I can't get my rig to attach to my model I have cleaned up the model using the clean up tools, but every time I try to parent - armature deform with automatic weights my model grows a thousand times its size and they aren't connected.
this is a copy of the file.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NiiyVZrLf8ldHE7WCG9vIuKdr6NhaAf1/view?usp=sharing
You need to apply the scale to the armature (metarig) and the mesh before you parent them. Select them, then press Ctrl+A, apply scale.