raterry Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Hello All, Quick question...I have a CAD file I'm trying to import to MAX (ver. 5.1) as a DXF. My MAX units are set to U.S. standard feet w/ fractional inches. When I import the dxf the building which is 230' wide in CAD becomes like 2750' in MAX. I can't figure out how to keep it at the right scale on import, is it a setting in CAD? I'm pretty CAD ignorant. I'd rather not scale the object in MAX to retrofit it to the size I need if I don't have to. Thanks for any advice, -=Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cassil Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 You need to check and make sure your "system units" is set to the same as your cad units. It probably needs to be inches and is feet. Go to customize/units setup/ and then hit the "system units setup" button. make sure you have inches selected from the drop down list. If it still doesn't scale properly, you need to find out what the system unit for the cad file is and then set it to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raterry Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 That was it! Thanks Brian, I always work in Feet in MAX so I stupidly assumed the architect did as well. I appreciate your quick and correct response. Regards, -=Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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