Virgil.act question

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Al Bundy
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Virgil.act question

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Which are the dimensions (in cm) of the model of the archive virgil.act (of the feet until the head)?

P.S.: Knowing the size in cm I will have an idea of that so great it must draw doors, houses, tables, etc...
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There is no size in CM for it. There is no real life unit which corrisponds with units in RF. The trick is to use the egyptian shadow method: Measure an object in real life, measure another object in real life, and get the ratio between them. For instance, measure your height, measure the height of a doorframe, then get the ratio between them (IE doorframe = 8 feet, you = 6 feet, as an example). So here the ratio would be 8 over 6, both feet. Then pick a sensible measurement for height of either the doorframe or your player (I would reccomend your player), say this is 128 units. so we have simple algebra now, 8 over 6 = x over 128. cross multiply:

8 * 128 = 1024
6 * x = 6x

Divide both sides by 6 (the number which is multiplying the unknown quantity, x), and the result is approximately:

x = 170

So in this case, you should make your doorframe 170 units tall, which makes your player 6 feet tall in relation to the doorframe which is 8 feet tall.

Hope that made sense.
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