topic Re: GDL newbie seeks help on material orientation in Libraries & objects

GDL newbie seeks help on material orientation

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:37:26 GMT

Ladies & Gents,

I have created a simple sign with a custom texture I made in Photoshop then applied in AC10. I believe my problem lies with the origin of the texture because as soon as I snap the object to the project origin, all is well. But I need the sign away from the project origin AND readable (I have some close ups). So my question is simple:

1. Is this an easy fix for a novice GDL person to fix?

Thanks for the help!

+pablo

Re: GDL newbie seeks help on material orientation

Dwight — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:19:49 GMT

Use the Picture 10 object instead.

Re: GDL newbie seeks help on material orientation

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:32:48 GMT

The sign that you show requires no GDL. If you just make it with standard tools - using a wall for the panel inside the frame - use the Align 3D Texture > Set Origin command to set the origin to the lower left of the wall (which is where it would be anyway).

Karl

Re: GDL newbie seeks help on material orientation

Dwight — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:36:09 GMT

Advantages to using the Picture 10 object is that it acts as a resizable/re-proportionable (?) picture panel that can be relocated without unpredictable results.

Re: GDL newbie seeks help on material orientation

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:25:14 GMT

Pablo wrote:
1. Is this an easy fix for a novice GDL person to fix?

If you post the 3d script of the object maybe we can help...