how do u change the scale and the whole size in the xsi ?

dream996 · 09/01/09 08:09

i made a level for oni ( a new airport )
but i don't think the size is right and i could like to change the whole thing size AT once =] ( like the whole thing going small and big ) if you know what i mean

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dream996 · 09/02/09 08:09

anyone ?

EdT · 09/02/09 10:09

I did a google search on xsi mod tools scale and found this:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.p … post273957

Join Date: Feb 2005

One tricky but neat thing in XSI is their special shortcut key mode. (I'm not sure what they call it.)

To move verts, you can press and immediately release 'M', and the Move Point Tool will be selected. The cursor changes from its current state to the Move Point icon. You can select on a specific point and move it. Their special mode is that you can press and hold a shortcut, such as 'M', and the Move Point Tool will be active only as long as you hold the key. It will revert to the previous mode when the key is released.

So to edit verts real quick I would:

1) press T to go into Point (vert) mode,
2) rectangle-select or shift-select some verts,
3) press 'V' to go into Translate mode,
4) drag with the mouse to move the verts,
5) drag on the X, Y, or Z axis of the Translate Constrain tool to move in an axis,
6) press and hold 'M' to just move a single vert,
7) release 'M' to go back to the previous mode (Translate in my case; note that the previous selection of verts is retained),
8) press and hold 'S' to Pan, Zoom, or Rotate the view,
9) press and hold 'X' to go into Scale mode, drag in window to scale
10) press and hold 'C' to go into Rotate mode, drag in window to rotate
11) etc.

There are 'constrain tools' that pop up in the Scale, Rotate, and Translate (Transform panel) modes. This is a red/blue/green icon that allows you to constrain transformation to an axis or plane. Click directly on an axis of the constrain tool while in Translate mode and drag, and you will be constrained to one axis. The cursor icon will change to indicate whether the transformation (scale, rotate, translate) will be in X, Y, Z, or a combination of the three. Axes can also be enabled/disabled in the Tranform panel. Exact numerical transformations can be typed into the Transform panel.

Another thing to keep in mind is that all of these changes are being kept in a 'history', so instead of performing a second rotate on a unique selection that you are not even sure you can duplicate, you could go to the history, select the first rotate operation you performed, and edit the numbers for the amount of rotation you need. This is a really powerful feature. However, after lots of editing the history can get very long, and eat up a lot of resources, slowing down operations. On the lower-right side of the screen, the Freeze button will basically delete the entire history and speed things up again. All the changes are kept, but you can't go back and edit any previous operations anymore.

Common Shortcuts:

Selection modes:
F7: Rectangle (standard)
F8: Lasso (draw a lasso around the verts or entities)
F9: Freeform
F10: Raycast

T: Point (vert selection with rectangle)
I: Edge raycast (Edge selection with raycast)
U: Polygon raycast

Transform modes:
X: Scale
C: Rotate
V: Translate (move)

View:
S: Pan side to side & up or down, Translate in/out, Rotate
Z: Pan, Zoom,
O: Orbit view around model

Also, found tutorials from XSI, again using google
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:XSI

dream996 · 09/02/09 10:09

where can i get xsi files ????like some where to share my stuff ?
by the way thx 4 helping EDT =] you always help peoples out !

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Iritscen · 09/02/09 11:09

You mean you're looking for a place to share files from? I always recommend www.drop.io, it's quick and simple.

dream996 · 09/02/09 20:09

nope...i mean like a forum or a warehouse

Iritscen · 09/02/09 20:09

http://www.turbosquid.com/ is a great place for free 3D models.

dream996 · 09/02/09 21:09

anymore ? =] thx .....but the links in the turbosquid.com is not really working ...
by the way what time is usa ?

Last edited by dream996 (09/02/09 21:09)

Iritscen · 09/02/09 21:09

Hmm, I don't know of any other good ones offhand.

I'm in the eastern time zone, which is -5 GMT.

dream996 · 09/02/09 23:09

why does it cost so much anyway ....none of them seem to be free =[

dream996 · 09/03/09 02:09

EDT
this is what i want =] not exactly like it but '''similar

Last edited by dream996 (09/03/09 02:09)

Iritscen · 09/03/09 07:09

If I wasn't so tired when I made my last post, I would have remembered this site: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ . Much better resource, since in fact TurboSquid likes to charge for stuff, as you said. At least some of the models can be downloaded as Collada, our format of choice.

dream996 · 09/03/09 07:09

yeah ....that was what i was doing .....but ....easy to mess up
i tried it ....not always work ...i will try to show you later but anyway i still need to be on the xsi ! (sovle the question

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