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Blender measurements compared to Measurements in Second Life


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When you export to Collada, the .dae file contains a statement that says whet the units are, like '<unit meter="0.01" name="centimeter"/>'. That is the default in Blender 2.49. It makes things 100x smaller thany you expect if you were thinking in meters. This needs to be changed to '<unit meter="1" name="meter"/>'

For versions of Blender after 2.49b, I recommend visiting the Machinimatrix site where you will find solutions that make the exporter ise meters. There is also a modified translator.py there that has this change.

If you are using Blender 2.49b, then you can change the unit by editing the translator.py file in your Blender scripts directory, colladaimex subdirectory. Make a backup copy first, with a different neme, then change...

        daeAsset.unit.name = 'centimeter'
        daeAsset.unit.meter = '0.01'

to

        daeAsset.unit.name = 'meter'
        daeAsset.unit.meter = '1'

Then the collada file will say '<unit meter="1" name="meter"/>'. Then Blender units will be interpreted as meters. This makes life easier.

In Later versions of Blender, the Collada exporter is not a python script, it's part of the program.

 

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