Scaling the Scene

If the objects in the loaded scene don’t have satisfying size comparing with the dummy, you may want to re-size it. The scaling directions along three axes map to the coordinate system in iClone.

  • Scaling X – Click the up arrow to increase the value of the scene orientation while click down arrow to decrease it around the Red Axis. You may also key in the value into the edit box to rotate the scene.

3dXchange scale before Scaling the Scene

3dXchange scale x Scaling the Scene

Original Size

Scaled Along X Axis

  • Scaling Y – Click the up arrow to increase the value of the scene orientation while click down arrow to decrease it around the Green Axis. You may also key in the value into the edit box to rotate the scene.

3dXchange scale before Scaling the Scene

3dXchange scale y Scaling the Scene

Original Size

Scaled Along Y Axis

  • Scaling Z – Click the up arrow to increase the value of the scene orientation while click down arrow to decrease it around the Blue Axis. You may also key in the value into the edit box to rotate the scene.

3dXchange scale before Scaling the Scene

3dXchange scale z Scaling the Scene

Original Size

Scaled Along Z Axis

  • Lock XYZ – Check this box and the node selected will be scaled with aspect ratio kept. Only the parameter for X is editable. The other two are auto-adjusted in fixed proportion along with the value of X.

3dXchange scale before Scaling the Scene

3dXchange scale lock Scaling the Scene

Original Size

Locked and Scaled

Tips:

  • Press down the arrow buttons over 3 seconds to double the speed for increasing / decreasing the value. Press down the arrow buttons over 6 seconds to triple the speed for increasing / decreasing the value.

  • Press down the arrow buttons and drag your cursor can also increase / decrease the value. But the value won’t change if you keep your cursor un-moved, which is useful if you want to set the value slowly without using the keyboard.

Scaling the Scene