custom models not appearing in hammer.

Ok, after much frustration through all of
today, I manage to make a model and compile it. But after all of my
troubles a new one emerges. When I place a prop_static in Hammer and
select my custom model, the entity box for the prop gets really
big(19998x19998 on grid) and it doesnt show my model.
wtf?

This is what happens in hammer.

http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/37/proof12pp.jpg

http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/7152/proof27af.jpg

Look down 3 threads to the other model thread, it explains your problem with a complete tutorial in the thread! Plus this is an HL2 editing question rather than an art thread.

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-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-

1 unit in any model editor that i've tried is equal to 1 unit in hammer.

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i eat paint

don't think that's quite true about the units. In 3dsmax a 4x4x7.5 is
about the size of person, the entity block in hammer isn't 4x4x7.5.

Also, this is my first post here, and I figured that Art would include models and stuff. Won't misplace thread again.

Wrong. One MAX unit is equal to one Hammer Unit. I guarantee it.