I am trying to create a normal map from a model..when i goto "Render to Texture" and press render, i get an image with red color..In projection mapping, when i click on pick , i don't find anything to pick...create a normal map..
View 2 RepliesIm having a bit of an issue combining normal maps. Basically I am taking 3 normal maps that were rendered from a normal bake from three separate portions of the model... Using Photoshop i duplicate the layers over into a single file to avoid any overlapping or offsetting the maps, when previewing it inside MAX it does something crazy instead.
The maps display completely wrong even through the resolution and ratios are exactly the same. I have lined them up int the UV editor to verify. Do alpha maps in fact play a role im properly displaying combined maps (separating them from each other in a single file)? If this is the case, then how to i properly copy the alphas over into a single file using Photoshop?
I've been using Blender a lot recently, and, not wanting to front the money to buy a Normal Map generation program or (oh dear) use GIMP of all things, I decided to try creating a Normal Map in Paint.NET.
What is a Normal Map, you ask? Normal Maps are images that are used in conjunction with a texture to give the texture false 'depth', allowing, say, light to shine onto the bricks in a texture while not getting into the cracks between, or making light come from a specific side.
The original texture:
The normal map:
The result:
Not the best, as you can clearly see.
How could I make improvements? Is this even practical?
I have a problem when I extract the normal map of mudbox. I see on the result a degraded in the normal, then when i put on 3d max i see a shadow degraded... Maybe i have bad parameters in normal maps extractor. extract the normal map on mudbox where resolve this problems.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm modeling in mudbox 2012 and extracting my normal maps for 3ds max and my diffuse and bump as a PNG.In 3ds 2012 the normal map seems to be changing to the overal brightness of the diffuse, changing it noticeably darker.
It's been ruled out that its not a bump map that's causing so its definitely the normal map.
I like to know how do you go about making normal maps for textures
View 3 Replies View RelatedThe same scene, same settings, produce 2 very different outputs in max 2011 and 2012, render to texture for normals is currently useless in max 2012.
The blue one is a correct tangent normal map created from a sphere in max 2011, the colored one is the the one created inside max 2012 from the same objects and settings, and the last is another sample of normals generated in max 2012.
I want to know how I can get exact distances on my UV maps.
I unwrapped my 3D DSLR camera model and I want to manage that the texts and signs on the texture have exactly the same distance like in reality. So how can I get those exact distances?
I can not turn on the numbers when creating the UV maps as showing in the image I have attached with this question to make sure they are aligned properly.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMaya 2014 SP4 OSX.I have just spent the morning creating a new model, and I needed to check the normals for a few faces that I had to delete and recreate,the normals are now showing all the time and I cannot switch them off, I have check preferences and they are deselected there, but what ever I do they do not go away!
Also there is no tick to say that they are on or off? Should there be, I am sure on the system at work we have a tick?
I know that we can select a model to show all of it's normals but is there a way to just show the normal from selected faces ?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI would like to know if I can import my AutoCAD 3d file into 3DS MAX, with the lighting maps and material maps intact. This is because I am doing my thesis on AutoCAD 2011 but I would like to use 3DS Max to do a walk through video.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI need to create a BoM . I have a few component Blocks create and when I select these in the drawing I get the Enhanced Attribute Editor and I can view/modify a components attributes. But now, how do I get to create/generating a BoM.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm having real trouble generating a Table of Contents.
I have three different paragraph styles:
I select them from the TOC menu but when it generates it turns my forty page document blank.
I have been given a job of finding or writing a script for PSD cs6 that generates a new file name with predefined file info and sequential number as well as reducing the image size by ?% and introducing the reduction size into the file name. I do not know much about scripting apart from using it .
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm using Cad 2011,how do u generate 2D drawings from a 3D object,i know that the command only works on layout n on 2013 the command is "Base".So wat is it on 2011?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI need to extrude a simple shape between two planes and then get the length as a parameter. Is there anyway of generating this? All I can find is a parameter for the angle of the extrusion.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've started a blog series on how to generate CNC cut files. Mainly for wood/ply and sheet metal, basically nestable components, but can apply to other CNC fields as well. check it out here: URLs....
