Hello, i currently have all my scenes in Metres as system units and MM as display units. And i need to work in MM as system units because i work more and more on small objects and need some more precision. Now, when i import a old scene (in Metres) into a MM system unit scene, it screws all the b…

under “Utilities” click on the “More..” button In the list that pops up you’ll find a thing called “Rescale World Units” try that (not on the merged scene, but on the old scene) I haven’t used it in a while, so can’t remember which way to set it. either 1000 or 0.001 You’ll have to check the “h…

Been using the utility above quite a bit recently and seems to work just fine!

Yeah, tried that, but it still messes up some geometry…

I’ve only ever found that it will mess up geometry that have a modifier where a number can be entered… Think noise modifier or renderable spline etc wont convert the unit so a renderable spline with say, a 1mm width setting will convert to a 1m width setting if you were to convert your scene from mm…

how about in the old scene: set display units also to M same as unit scale using the scale tool and scale your hole scene UP to 1000% then in that same scene change your system and display units from M to mm save. Go to a new scene with mm units for display and system merge old scene into here…

Well, with a powerboolean it doesnt work very well but will try Morne’s method !

[image] Falloff and Mix completely unsupported? Well, with a powerboolean it doesnt work very well but will try Morne’s method ! Let us know if it works

using scale 1000% didn’t work well, it doesnt chnage spinner values etc… will try to set up scene units in MM and then to a rescale world units, and maybe do a xform…

The only reliable way to do it i’ve found is to collapse all your modifier stacks.

Try this: Make sure your main scene is in M Reset Max and change the units to mm in a new file Do a merge with your scene in M How’s that work?

best way to convert scene units Metres to MM ?

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Morne April 30, 2012, 12:25pm 8

Let us know if it works

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