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Changing the grid units from inches to cms

otodomusotodomus Posts: 332
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Hello friends a dumb question here, I want to work in cms or meters in vertex room, and I want to set up my grid based on those units metrical system, but I can't find how to do it, and I can't find neither a relate topic in serach function, anyone can help me out?

 

 

Best regards

 

Otto

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  • pimpypimpy Posts: 274
    edited December 2015
    otodomus said:

    Hello friends a dumb question here, I want to work in cms or meters in vertex room, and I want to set up my grid based on those units metrical system, but I can't find how to do it, and I can't find neither a relate topic in serach function, anyone can help me out

     

    Best regards

     

    Otto

    Hi Otto

    you must change the default settings in "preferences" from inch to metric smiley

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  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,584

    OR, for a temporary change, select the SCENE in your Instances thab, then go to Interfaces, & Displayed Units in the properties window. This will set the units for the current session.

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  • otodomusotodomus Posts: 332

    Thank you Tango Alpha and pimpy for your quick responses, yes

  • otodomusotodomus Posts: 332

    It was easy, and believe me, I have years working with Carrara and its the first time I needed to change the units setup and I had no idea how to do it cool

  • RoygeeRoygee Posts: 2,247

    Don't put too much trust in changing the preferences to metric, unless theyv'e been corrected in 8.5.  Two instances that come to mind are replicating with offset in the VM and the motion path - both work in inches, regardles of what units you have set :)

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,533
    Roygee said:

    Don't put too much trust in changing the preferences to metric, unless theyv'e been corrected in 8.5.  Two instances that come to mind are replicating with offset in the VM and the motion path - both work in inches, regardles of what units you have set :)

    ...but if you type in a value followed by "cm" you'll get cm, "mi" for miles, "km"... etc., and it will automatically convert your response to the inch equivalent.

  • RoygeeRoygee Posts: 2,247

    .but if you type in a value followed by "cm" you'll get cm, "mi" for miles, "km"... etc., and it will automatically convert your response to the inch equivalent.

    Yes, that is a quick way of doing it without having to change preferences...but it won't work in the two cases i mentioned (and a few more I don't recall offhand), because there is no input option:)

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