Is it Possible to put a Texture to V-plane?

eidam655

no.

andybot

Actually - would it be possible as long as you use the vray uv setting instead of from SU? I'll try it when I have a chance.

pololo

I understand... thanks Eidam , Andy!! Well, I'll try it another way.

eidam655

i read somewhere that the VRay plane cannot be textured (accepts only the color from SU's material).

the information about vray infinite plane [in rhino, but since no texture is showing up in my tests...]

andy, i've no idea what exactly you mean i'd be very eager to see your results.

andybot

if you use UV mapping of "UVWGenPlanarWorld" for your material, you can use a texture on the infinite plane. The repeat amount is inverse (for example 8" = 0.125 repeat) Here's an example

pololo

@andybot said:

if you use UV mapping of "UVWGenPlanarWorld" for your material, you can use a texture on the infinite plane. The repeat amount is inverse (for example 8" = 0.125 repeat) Here's an example

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much Andy!!!

majid

handy trick

eidam655

this is awesome. i just tried to apply a bump texture with the same method, and it works.
i wonder why is this not in any pdf manual?

EDIT: displacement doesn't work.

jonedvard

soooo - i'm not getting this.

i created an infinite plane - applied my texture to the infinite plane. hit render - nothing.

andy - can you explain the 8"=.125 ?

thanks

faBcn

Thanx a lot, it´s first time I see the answer !!

To be more precise, and for those who work in other units than inches like in Europa, let's take an example :

Wood parquet floor in SU : go and check texture size by clicking on Edit in SU Materials.
I work in cm, so it tells me : 304.8 cm x 121.9 cm.

You convert in inches (1 inch = 2.54 cm), or for lazy bums, you go and change units in Model info / units.

So it turns that texture size is 120" x 48".
Take the smaller value, and inverse : 1/48 = 0.02

Fill in Repeat on 3 axis (even though this a 2D image) : X 0.02, Y 0.02 Z 0.02
And that´s it !