applying image to object

[beanus]

anyone know how to apply a bitmap image to a circular object?

[Tom W.]

One way is to right-click on texture in OIP + Add Decal...

 

Did you mean a sphere?

 

 

Decals don't show up in Shaded though so another option is just to make a texture from the image.

[beanus]

lions head.tiffountain base.vwx

 

hi thanks for the reply, I'm trying to apply an single image of the lion head to each of the three sections of the fountain base, files attached

[Tom W.]

Yes like I said you could try using a Decal

 

 

 

[Claes Lundstrom]

.... or making a little more 3D 😉

fountain base2.vwx

 

 

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

.....or demonic.  

Although my reacquaintance to VW rendering/animation has been quite enlightening, not so much the decal process.  I did not find that intuitive.  As usual trial and error works.

 

[beanus]

On 3/7/2025 at 12:01 PM, Tom W. said:

Yes like I said you could try using a Decal

 

 

 

 

[beanus]

tried using decal but couldn't get it to work

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

Yes, I guess we all forgot about that.  Although I only figured this out this morning, here is my file.  Hope it helps.  I am not the best resource on this.

 

It is not the demonic version, but you can have that one if you want.

 

FORUM DECAL.vwx

 

 

 

Edited March 9 by VIRTUALENVIRONS

[Tom W.]

18 minutes ago, beanus said:

tried using decal but couldn't get it to work

 

What exactly didn't work? You won't see the Decal in Shaded remember. Plus it can take a bit of searching to 'find' it initially (use Attribute Mapping Tool or H + V offsets in Render tab, OIP). Like I said earlier another option is to make the bitmap into a texture + apply it to the relevant faces using the Texture Tool.

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

@Tom W.  Hi Tom.   I also found this to be the most confusing aspect of texture mapping in Vectorworks.  The one thing that is not clear is where you find the "Add Decal" in the OIP palette.  That was very frustrating.  Once you know that, it all falls together.

 

[Tom W.]

 

7 minutes ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said:

The one thing that is not clear is where you find the "Add Decal" in the OIP palette.

 

That's what Help is for:

 

"From the Texture Browser on the Object Info palette Render tab, right-click on the list item for the textured entity and select Add Decal from the context menu."

 

🙂

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

Although I regard your posts very highly, I think this is one time we must agree to disagree.  The Decal thing is all over the place in Vectorworks.😀

 

 

[rDesign]

There is also this YouTube video on Decal Textures; it’s 8 years old, but should still mostly apply.

 

 

[beanus]

thanks to everyone who helped me with this problem.