View 3 Replies View RelatedCos 3DS is 64bit and Quicktime doesnt support 64bit, generating previews (for me)is now annoying. My current workflow is to generate a preview in avi then convert to mov to use in Aftereffect (AE doesn't like avi---very slow!).
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to create an array from one block with the option to specify columns, rows, respective offsets as well as angle. The original block comes from a 98kb dmg and is pre-inserted at a specific x,y,z in the model space. The issue I run into is whenever i try to create an array with say more than 200 lines and 200 columns, the machine locks up. It generally will create the array however it can take upwards of 5 minutes.
// Our list of Attributes BlockReference blockRef = bref; AttributeDefinition attDef1 = new AttributeDefinition(new Point3d(0d, 0d, 0d), type, "Type", "", db.Textstyle);attDef1.Invisible = true; AttributeDefinition attDef2 = new AttributeDefinition(new Point3d(0d, 0d, 0d), device, "Device", "", db.Textstyle); attDef2.Invisible = true; AttributeDefinition attDef3 = new AttributeDefinition(new.
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I've never used AutoCAD before but I'm trying to generate a sphere with triangular meshing. I'd like for the sphere to be centered relative to the coordinate axis. I'd also like to know the simplest way to export the data such that I can go in and process the coordinates, faces, and what not without too much trouble.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI want to generate a transparent embossed text watermark .png file that can be batch-applied in Lightroom. I get how to apply a bump map to an image inside GIMP, but I haven't figured a good way to get an otherwise transparent .png with just the watermark.
Ideally, this would be totally transparent except for lit areas (white, at varying degrees of opacity) and shaded areas (black, with varying degrees of opacity). In GIMP, I can apply a bump map to anything opaque -- lightening and darkening the color, I guess -- but I can't apply it to a transparent layer.
If there's no straightforward way to do that, I imagine I could bump map onto gray, turn the resulting light grays into a mask for a white layer and the dark grays into a mask for a black layer. The content of the watermark will change, so it would be outstanding if there's a simpler way to do this.
In our recent project, im working with a certain utility pipe. For now I am being required to submit a list/table containing all the hundreds of marker posts of the line together with their location coordinate. I already have the layout and all the marker posts (in block). What I’m doing now which I realized very time consuming and boring is that I am clicking them one by one and copy/paste the coordinate in a separate excel sheet. Is there any way/lsp I could use to generate a list of all the marker post together with their xy coordinates with just a few preparation/clicks? Im using autocad 2012.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen we create iparts and generate the files from the mother ipart, Inventor creates an additional folder to place the iparts into. Is there a setting somewhere to force Inventor to place these generated files into a user defined location?
Or is this just something we have to live with and do we have to manually move the files after generating them.
I would like to know if there were any way to generate a drawing (.idw) using given parameters from i.e. macro, VB, or etc. What am trying to do is set up a template for a mass produced component that we manufacture that has many different variations. Usually the dimensions that changer are the OD, ID, and length. Is there anyway for me to accomplish this in Inventor Premium 2012?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI get the message "Generating Full Resolution Composite" when I try and save even a relatively average (500MB) file. The hard drive light is lit solid and after about 2-4min, it starts saving the image.
I have tried unchecking "Maximize Compatibility",
I have CS2 - is there a way in CS2 (or CS3) to stop the "Generating Full Resolution Composite" message? I don't care about preview icons/thumbnails at all.
generating elevations from floor plans with autocad it
View 3 Replies View RelatedIn smoke I can generate smpte bars, but there is no pluge. Is it possible for smoke to generate that or is there somewhere I can download the video?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to select a portion of an image, and create patterns/textures that fill the selection?
If yes, is there the option of using my own images as the pattern/texture to be used? And is there the option to fill the selection either randomly or pattern-like? 'Noise' is not what I'm looking for.
I have modeled a house. It consists of a number of elements created on different layers with different colors. When I generate a section block it is only in one color, this makes it hard to distinguish different elements. Manually changing the colors of each line is out of the question.
How can I generate a section witch keeps the colors of the elements defined by the color of the layer which they occupy?