small lights

# 1 28-09-2007 , 08:43 AM

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i have a problem with displaying lights and cams
in the viewport of maya.
when i create a cam or a light first no symbol appears in the viewport
but when i extremely zoom in- i see they are there, but ultra ultrasmall.
how can i change display size of the cam and lights symbols to easy pick them in the viewport scene.i looked trough preferences
and display stuff but did not find an answer yet.

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# 2 28-09-2007 , 04:16 PM

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you can use the scale tool on the camera, but i dont know about the lights

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# 3 29-09-2007 , 04:47 AM

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first aid not too bad

thank you
alright it works i can scale both cameras and lights in size.
but when i go create again the next one created
remains so supertiny each time that i see nothing in the viewport
only if i select them in outliner with move scale or rotate tool on i
get the axis handles of those tools but the symbol itself is so tiny
its not displayed.

so your idea is a first sollution around the problem
but does not solve it really becuase i would like to return to creation standarts by default.

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# 4 29-09-2007 , 05:08 AM

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it is probably more to do with your scene size than camera settings, are you working in Meters? try changing to Centimeters under Settings in the Prefrences, the camera should be a lot bigger.

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# 5 29-09-2007 , 10:00 AM

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that was it

thanks that was the excact problem!
i started a tutorial early this year but did not get very far. now as you mentioned the problem i remembered that at the beginning of this tutorial i followed some instructions that included changig
to meters but i completely forgot and would never thought of it again probably.
so this was a great help.
a great forum, thank you.

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