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Is there any way to measure accurate dimensions for a room?

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Is there any way to measure accurate dimensions for a room?

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I covered this a while back with Blender and iClone with a video; I can't find it for the life of me. For my career, I constantly convert metric to imperial and back on a daily basis, so hopefully, this will help you. 

I model in metric when it comes to iClone [They use CM, plus it's a lot easier to get the proper scale]. Exporting in FBX ensures a 1:1 scale. So 1 Blender Unit = Iclone Unit = 1 Meter or 100 CM. This allows me to properly follow standards and such when it comes to modeling, so I get a realistic model to scale. I've built modular rooms, apartments, and real life skyscrapers in metric, it's kinda quick to do. You can basically make IKEA furniture in several minutes by following this method. BigGrin

Here's a quick little conversion that has stuck with me

1 CM = 2.54 Inches
1 FT = 30.48 CM or .3048 M 


Apply to your measurements below.
So a 12 FT= 365.76 CM and 6 FT= 182.88 CM. 

I placed these cubes according to your dimensions as seen below. The one highlighted is at 6 FT.
https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/2804c5f3-4f36-4eeb-8090-184f.png.













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Attached is a ruler that I made with both inches and centimetres marked - it is 100 cm long. 

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Thank you Gerry!!  ~V~

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Yes, thank you. 

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Here is the link for a free ruler in the Marketplace, Ruler by toppro77  

wires, 
Thank you! 

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Thank you Gerry!

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Attached are 3 "Measurement-tools", Freebies from German Forum as seen in this thread:
https://forum.reallusion.com/309920/AW-Gr%c3%b6%c3%9feneinstellung-eines-Avatars?Keywords=proportion#bm310172
Made by Members "Postfrosch" and "Manniliesa"...
Thanx to Wires for another Ruler and Sjonesdc for the Link.


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Kelleytoons (9/11/2018)
There is a (free) ruler in the marketplace, but I couldn't get it to load.


If the ruler was from Toppro77, there is an updated version.  Just download it and it works in 7.

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sjonesdc (9/16/2018)
Here is the link for a free ruler in the Marketplace, Ruler by toppro77  

wires, 
Thank you! 


When I try to add this to the cart it says "Not available for purchase"??

edit: Never mind...I found the latest version for v6 and v7. https://marketplace.reallusion.com/ruler

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Thanks for the attachments. I will look at them on the weekend when I have time to be an animator again.




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