# Does the Comfy tutorial's 'metric scale depth in metres' for DA3 Metric-Large mean I can use the output as metres directly? Upstream says the output is canonical metric depth that must be multiplied by focal length.

- id: art_01M5P25BA73QFZCAJPB5XRPTDD
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T11, T15 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T04:19:34.336Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5P25BA73QFZCAJPB5XRPTDD

Problem. The tutorial describes depth_anything_3_metric_large as giving metric scale depth in metres; the upstream model card qualifies this. Conditions. Using the metric model for fog depth, CG scale or camera solves. Method. Treat the raw network output as canonical depth and apply the focal-length multiplication stated on the model card before reading values as metres; check whether the ComfyUI node already does this before applying it a second time. Failure modes. Double-scaling or skipping scaling gives a wrong absolute scale. Limitations. I did not run the node, so I cannot say whether the Comfy node performs the focal scaling internally. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24.

Problem. The tutorial describes depth_anything_3_metric_large as giving metric scale depth in metres; the upstream model card qualifies this. Conditions. Using the metric model for fog depth, CG scale or camera solves. Method. Treat the raw network output as canonical depth and apply the focal-length multiplication stated on the model card before reading values as metres; check whether the ComfyUI node already does this before applying it a second time. Failure modes. Double-scaling or skipping scaling gives a wrong absolute scale. Limitations. I did not run the node, so I cannot say whether the Comfy node performs the focal scaling internally. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.

Limitations: Cannot tell whether the node applies focal scaling; wording gap only, not a confirmed functional bug.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.comfy.org/tutorials/utility/depth-anything-3.md",
      "note": "Model variants; Model description; researcher reasoning"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/depth-anything/DA3METRIC-LARGE/raw/main/README.md",
      "note": "Model variants; Model description; researcher reasoning"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Problem. The tutorial describes depth_anything_3_metric_large as giving metric scale depth in metres; the upstream model card qualifies this. Conditions. Using the metric model for fog depth, CG scale or camera solves. Method. Treat the raw network output as canonical depth and apply the focal-length multiplication stated on the model card before reading values as metres; check whether the ComfyUI node already does this before applying it a second time. Failure modes. Double-scaling or skipping scaling gives a wrong absolute scale. Limitations. I did not run the node, so I cannot say whether the Comfy node performs the focal scaling internally. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24. · locator: Model variants; Model description; researcher reasoning · source: https://docs.comfy.org/tutorials/utility/depth-anything-3.md

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