Why does the image not appear in 3D?

[Mattias Liljedahl]

Hey,

Newbeginner in VW. I have applied an image to a rectangel in front view. When changing to perspective the image does not change to perspective view. Same goes for text I have written - what am I doing wrong?

Can't find any solutions in the manual??

Thanks for reply,

/Mattias

[klinzey]

VW seperates 2D and 3D. If you draw a rectangle it will remain in the 2D world in the same place when you cange to a 3D view. It will not move when you change prespective. If you extrude the rectange then it is 3D and will change prespective.

Same thing with text, only you can't extrude text. In order to have text in 3D you have to convert the text to a polyline with the true type to polyline command then exturde.

[Mattias Liljedahl]

OK, but can I extrude the 2D rectangle with the image, if so how? In the Object info - Shape there seems to be no way of extruding...

Even better, can I apply the image to a 3d box?

Thanks,

Mattias (vw 11.5)

[Andrew Bell@NV]

An "image" on a 3-D object is a texture. To support textures you need (I think) the RenderWorks add-on package. If you have RenderWorks, then from the resource browser, create a new RenderWorks Texture. The first drop down will include image files as the source, and if you choose that, a dialog will appear that allows you to select your image file to use as the texture. Once the texture is created, you apply it to a 3-D object either by drag-and-drop, or from the Render pane of the Object Info palette.

[Mattias Liljedahl]

Thanks alot for your help!

[Jim_Allen]

To extrude a 2-d object - the command is in the Model menu (You select the rectangle and then extrude it. It will ask for how many inches you want to extude it to and then you will have a 3-D object.