Maya 2015 Workflow for UE4?

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Hi,

I have a couple of questions about Maya workflow for UE4 that I want to ask.

I blocked out my entire level in UE4 to real world measurement so it is huge. Now I want to use Maya to model/uv assets then send them to UE4. However, I find it so hard to model to real world scale in Maya because the snap to grid tool in Maya is not as good as the one in UE4.

I was wondering should I model assets to real world measurements like the block-out I made in UE4? Is real world scale important in modeling stage? can I just model normally then scale it later?

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If you click on the options box beside grid then you can change how far apart the lines are and how many there are.

I can’t remember what to set them to off the top of my head though.

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1 cm in Maya equals 1 Unreal unit, so if you use centimeters you’re going to be just fine.

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So for example, my grid subdivisions is 16. If I want to snap to grid 10 ten units, I will need to change both “Length and width” and “Grid lines every” to 160 units?

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