3D Object and jpeg problem

[Anonymous]

Hello, I downloaded object form Archibase and put them in new created folder with jpeg. I load them in Library manager. On the left site of the LM I can see the folder with the pictures. I reload it to make sure, but when I open the object to put it in my drawing i cant place the Jpeg, cant find it. Can somebody help? Eva

[Laszlo Nagy]

evklek wrote:
Hello, I downloaded object form Archibase and put them in new created folder with jpeg. I load them in Library manager. On the left site of the LM I can see the folder with the pictures. I reload it to make sure, but when I open the object to put it in my drawing i cant place the Jpeg, cant find it. Can somebody help? Eva

If you want to place a JPG file on the Floor Plan or any other Viewpoint, use the Figure Tool or the Drawing Tool. In that case the JPG does not have to be loaded as a Library.

[Anonymous]

Hello Laszlo, no I want to use it in the visualizations.

[Laszlo Nagy]

So you want to assign the JPG as a texture to a surface.
You will have to do that in the Options\Element Attributes\Materials Dialog.
In that case the JPGs must be in loaded libraries.
Then use those materials in your Object that you have assigned the textures to.

[Anonymous]

Hello, so you mean for every object i would have to duplicate materials and assign a texture for it? Eva

[Laszlo Nagy]

You can define Material in the Material Settings Dialog.
Then you can assign any of these materials to any object.
The Object either has material parameters you can use or in the Model panel of the Object Settings Dialog you can assign it a global Material.

[Anonymous]

Hmm, o.k I explain what I did. I dowloaded Lipton tea box (3ds or gsm)It has 3 Jpeg: top, bottom, side. All in one folder. So now you say I have to go to material setting and load those three jpeg as a texture. I copy existing texture 3 times and named it bottom, top, side and created three new textures. Is this the way? If it is, is very time consuming, but also I cant get the side of the box to look wright. On the bottom of the dialog box where it says sample 1x1, 2x2... it wouldn't stay 1x1.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Show me a screenshot of your Object Settings Dialog with the Parametes visible so I can see what kind of parameters you can set for the Object.

[Anonymous]

[David Maudlin]

Eva:

You will need to change the size of the texture to match the size of the side of the box, my guess is that the 500 dimension should be closer to 1000. You will need to uncheck "Keep Original Proportion" to change one dimension of the texture without changing the other dimension. The Sample: 2x2 is just for the preview, does not affect the texture in the model.

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David