Texture Bed

[D Wood]

Is this the tool to use to drape surfaces (say paths or driveways) on to a site model?

I have tried to use it - I made a closed polygon by tracing over the outline on my surveyors plan, created a class with fill and texture, and made a Texture Bed by using Convert>Objects From Polyline>Site Modifier, and made sure the class was identified everywhere. But although it's called Site Modifier in the OIP and has a blue outline, it has no fill and doesn't show in 3D.

Is there a step I've missed?

How do I get it to correspond to the site contours?

[Francois Levy]

You have to assign a class to the texture bed not from the Class pull-down menu (as you normally would), but by typing in a class name in the appropriate field (Class) via the Object Info palette, or upon creation. Assign the texture you want to the class whose name you typed in.

Edited October 13, 2009 by Francois Levy

[D Wood]

Francois

That must be a record for the interval between asking a question and getting a response - 15 months! I can't even remember asking, must have stumbled on the answer eventually.

Thanks for your perseverance ...........