KrisM Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Discovered this option to create a texture but can't seem to make it work. Select a hatch in the Resource Browser. Right click and select texture from hatch. Dialog comes up to name the new texture. So far so good. When I go to use the new texture, nothing shows up. No texture shows. In the preview of the texture, it is just white, no lines are showing. I'm thinking that this may be a problem in 2022. So I try 2021 and get the same result. Any suggestions. VW usually has a hidden something somewhere to make things work. Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I would go the other direction. In RM, create new : Renderworks Texture Edit Texture and in the Texture Hatch options select a Hatch. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Tom W. Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I wasn't aware of the 'Create Texture From Hatch...' command but seems a bit of a strange workflow. You still need to create the texture by adding an image or whatever. Like Zoomer says the normal workflow would be to start with a texture then add a surface hatch to it rather than the other way around. But perhaps this option is designed for circumstances where you are only rendering in Hidden Line + are concerned only with seeing a surface hatch + not textures? i.e. it creates a surface-hatch-only texture for use in Hidden Line renderings only + not in OpenGL or Renderworks...? Quote Link to comment
0 KrisM Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 It's not really a question about whether this is a good workflow but rather, how does this work. On inspection this morning, I see that the command simply inserts the hatch into the texture but doesn't actually create anything to do with the image. Not really useful as has been pointed out. I was hoping that the command would generate the image portion of the texture from the hatch. That would be useful to me. Quote Link to comment
0 Andy Broomell Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Looking at the help page... https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2022/eng/VW2022_Guide/Textures/Creating_a_texture_from_a_hatch.htm ...it sounds like this command is indeed supposed to generate an image of the hatch, but it seems to not currently work. It generates a white image instead, which is not useful. 2 Quote Link to comment
0 KrisM Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Can someone from VW please comment on how this command is supposed to work. Quote Link to comment
0 KrisM Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Asking again. Can someone from VW please comment on how this command is intended to work. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
0 jmhanby Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/1/2021 at 4:00 AM, zoomer said: I would go the other direction. In RM, create new : Renderworks Texture Edit Texture and in the Texture Hatch options select a Hatch. I set up my textures this way. Now my question is can I adjust the hatch lines like you can if applied to a polygon? I tried using the mapping feature but got an error. Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I am not sure. Maybe they will align with the texture origin and new VW 2023 Texture mapping options (from origin in XYZ) could help to align them between all surfaces at least. Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee dlopez-gutierrez Posted November 8, 2022 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 8, 2022 Thanks for reporting this problem We are expecting the fix to be included in VW 2023 SP3. 1 Quote Link to comment
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KrisM
Discovered this option to create a texture but can't seem to make it work.
Select a hatch in the Resource Browser. Right click and select texture from hatch. Dialog comes up to name the new texture. So far so good.
When I go to use the new texture, nothing shows up. No texture shows. In the preview of the texture, it is just white, no lines are showing.
I'm thinking that this may be a problem in 2022. So I try 2021 and get the same result.
Any suggestions. VW usually has a hidden something somewhere to make things work.
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