placing image on a extruded box

[henry's mom]

I am trying to show an antique stove which I have modelled as a simple box...how can I place an image of the actual stove on this box for my rendered model? Is that possible?

Thanks

Michelle

12.5, XP

[Ray Libby]

It sounds like what you want is an Image Prop. Look it up in the Vectorworks online help.

[Jonathan Pickup]

make the image into a texture.

add the texture to the box.

I used to do this all the time. But I have a new trick now. use an image prop. making an image prop works really well where you do not need to see the back end of the fireplace. so for kitchens this trick works well for fridges, dishwashers, microwaves and so on.

if you are in my online user group, one of the extended movies shows you exactly how to do this.

[gmm18]

You can create a new Renderworks Texture.

Select the Image Color,

Pick your photo,

then add that texture to your object.

You can then use the Attributes Mapping Tool

to adjust the size and placement.

[henry's mom]

Thanks to all of you!!!!!

Edited November 16, 2008 by henry's mom

[gmm18]

Making an Image Prop is easy.

Set Size. In this case you probably also want to uncheck the "auto rotate" option.

That's it. Render it to see your results.