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in this video we're going to create
display panels and then create and map
textures to those panels first we will
use the floor command to turn the
perimeter rectangle we drew into a floor
for our exhibit booth select the
rectangle go to the spotlight menu and
then under architectural choose floor
set the bottom Z to negative two inches
then set the thickness to two inches and
click OK with the floor selected use the
attributes palette to give the object a
gray 60% fill color now right-click on
the floor and under send choose send to
back now let's create the flat display
panels we'll start by using the
rectangle tool and the automatic working
plane mode to create the base shape for
the center panel switch to a right-rear
isometric view and zoom in on the lower
rear truss activate the rectangle tool
in the basic palette and in the view bar
click on the plane popup menu and choose
automatic move your cursor over the top
rear cord of the lower rear truss the
face will highlight in blue snap your
cursor to the intersection of this cord
and the cord of the vertical truss as
shown make sure the top face of the cord
is highlighted in blue and click once to
start the rectangle move your cursor to
the other side of the cord and click a
second time as shown you can press the
ctrl + the middle mouse button to
activate the flyover tool while using
another tool to adjust your view if
needed now we will need to extrude this
rectangle to create the panel move your
cursor over the rectangle we just drew
you will notice it highlights in red
this indicates that the automatic
push-pull mode is available click once
and move your cursor up zoom out
slightly and then pan up snap your
cursor to the bottom edge of the lower
rear cord of the upper rear truss click
once to extrude the rectangle next we
will use the project tool from the three
tool set to create the side display
panels that have the curved top switch
to a right isometric view and zoom in on
the bottom truss use the same techniques
as before to draw a rectangle on the top
face of the outer top cord of the bottom
truss now switch to the 3d modeling tool
set in the tool sets palette activate
the project tool and enable the add mode
in the tool bar click once on the
rectangle you will notice a red arrow
appear in the center of the rectangle
this indicates to the direction the
rectangle will be projected in the
toolbar enable the add downwards mode to
change the direction of the projection
now click once on the curved truss above
the rectangle the rectangle will be
projected to the inside face of the
outer chord of the curved truss next we
will use the polyline and offset tools
from the basic palette to create the
base curved polyline for the curved
display panels then we will use the
push/pull tool from the 3d modeling
toolset to extrude the panel switch to a
left isometric view and zoom in on the
bottom curved truss activate the
polyline tool in the basic palette and
enable the point on arc mode in the
toolbar move your cursor over the top
face of the outside chord of the bottom
curved truss snap to the back left
corner make sure the top face of the
chord is highlighted in blue and when
the end point smart cursor q' appears
click once to start the polyline move
your cursor to the center of the chord
along the outer top edge when the
midpoint cue appears click again snap
your cursor to the back right corner of
the chord and when the end point q
appears double-click to create the
polyline now activate the offset tool in
the basic palette in the toolbar enable
the offset by point and offset original
object modes then click on the
Preferences button enable the close open
curves option and click OK
snap your cursor to the center of the
inside edge of the chord when the
midpoint cue appears double-click to off
the polyline the closed-open curves
option composed the original polyline in
the new offset polyline into a single
closed polyline now activate the
push-pull tool in the 3d modeling
toolset
make sure the first mode extrude face
mode is enabled and click once on the
polyline move your cursor up and snap to
the bottom of the outer chord of the
upper truss you may need to use the ctrl
+ middle mouse button shortcut to
activate the flyover tool and rotate
your view now let's create a texture
through the resource browser and then
map the texture to the center panel
using the attribute mapping tool from
the basic palette you will need the
center panel side panels and curved
panels JPEG files these can be found in
the download section below the video in
the resource browser click on the
resources menu choose new resource in
and then render works texture in the
Edit texture dialog under color choose
image navigate to the center panel image
and click open in the Edit image color
dialog under tile image uncheck
horizontal and vertical and click OK
name the texture Center panel and click
OK again the new texture will be added
to the resource browser locate the
texture in the resource browser drag and
drop the center panel texture onto the
center panel switch to a front view and
activate the attribute mapping tool in
the basic palette click once on the
panel in the change texture map type
dialog choose plane and then click yes
click on the center of the panel to
center the texture zoom in to rotate the
texture click on the left middle control
point move your cursor up and to the
right until the working plane angle is
negative 90 degrees and click a second
time to rotate the texture to scale the
texture you can use the corner control
points or simply adjust the scale and
the object info pallet let's start by
increasing the scale on the object info
pallet in the render tab of the object
info pallet set the scale to
30 click and drag the center of the
texture to the center of the panel in
the toolbar switch to the scale rotate
by Center mode then zoom out click and
drag the bottom right control point down
and to the right tab into the floating
data bar and set the scale to 63 and
press Enter or return twice the texture
now fills the panel next let's create a
texture for the side panel switch to a
left isometric view right click in the
resource browser and choose new render
works texture in in the Edit texture
dialog under color choose image in the
choose image dialog select import an
image file and click OK navigate to the
side panels file and click open
uncheck horizontal and vertical under
tile image and click OK name the texture
side panels and click OK
drag and drop the texture from the
resource browser onto the side panel
activate the attribute mapping tool in
the basic palette click once on the
panel in the change texture map dialog
choose plane and click yes click on the
center of the panel to center the
texture in the object info pallet under
the render tab set the scale to 50 now
use the center control point to rotate
the texture switch to a left view click
and drag the texture to align the left
edge of the welcome graphic to the left
edge of the panel use the flyover tool
to review the texture you may have
