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Importing scale in Unreal

josevidosavfx — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:15:02 GMT

Hello, I'm currently exporting a cache from Golaem, but when I import it into Unreal, it appears oversized. I'm fairly new to Golaem, so any advice would be appreciated.

Re: Importing scale in Unreal

nicolas_chaverou — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:30:11 GMT

Hey there,

Please check the Golaem For Unreal FAQ here:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/GOLM/ENU/?guid=glm_golaem-for-unreal-faq

Especially the following entry:

Characters are not at the right scale and / or flicker when replayed in the viewport

Re: Importing scale in Unreal

william_bobant4TQVJ — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:19:32 GMT

Heya,

Sorry, I'm stuck at the same thing and I'm a bit confused: the doc states one needs to enter the following env variable:

:: Set Scene Unit (0 for millimeters, 1 for centimeters, 3 for meters, 4 for inches, 5 for feet)
set GLMCROWD_UNIT=3

But I can't find the right place to do so, as everything I do ends up with the same result in Unreal. Is it a Windows env variable? An Unreal Engine's? Something else?

Thanks!

Re: Importing scale in Unreal

josevidosavfx — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:30:42 GMT

Hi William, I tried the same thing as you without success. Finally, I used meters in Golaem to get it working correctly in Unreal. Remember to rescale your environment correctly once imported into Maya. I'm sorry I can't help you more.
If anyone has a better solution, please share it. 🙂

Re: Importing scale in Unreal

william_bobant4TQVJ — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:14:31 GMT

Hey!

thanks for the heads-up! Sadly in this case I was already in meters 😞 I could always lower down the scale even more to match Unreal's but I'm sure there's a better and easier way to proceed

Re: Importing scale in Unreal

nicolas_chaverou — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:35:59 GMT

The cleanest way is to use a launcher script / app to start a DCC

On my side I have a script (.bat) where i set a couple of env vars in before launching UE/Maya/Houdini... including the Unit and other things

This allows to be non invasive in my system and contain the environment variable to the execution of the DCC (when I close the DCC the envvar is removed)

Here's a sample of my script for UE

set GLMCROWD_UNIT=3

set UNREAL_LOCATION=C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_%UNREAL_VERSION%\
set UNREAL_EXE=Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealEditor.exe
::Launch
"%UNREAL_LOCATION%\%UNREAL_EXE%" "%GLM_INSTALL_PREFIX%\%GLM_PROJECT%"