Anyway to wrap a texture in 3D?

Anyway to wrap a texture in 3D?#305190

By caryjames - Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:29 pm

- Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:29 pm #305190

Hi Guys- Here is my issue- I am working on rendering a piece of wood, I followed JD's Real Scale tutorial to be able to have consistent banding over filleted edges but am wondering if there is a way to make this texture wrap around the edge of my piece. If you look closely at the front the texture is very uneven and wavy, on the side the texture continues and lines up but there is no way that it would be this perfect... well maybe there is a possibility

... but to my eyes it looks wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
Cary

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Re: Anyway to wrap a texture in 3D?#305199

By Fernando Tella - Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:01 pm

- Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:01 pm #305199

Rotate the UVW plane a bit so it is near 30º instead of vertical. That would be ok if you don't have to look around the object; if you do, then you should learn a bit about "unwrap UVW map".

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Re: Anyway to wrap a texture in 3D?#305200

By iker - Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:05 pm

- Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:05 pm #305200

I'm afraid you're using Rhino...have you tried with a box/cilindrical/cube projection mapping?
If that doesn't satisfied you, you can try the "Camera projection mapping" script from ThomasAn. and Hyltom.
And if that doesn't satisfied you, you can try to export your geometry to another application that can Unwrap UV's.

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Re: Anyway to wrap a texture in 3D?#305209

By caryjames - Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:43 am

- Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:43 am #305209

Thanks guys- I will have to get into this UV unwrapping business! Thanks for the tips

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Re: Anyway to wrap a texture in 3D?#305210

By ivox3 - Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:17 am

- Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:17 am #305210

Or maybe use a non-directional wood (a burl would work nicely too) --- at least that's one of my tricks to circumvent all the UV nonsense. lol...

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Re: Anyway to wrap a texture in 3D?#305233

By caryjames - Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:09 pm

- Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:09 pm #305233

Thanks Ivox! I am pretty new to all this UV unwrapping.... obviously

. I will try the map of that wood burl that you posted, I am also going to try this camera projection business- I saw Hyltom's original post but did not understand the significance of his idea until now.
Cary

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