[caryjames]

I'll fiddle with it and see if I can figure it out! So far I have just been using regular materials and just applying them to my models. This texture mapping and swapping UV's is like Quantum Physics to me!!!Thanks again
Cary

[polynurb]

if you apply any texture in rhino, surface UV mapping is default.
It is a feature of nurbs, that they have " built in " texture coordinates, generated from how isocurves are distributed along U and V surface directions.

[caryjames]

When I tried out your example on a plain disc it worked fine




But when I try the same material on my model and attempt the same steps this is what I get





Any thoughts? You know the drill....THANKS!!!!!
Cary

[polynurb]

if your surface is revolved, untrimmed has surface mapping and with controlpionts on looking like something like this:


it will be good.

[caryjames]

That did it! I have the object rendering right now and will post the finished render, thanks so much for taking the time to help out!!!

And on a related note. Could you or someone else explain how to add a texture map to an object from scratch. The reason I ask is that for my white gold materials I have been using a brushed stainless material I downloaded from the MXM database. But I would like to be able to add a brushed finish to my gold.ior file that I use in Maxwell. The gold .ior file is just a high polish gold finish. Again, thanks to all!
Cary

[kami]

maybe just having turned the texture map in photoshop by 90° would have helped too. but it's a much cheesier way