Jason4 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 I can hatch,fill and pattern a 2d object, but an extruded shape will only allow me to fill it with solid colors.Do I need to convert it?Thanks Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Hatches and patterns do not work on 3d objects. You will need to look into textures for 3d objects. Have a look at the manual or online help. Quote Link to comment
Semtex77 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Can someone tell me when 3d hatches will be available in VW? Archi-Cad and Autocad support this features even for a longer period of time. Has someone have had good results wrapping textures on solidobjects? I mean it seems pretty nasty to render this thingy out. Thanks in advance Semtex77 Quote Link to comment
Carl Newton Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I agree, its about time VWA supported 3d Hatches and Fills. I must confess I am starting to regret going the VWA route, it is starting to really lag behind its CAD competitors in a range of areas and has done for a long time. Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 you can use patterns. it doesn't work in openGL, but it works if you render with polygons. Quote Link to comment
quigley Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 VW doesn't have 3D hatches but there are ways to mimic it and give more flexibility. Example. For a shaded perspective with lines, create a viewport of the perspective or section you need, copy it, change the render mode to OpenGL (eg instant), paste in place to place the copy over the original, change the render style to Hidden lines. If you have a designer level product you can also add sketch lines to this as well. For a 3D hatch effect go to the section you have created (assuming it is a 3D section), et the view orthgonal and in the section plane and trace over the section with the 2D ploygon tool. Fill it with a Hatch via the Hatch tool (not the fill attribute), convert the lot to 3D lines, change the view towhat you want - job done. 3D hatch. A bit clunky? Perhaps. But ultimately flexible and the lines will be vector sharp not bitmaps as sometimes happens with shaded views in other apps. Quote Link to comment
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