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    • EdsonE Offline
      Edson
      last edited by

      in order to reduce the size of a file that has dozens of venetian blinds, a created an image of one to aply as a texture to a box.

      I then tried to import it and use it via the colors panel, creating a new texture. it worked fine and the texture appeared as a thumbnail. but after selecting it and clicking on the face i wanted to apply it to, i got just a plain colored surface, not the texture i created, nor could i get to the texture position dialogue after double-clicking on it.

      the only way to do it was to import the ima as texture via the File menu (File>>Import...).

      any clues as to what can be happening that prevents me from using the first method?

      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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      • KrisidiousK Offline
        Krisidious
        last edited by

        is it the scale of the image? is it high def?

        By: Kristoff Rand
        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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        • EdsonE Offline
          Edson
          last edited by

          it may well be. any recommendations as to these? how big can be an image to be successfully imported as texture? what would be the optimum definition for it?

          questions, questions...

          edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
          http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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          • KrisidiousK Offline
            Krisidious
            last edited by

            well when you click on the face and or right click to texture... you should see the whole image... if you don't then there must be another issue. if you do, then you could just scale down.

            By: Kristoff Rand
            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              Any chance you were in shaded mode (versus shaded with textures mode)? If you wre in just shaded, it would appear as though it did not apply the texture correctly and it would only show a color. Just a thought,

              Chris

              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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              • EdsonE Offline
                Edson
                last edited by

                anything is possible. when i have a chance i will check it.

                edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                • John SayersJ Offline
                  John Sayers
                  last edited by

                  Sounds like the image is bigger than the plane you placed it on.
                  I usually create a flat surface and add the texture. I then 'resize' the surface to fit the image, i.e instead of the multiple tiled images you get. I then group it and 'rescale' it to fit the model.

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