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Changing tile size X & Y question
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:41 am
by richardfollett
Not sure if this should be in the mxm forum but will start here.
I have a material which has a bump map. I change the tile x & y from 1,1 to say 10,10. I see I have to also change the bump tile to 10,10 .
Is this normal, should I have to change the bump map?
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:22 am
by JDHill
Hi Richard,
Sorry, but I may have misunderstood the question. Are you asking if you need to tile both the Reflectance 0° and Bump maps in order to have them match up? If that's the question then, yes, if you want them to both use the same tile x/y values, you need to set them that way - the 2 textures are independent of one another
Just let me know if I've missed your meaning.
JD
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:31 am
by richardfollett
Thanks JD, yes you have answered my question. If I change the refectance scale then I should change the bump scale.
Thank you
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:38 pm
by Polyxo
JD,
I see, that I can drag and drop copy with and without settings maps but is there also a way to link the texture scale changes in all maps in a material layer/the entire mxm? I was thinking of maybe holding Ctrl+LMB for changing scale values of a single layer and Ctrl+Shift+LMB for changing map scale values of all layers. Is something like this already there and I have only missed it?
Holger
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:59 pm
by JDHill
Hi Holger,
No, you're not missing anything...let me see how easy it would be to do that.
Cheers,
JD
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:41 pm
by Polyxo
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:53 pm
by JDHill
done.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:22 pm
by hyltom
you are kidding right?
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:34 pm
by JDHill
not kidding.
It's just good that you posted about those issues this morning (well, morning here
), because I didn't know about them, and I was just about to upload the new version with the previously-known problems fixed...
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:45 pm
by bjorn.syse
Incredible. Well, while we're at it. It would be good to be able to change the projection channel of all layers at a time too.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:51 pm
by hyltom
I'm really impressed by your competence JD. I don't know much about you and what's your main job but your are definitely very talented...impressive.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:54 pm
by JDHill
Hi Bjorn, it works with:
- Tile X
- Tile Y
- Tile Size X
- Tile Size Y
- Offset X
- Offset Y
- Channel
- Invert
- Real Scale
- the 'Reset' buttons
Cheers.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:30 pm
by Polyxo
hyltom wrote:I'm really impressed by your competence JD. I don't know much about you and what's your main job but your are definitely very talented...impressive.
Quoted for agreement.
Just curious: Did you also find a way to link scale values for those who prefer entering numeric values instead of using the slider functionality?
I would not have a good idea of accomplishing this elegantly...
Holger
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:51 pm
by Polyxo
Polyxo wrote:
Just curious: Did you also find a way to link scale values for those who prefer entering numeric values instead of using the slider functionality?
I would not have a good idea of accomplishing this elegantly...
Maybe snapping to even and half (.5) numbers for the slider could make people who prefer typing use the sliders - just an idea...
Holger
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:53 pm
by JDHill
Hi Holger,
You really do notice the small things, don't you.
Here's how it goes...if you have the modifier keys pressed when the textbox loses focus...then the value will be copied to the other textures accordingly. So:
- enter textbox
- change value
- hold down modifier keys
- shift focus somewhere else
Fwiw...modifier keys don't play nicely with TAB or ENTER for moving around...with ENTER, nothing happens, and with TAB, the operation completes, but the Material Manager shifts to the Scene Materials tab. Due to technical details, handling keys in a child dialog to Rhino's main window is a bit wacky sometimes.
Cheers,
JD