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INFO: Question: What Is a Softimage Unit?
Last reviewed: February 21, 1997
Article ID: Q163984
The information in this article applies to:
  • Softimage 3D for IRIX, versions 3.5, 3.51
  • Softimage 3D for Windows NT, versions 3.01, 3.51

SUMMARY

A Softimage Unit is primarily a user defined relative scale. If you want 1 Unit to be 1 cm, then 10 SI units = 10 cm, and 100 SI units = 1 meter. Alternatively, 1 Softimage Unit could equal a meter if you so choose. The following are a few exceptions to this relative value:

  • Depth of Field distance in Camera Settings: 1 Softimage Unit = 1 foot
  • Dynamic Simulations: 1 Softimage Unit = 1 meter.
  • Exporting or importing model files to or from other programs may involve default scaling conventions.

REFERENCES

If you have any questions concerning the information contained in this article, contact support@softimage.com by e-mail.

KBCategory: kbgraphic kbusage kbhowto
KBSubcategory: si si3d si3dgen
Additional reference words: 3.01 3.50 3.51



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Last reviewed: February 21, 1997
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