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Hiya,

I created the $550 million FedEx new facility for PTI (Greensboro, NC) in Gmax. I'm no expert but I can find my way around. However this time I'm a bit stuck. I made the mistake to create the model in feet instead of using the metric system. When I exported it Gmax said something like "The dimensions of this model were not stored in Gmax in metric system but I'll convert for you..." or so. I thought...great. But it also mentioned something like "please make sure the dimensions of the model are correct". Hum!!!

I compile and go to FS to place my new piece of art. WOW that thing is monstrous. Even at scale 0.01 it is still 4 or 5 times too big :(

So the question is: how do I change how Gmax stores the dimensions? Going to Customize then Units Setup doesn't work. It seems to only change how the dimensions are displayed, not stored.

Any help greatly appreciated,
 
In the Preference Settings Dialog box, click on the General tab. At the top left make sure System Unit Scale is set for 1 unit = 1.0 Meters (select meters from the drop down menu) with the Automatic Unit Conversion check box ticked.

Regards, Mike Mann
 
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