Polygonal object dimensions

[Grubber]

Hi guys.

Sorry if it was asked before, but is there a way to get polygonal objects dimensions? For example, I have a box of 10 units wide, and the scale is 1. So is it possible to set the scale to be 10, but not actually scale the model? I hope the question is clear.

Thanks in advance!

[Hirazi Blue]

Sorry, but you'd probably have to explain better.
As it stands I don't get what you're trying to achieve.

[grahamef]

It sounds like you want center manipulation:

http://download.autodesk.com/global/doc ... lation.htm

[mc_axe]

If i got you right, you want the scale to be equal to width. (as a number, for dimension reassons), if that is the case:

1-Scale down your polygonal mesh 10 times ( 0.1 to scale )

2-Set that as neutral scale: Transforms>Set Neutral Scaling

3-And then scale it up 10 times. ( 10 to scale )


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I work like that on buildings, i always start with a cube of 1x1 SI Units, and then all dimensions are "writen" to the scale.

[Grubber]

Thanks guys for replays.

mc_axe, you got it right, and your steps are logical, but what if I do not know the actual width.
Basically I need to get the width (or height, or depth) of an object in SI units.

[gaboraa]

Get mScale2Fit, it has an option which you want. Get bbox button gives you the actual length of your mesh. Myara thanks again four you great plugins!

https://www.si-community.com/forum/v ... =29&t=2311

[Grubber]

Thanks a lot!

[Falam]

Speaking of which, I know how to get the circumference of a circle, is there any tool that can show the numeric circumference of the circle though some time of measurement tool ? I've tried kcsRuler I seem to fight with the tool to a degree to get it to give me a nice visual feedback, maybe something I'm overlooking ?

[grahamef]

Speaking of which, I know how to get the circumference of a circle, is there any tool that can show the numeric circumference of the circle though some time of measurement tool ? I've tried kcsRuler I seem to fight with the tool to a degree to get it to give me a nice visual feedback, maybe something I'm overlooking ?

I'm not sure what you are trying to do but in Softimage a circle is just a curve object, so the circumference is the curve length. You can see that info using Edit > Info Selection or get it as an attribute in an ICE tree.

[Falam]

I want to be given a visual read out of the circumference as seen above ?

[myara]

You can
1. Select your edge or edge loop
2. Extract edge as curve
3. Check your selection info

or

3. Run this code in your Script Editor:

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Logmessage (selection(0).ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Curves(0).length)

Or you could run this simple snippet to do it all:

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// JScript
// Get Selection
var sel = getvalue("selectionlist")
if (sel(0).type == "edgeSubComponent"){
    // Extract as curve
    ApplyGenOp("ExtractEdgeLoopOp", "", selection, 3, siImmediateOperation, siKeepGenOpInputs);
    // Log curve length
    Logmessage (selection(0).ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Curves(0).length)
    // Delete curve
    DeleteObj(selection(0))
    // Reselect previous selection
    SelectObj (sel)
    ActivateEdgeSelTool();
}