click Customize> units setup> metric> and change it to meters .
Next, because gcraps is naff in the head, click...
Customize> preferences> then at the top, where you see 'system unit scale', change it to 1.0 = meter
Bingo Wink

Might need to resize your model now mind you. 8)

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #3 - May 12^th, 2003 at 10:20am

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sometimes only doing one works for me, other times it doesnt.
but still, better to be on the safe side and do both ways- that way you know there wont (or shouldnt) be a prob with the scaling\ meters thing.
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Reply #4 - May 12^th, 2003 at 8:20pm