Sky Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 In previous versions of VW, I could covert text to polylines, extrude and apply a different texture to the front, back and sides. This allowed me to easily create channel letter signage on buildings. VW2022 only allows on texture for the entire extrude, making it impossible to to create this same effect. Quote Link to comment
0 Pat Stanford Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Check out the new Texture Tool in VW2022. This will give you even more flexibility to change the textures applied to different faces of objects. You could have one letter a different texture than all the others while still having only a single extrude. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Frank Brault Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 You may have tried to apply the texture after using the Convert Text to Polylines command and ungrouping. If you want control of individual characters, you should extrude individual chars in separate operations... hth... Quote Link to comment
0 Sky Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 Thank you both for your quick response! The texture tool worked, although the process was tedious and took a lot longer because of all the beach balling. I run a decent speed Mac Pro, but wow... couldn't believe I spent so much time just on this one thing. Quote Link to comment
0 Pat Stanford Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 For professional use, an 8 year old computer is really pushing it. I think you might find that VW2022 runs better on a new Apple Silicon Mac Mini. But if you have software that is not updated, then that might not be the best solution for you. Quote Link to comment
0 Sky Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 As far as benchmarks, the Mac Pro is about as fast as the M1 Mac mini. But perhaps VW new features are optimized for the M1 chip? I plan to get a new computer but I was waiting to see the next version of the chip, which was announced today. I will be getting the new 14-inch MacBook Pro. I just have to decide how tricked out I need the processor to be. Thanks again for your help (as always)! 1 Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 New MBPs are great - for anyone looking for a mobile. I just miss the Mini/Midi. M1 Max has 2x CPU power, 4x GPU power and 4x Memory than M1. Quote Link to comment
0 Sky Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 I like that I can replace my desktop and my laptop with one computer! You used to have to chose between power and portability - but that no longer seems to be the case (at least until the new Mac Pro comes out). The new MBP seems to have plenty of power for VW and RW. 2 Quote Link to comment
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In previous versions of VW, I could covert text to polylines, extrude and apply a different texture to the front, back and sides.
This allowed me to easily create channel letter signage on buildings.
VW2022 only allows on texture for the entire extrude, making it impossible to to create this same effect.
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