Model distortion when Exported to .3ds format

So I am just starting out actually doing something in blender, I decided to make a chair. Simple enough right? and I’ve had substance designer 4 for a while now (steam sale) and decided to actually fire it up. The only issue is… Whenever I import a model it is distorted and oversized. I don’t know if this is a problem with me just not scaling it properly on my end or a problem while exporting or importing the file.

here is some pictures of what it should look like and what it actually looks like in substance designer.



Stay classy gentlemen, and any input for a noob is appreciated c:

update! Instead of the .3ds format I used .fbx and that seemed to solve all the problems