Simviation Forums

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!!!! >:( can some one plz help....

thanxx...

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

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

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)


[quote]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

Might need to resize your model now mind you.

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.

Dann Thanx it WORKED!!! IT has been driving me CRAZY for like 3 months... for some reason it didnt work untill i did change Customize/Preferences/1.0=meter
thanx....

Dan knows his stuff.... and even better - shares it!

Dan knows his stuff.... and even better - shares it!

weel i gotta beat eriks 2000 odd posts somehow  ;)