Rescale hair & fur WSM

[Macker]

Hey guys,

I've got an object with hair & fur world space modifier applied - the scene is built in mm.

When I import it into my scene (built in cm) the fur disappears/doesn't render - it doesn't even show up in the viewport.

I've tried rescaling the hair/fur/units in the original file but to no avail - I just can't get it to merge into my scene correctly.

Does anyone know how to achieve this? Or if there is a way to convert Hair & Fur wsm to vrayfur? Or if there's a work-around such as converting to mesh? I did try converting to a mesh, but then I couldn't get the hairs to render with the correct colours.

All I want is to be able to import this model into my scene and render it.

[Macker]

Ahhh, nobody else then?

[Raven]

Why not just before merging, change units to mm, then straight after change back to cm.

[Macker]

Will give that a go, thanks!

[edit] Come to think of it, this doesn't seem to merge correctly into a new scene that is set up in mm anyway. The fur all disappears - only the guides show up (when the display guides checkbox is checked). No fur. Any ideas?

[Deflaminis]

Hello Macker,

I would try this (Can't verify right now, but worth a try.)

1) Save your current hair settings as a preset
2) Convert your guides to splines in tools
3) Export object plus splines
4) Put new Hair/Fur on
5) Select Recomb from Splines and select your splines exported in 2
6) Load your preset. (Maybe have to switch order of 5 and 6.)
7) Might have to merge in your effect from effect tab.

Any luck?
AJ

[Raven]

That is odd Macker.

What version of max are you running? I did a test yesterday in 2016 and it seamed to work fine.