M2A1 - Working with units - Introducing the "Unit Setup" converter Video Lecture | 3DS MAX - Architecture Design Tutorial (Introductory Course)

in this class we will study about
working with units of measurements in
max as a way to standardize measurements
in creating our mock-up designs
in all designs whether they be
architectural or engineering it's
necessary to keep the scale proportional
in max our wrong selection in the design
can cause many problems 3ds max is
conscious of this fact and provides a
tool for defining units for
standardizing designs
so let's introduce unit setup it is
located on the customize menu look at
its definitions
see the display units group on the unit
setup screen this group is responsible
for defining the unit of measurement
type for the design in our case we'll
define the units for the metric system
these units are millimeters centimeters
meters and kilometers
in the case of the US or American
Standard these units are based on inches
or feet such as fractional inches or
fractional feet the custom setting
allows us to define a default unit
related to the define unit system
example attribute 1 as the render unit
equal to 10 centimeters
click okay and check the box in the
scene this cube was created 20
centimeters wide we can see the sides of
the cube measured to render units
go back to unit setup to see the last
defined unit option in max
this is generic units which is the fault
system for the software this unit equals
one inch
it can be applied to modeling organic
shapes
but in scenes which require real
measurements such as lighting
calculations for rendering or dynamic
objects this unit can cause a negative
effect on the final display quality
throughout the entire design in this
course we will apply the metric system
so in the measurement listing box select
meters
so in this class we have studied some
tools responsible for defining units of
measurements in max from now on we will
configure our designs more faithfully
related to real objects
in future courses on rendering and
advanced lighting is required to
correctly define the units of
measurements as this is fundamental to
all rendering and photometric lights
which are based on units to create
surprisingly realistic images