Thanks Michael. I have set the measurements to meters for a few reasons: the caddy (the final object) is 2 meters long, but most of all, when exporting to Maxwellrender (.obj format) then everything blows up by 100 if I set it to cm. and I go back and forth a few times between moi and mw, so switching the units is a pain. the object I had trouble with is 1 mm thick, but of course with the rounding it is a matter of tenths of mm, so that is indeed a very small measurement.
If there was an easier method to communicate with mw, it would be great. meanwhile, I will switch the units when I run into this sort of trouble!

thanks again
wim

Hi wim,

> but most of all, when exporting to Maxwellrender (.obj format)
> then everything blows up by 100 if I set it to cm. and I go back
> and forth a few times between moi and mw, so switching the
> units is a pain.

You can solve this one by setting the option in MoI under Options > Import/Export > OBJ options > "Scale factor". If you put in 0.01 for that scale factor option, your exported OBJ file will get scaled down by 1/100 in size just at export time, that should get it at the size that Maxwell likes to have things.


> If there was an easier method to communicate with
> mw, it would be great.

This is really the best way, because if you post here there is a chance that someone else may be able to help if I'm away on some family emergency like I am now.

Thanks, - Michael