smaller grid / transform along single axis / export to 3ds

[hazardous]

ah my head is full of questions!

1. can i change the size of the grid? if yes, how?
2. how can i move / scale an object along only one single axis? when i want to scale an object it always extends into all directions. if i press [mouse3] i can transform an object along on axis, but i can’t choose which one i want.
3. are there plugins for blender to export / import .3ds files?

[S68]

1. can i change the size of the grid? if yes, how?

No.

Grid is in Blender Arbitrary Units (BAU)

2. how can i move / scale an object along only one single axis? when i want
   to scale an object it always extends into all directions. if i press [mouse3] i can transform an object along on axis, but i can’t choose which one i want.

You answered yourself, MMB (Middle Mouse Button) You can choose the axis, it is that where the mouse is moving when the MMB was pressed. Re-press to eliminate the single axis scaling.

3. are there plugins for blender to export / import .3ds files?

Recurrent questin, and I really never remember the answer

Stefano

[mattebb]

Try here for import/export scripts:

http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~mein/blender/converters.html

[theeth]

[quote=“S68”]

1. can i change the size of the grid? if yes, how?

No.[/quote]

on the contrary

put you mouse over a 3D window and press shift-F7.

you can define the grid size there.

shift-F5 to go back to the 3D window

Martin