Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Resizing in Illustrator

You probably have got frustrated at the colossal size of profiles imported to Illustrator once looked not that big in 3ds Max. Here’s how to shrink the huge guy and you may also use the trick to make your midget to a giant.

 

1. Arrange all of your profiles on a single Illustrator file. This is important in order to apply a uniform shrinkage ratio to all of your pieces.

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2. Select all of your parts using Selection Tool holding Shift key.

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3. Click link between W (Width) and H (Height) on the upper right.

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4. Type a target dimension in either W or H.

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5. Check the size of the shrunken pieces and adjust more if needed.

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6. Arrange parts to fit in the area for your material.

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