Object measurement tools in Studio

Object measurement tools in Studio#320832

By Maximus3D - Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:17 am

- Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:17 am #320832

It could be nice and useful to have a boundingbox with measurements along it's X, Y and Z axis so you could get a rough estimation of the scale of a model, and a tapemeasure tool which you could use to measure the scale of certain parts of a object in Studio to get them to correct scale, you can also use it to measure the size of textures you view in realtime in the viewport. It would be helpful to have these things so we could make sure we actually work at the correct 1:1 scale all the time and take the guessing out of the game.

/ Max

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Re: Object measurement tools in Studio#321372

By mookiemu - Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:19 am

- Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:19 am #321372

that would be very useful for me too!

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Re: Object measurement tools in Studio#321871

By brodie_geers - Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:01 pm

- Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:01 pm #321871

Agreed. My workaround is to pick a focal distance which will tell you the distance from the camera to the point you pick. That's useful in some cases but sometimes it'd be nice to just be able to say, check the height of a person to make sure they're not 6" off either way.

-Brodie

Re: Object measurement tools in Studio#321876

By Bubbaloo - Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:56 pm

- Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:56 pm #321876

brodie_geers wrote:make sure they're not 6" off either way.

-Brodie

Well, technically it will never tell you that. It will tell you .1524 meters though.

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Re: Object measurement tools in Studio#321877

By brodie_geers - Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:02 am

- Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:02 am #321877

Bubbaloo wrote:
brodie_geers wrote:make sure they're not 6" off either way.

-Brodie
Well, technically it will never tell you that. It will tell you .1524 meters though.

Which leads me to wish #2...

-Brodie

Re: Object measurement tools in Studio#321879

By Bubbaloo - Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:04 am

- Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:04 am #321879

brodie_geers wrote:
Bubbaloo wrote:
brodie_geers wrote:make sure they're not 6" off either way.

-Brodie
Well, technically it will never tell you that. It will tell you .1524 meters though.
Which leads me to wish #2...

-Brodie

Me too!

Brian Looney
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Re: Object measurement tools in Studio#323745

By Half Life - Sun May 16, 2010 3:42 pm

- Sun May 16, 2010 3:42 pm #323745

I would also like both the ability to measure objects directly in Maxwell -- imported OBJs from Zbrush come in at all odd sizes and have to be scaled by guess-timation.

Imperial units in Maxwell is something that I am deeply lustful for

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Jason.

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Re: Object measurement tools in Studio#323850

By earache - Tue May 18, 2010 4:35 pm

- Tue May 18, 2010 4:35 pm #323850

Definitely would like a way to measure objects, but I really want a way to choose the unit of measurement for my scene. Give me a complete set of units to choose from. Working in meters just doesn't cut it.