scaling objects with rigidbodies

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I have prefabs that have collider, rigidbody and their size and mass are set to correspond to realworld meters/kilograms.

Now I want to instantiate these prefabs at different uniform scales (scales ranging from 0.2 - 2.0).

My question is, how does scaling (changing transform.localScale) affect physics? does the physic engine already consider the uniform scale for it's calculation, or do I for example have to multiply the rigidBody mass by scale^3? what about drag?

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Answer by iwaldrop · Jan 16, 2013 at 12:51 AM

You would indeed need to alter the mass and drag manually. Luckily, rigidbodies don't care about size; the aggregate of a GameObject's colliders give it it's dimensions. So just scale your gameObject and set the mass and drag by a factor of whatever you scaled it by!

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Answer by JonathanWebb · Feb 28, 2017 at 07:34 AM

// Instantiate the RigidBody Rigidbody newBody = Instantiate(object, transform.position, Quaternion.identity) as Rigidbody;

// Scale the game object associated with the RigidBody by 15 (i.e. 15 times larger than normal). newBody.gameObject.transform.localScale *= 15.0f;

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