Dif to Max Ratio Scale

#1 What do you mean to get the scaling correct? Scale between what? Between that of a dts shape and a dif interior created in another program?

I would suggest setting your units in max to be 1 unit = 1 meter. I use Cartography shop and in CS 32 units = 1 meter. Since I know how many meters each object is going to be I really have no need to import objects from one program to the other to make sure they are the correct size.

#2 Todd,
I was looking for this tutorial I sawa when I was researching Hammer - Goes like this:
Brush Made in Hammer -> Exported to DXF -> Imported to Max -> Converted (Ratio - That's the missing bit!) -> Export as the same size as DTS.

Essentially this means I can have other DTS shapes the same size as the Brushes I made. It's helpful to add extra bits on things.

Just curious if anyone had the link to this...

Toby.

#3 Sorry I haven't seen it. I haven't used hammer, but can you not tell how big an object is in Hammer? Like I stated in CShop its 32 units to the meter by default. I would assume Hammer would also have some sort of scale. If I created a brush in CS that is half a meter tall then go into Max and wanted to create a dts shape that was the same size I would make a shape thats half a meter tall.

#4 Todd,
Well essentially the ratio is used because you're exporting the DXF. Hammer displays the size of the brush (in hammer units) atthe bottom of the screen.

Toby.

#5 Did you ever find this information?

#6 The best way I found to get a .map file (assuming you created a map first and converted to dif) is to use the map23ds utility. that way it comes out in the right scale and is easier to convert back to a DIF again later on. Worked a treat for me anyway.