Mapping the elevation of a building in Vectorworks from an image

[Phil hunt]

Just completed a project for an outside street scene, I photographed the building and distorted it in photoshop to give me a flat elevation so I could use it as a billboard which works fine…..but I have just been watching a YouTube video and I see you can distort an image using pins onto the face of an extruded block and distorting it within the file….I don’t know if this is achievable in Vectorworks ….any help or advice would be appreciated……

Edited January 4, 2023 by Phil hunt

[Elite Exhibits]

Phil

 

I fix any skew / scale in the image file outside VW (GraphicConverter for Mac) then apply as a texture

 

¿ Assume that your comment on the YouTube distortion process is for CAD other than VW / RW ?

 

Peter

[Phil hunt]

i do that peter, just think it would be an good addition to the software to be able to manipulate an image as sketch allows....been sorting out camera match today think ive cracked it but i think you can only render camera match up to open gl.  bit of a bummer would have like to render in final quality but when i have tried this the object renders but the background image doesn't...... have you used camera match    cheers phil

[Phil hunt]

i found the solution you have to use the camera match object as the background in the render style settings !

[E|FA]

You might also find one of the plugins by @Paolo helpful: https://fitplot.it/vwplugins/

[Phil hunt]

Really good plug-ins thanks for the link.  Cheers 

[Paolo]

As suggested by @E|FA the PlumbBob plugin should by ok for your needs:

https://fitplot.it/vwplugins/PlumbBobPlugin.html

 

There is also a standalone app (for macOS only, on the macOS app store):

https://fitplot.it/plumb-bob/ 

[amsterdam]

17 hours ago, E|FA said:

You might also find one of the plugins by @Paolo helpful: https://fitplot.it/vwplugins/

 

 

Thank you for the helpfull link!👍