frozenwaffles Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Hi, does anyone know how to draw transparent LED screens such as Martin LC Panel or even ColorWeb? I have VW 2018. 1 Quote Link to comment
halfcoupler Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 1.) Simpliest way is to draw one tube as extrude (3D) or rectangle (2D) and duplicate it via "duplicate array" until you have the right size of a panel, group this or create a symbol for a panel, then duplicate the panels as desired for the screensize. or 2.) Import page 2 of the martin pdf ( www.martin.com/Martin.Download.aspx?file=/files/files/productdocuments/11_MANUALS/999/UM_LCSeries_EN_A.pdf ) to vectorworks, ungroup it and use the vectorized part of the pdf as base for re-drawing 2D or 3D Quote Link to comment
frozenwaffles Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) ok cool. thanks for this. how do i then map an image on it to also show the correct quality of the image due to the low resolution? i thought the LED tool could do this but it doesn't have transparency i actually already have the Martin symbols, but you cant map content over these... Edited March 28, 2018 by frozenwaffles Quote Link to comment
MultipleWays Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 @frozenwaffles Vectorworks needs to see the LED as a single object, not individual pixels, in order to map a texture onto it. Model the LED into whatever shape needed. With pixels in place, create a solid addition of only the pixels. At this point, you should be able to create your texture and use the attribute mapping tool to select the proper face of the pixels for the image. To make the attribute mapping easier, I would suggest using rectangles. Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 (edited) @frozenwafflesnot sure if this helps, mapping an image over individual items, If you change the image texture to include transparency you will see through it. Screens_2010_v2015_v2018.vwx Edited April 2, 2018 by Alan Woodwell Quote Link to comment
frozenwaffles Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 thank you all. i will use this advice Quote Link to comment
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