Maya Units Fustrations

[Levitateme]

if you need differnt unit type go to

window>setting s pref> preferences>settings

working units you can change there if you like

[plotz]

I know I can change the working units, from centimeters to feet...that's where the problem begins:(

Maya defaults everything else to centimeters. So if I set my scene units up in feet, but bones, lights, cameras, etc. all come in at a default size in centimeters I have to rescale them all so I can work with them.

For lights and cameras it's not too big of a deal, but for bones it's a real pain. You can only set the default scale multiplier to 5, which makes them look like toothpicks on a 6 foot character.

Additionally when I set up lighting falloff I have to enter HUGE numbers, in order to get my scenes illuminated.

From my research on this in the past, it appears to be a long standing issue dating back to the Power Animator days.

[James Jackson]

"1cm=1 foot". That is what I do. If you work in anything other than cm Maya makes a conversion node and this can be problematic for dynamics.

-Jj

[Hugh]

I generally just use 'units' in Maya, and use them as whatever I want for the project...

[Ckerr812]

I hear ya man, one of the main things I noticed in Maya when coming from Max is the crap tastic way it measures units. Anyway this is what I was told when I complained about it, "Get Studio Tools". For design work it really kicks Maya's ass around, especially if you have to work from blue prints or diagrams.

[p@g0]

humm never scale a bone my friend.. you may have some big trouble lollllll :P

try this instead if your unable to work with these small bones..
DYSPLAY> JOINT SIZE> choose the one you need...
just on top of this you can change the lights and camera too..

Hope it will help you!

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