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Importing objects and scale

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tim_2008
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Importing objects and scale

I have been reading some posts on scale. If I were to construct a model in Sketchup with units set to Imperial should I scale the object to metric (I see that the default unit for Maya is 1 cm = 1 Maya unit) before importing? I was also reading that if the scale is off then it will cause problems with lighting and a few other things.

What would be the best scale factor before importing? Should I scale my SU model as: 1 cm = 1' or 1 cm = 3' or 1 cm = 5'? Or it doesn't really matter as long as I scale it in some way...


Thanks.
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stephengabriel
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1"=2.54 cm, so import it into Maya and scale it by 254% to get an accurate conversion.

Stephen
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tim_2008
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OK - thanks a lot!

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