noticed that when you view the side
panel from the outside the texture is
reversed this is because generic solids
do not have multiple parts so they can
only use a single texture mapping for
the entire object so let's go ahead and
use the extract tool from the 3d
modeling toolset to extract a NURBS
surface on the other side of the panel
that way we can apply a texture and
adjust the mapping activate the extract
tool in the 3d modeling toolset enable
the extract surface mode in the toolbar
click on the outside
face of the side panel it will highlight
in red click on the green checkmark
button in the toolbar to extract the
surface we now have an herb surface
however you may have noticed that the
surface and the panel are intersecting
with each other this is because they are
on the same plane we will use the nudge
shortcut to shift the surface slightly
with a surface selected switch to a top
plan view hold the shift key and then
press the right arrow key once to shift
the surface to the right if you switch
back to a right isometric view and
render in OpenGL you will see that the
texture on the panel and the NURBS
surface no longer intersect now we can
map the side panel texture to the
surface switch to a right view with the
NURBS surface selected double-click on
the side panel texture in the resource
browser to apply to the surface
activate the attribute mapping tool in
the basic palette choose plane and click
yes click once on the surface in the
object info pallet under the render tab
set the scale to 50 then click and drag
the texture and align the left side of
the welcome graphic to the left side of
the panel if you switch between a left
and right isometric view you will see
that the side panel texture looks
correct on each side so let's go ahead
and mirror these objects to the panel on
the other side select both the surface
and the panel go to a top plan view
activate the mirror tool use the center
of a floor for the mirror axis and
duplicate these objects to the other
side of the booth if you switch to a 3d
view and then render in OpenGL you will
see that the textures are backwards on
the Left panel
to fix this we will use the flip
horizontal command from the modify menu
with the left panel and surface selected
switch back to a top plan view go to the
modify menu then under rotate choose
flip horizontal go ahead and take a look
at these in 3d and render it OpenGL
you'll see we now have two side panels
with properly mapped texture
on both sides now let's use these same
techniques to map a texture to the
curved panel switch to a left isometric
view use the same procedure shown
previously
to create a new render works texture for
the curved panel use the curved panels
image for this texture and name the
texture curved panels use the
drag-and-drop method to apply the
texture to the curved panel activate the
attribute mapping tool choose plane and
click yes click once on the center of
the curved panel and the object info
pallet under the render tab set the
scale to 50 click and drag the texture
to Center it as shown with the curved
panel selected go to a top plan view and
mirror the panel to the other side
finally switch back to a 3d view and
render in OpenGL use the flyover tool to
review all of the panels and their
textures you can also render in final
quality render works switch back to a
top plan view when you're finished
display panels and then create and map
textures to those panels first we will
use the floor command to turn the
perimeter rectangle we drew into a floor
for our exhibit booth select the
rectangle go to the spotlight menu and
then under architectural choose floor
set the bottom Z to negative two inches
then set the thickness to two inches and
click OK with the floor selected use the
attributes palette to give the object a
gray 60% fill color now right-click on
the floor and under send choose send to
back now let's create the flat display
panels we'll start by using the
rectangle tool and the automatic working
plane mode to create the base shape for
the center panel switch to a right-rear
isometric view and zoom in on the lower
rear truss activate the rectangle tool
in the basic palette and in the view bar
click on the plane popup menu and choose
automatic move your cursor over the top
rear cord of the lower rear truss the
face will highlight in blue snap your
cursor to the intersection of this cord
and the cord of the vertical truss as
shown make sure the top face of the cord
is highlighted in blue and click once to
start the rectangle move your cursor to
the other side of the cord and click a
second time as shown you can press the
ctrl + the middle mouse button to
activate the flyover tool while using
another tool to adjust your view if
needed now we will need to extrude this
rectangle to create the panel move your
cursor over the rectangle we just drew
you will notice it highlights in red
this indicates that the automatic
push-pull mode is available click once
and move your cursor up zoom out
slightly and then pan up snap your
cursor to the bottom edge of the lower
rear cord of the upper rear truss click
once to extrude the rectangle next we
will use the project tool from the three
tool set to create the side display
panels that have the curved top switch
to a right isometric view and zoom in on
the bottom truss use the same techniques
as before to draw a rectangle on the top
face of the outer top cord of the bottom
truss now switch to the 3d modeling tool
set in the tool sets palette activate
the project tool and enable the add mode
in the tool bar click once on the
rectangle you will notice a red arrow
appear in the center of the rectangle
this indicates to the direction the
rectangle will be projected in the
toolbar enable the add downwards mode to
change the direction of the projection
now click once on the curved truss above
the rectangle the rectangle will be
projected to the inside face of the
outer chord of the curved truss next we
will use the polyline and offset tools
from the basic palette to create the
base curved polyline for the curved
display panels then we will use the
push/pull tool from the 3d modeling
toolset to extrude the panel switch to a
left isometric view and zoom in on the
bottom curved truss activate the
polyline tool in the basic palette and
enable the point on arc mode in the
toolbar move your cursor over the top
face of the outside chord of the bottom
curved truss snap to the back left
corner make sure the top face of the
chord is highlighted in blue and when
the end point smart cursor q' appears
click once to start the polyline move
your cursor to the center of the chord
along the outer top edge when the
midpoint cue appears click again snap
your cursor to the back right corner of
the chord and when the end point q
appears double-click to create the
polyline now activate the offset tool in
the basic palette in the toolbar enable
the offset by point and offset original
object modes then click on the
Preferences button enable the close open
curves option and click OK
snap your cursor to the center of the
inside edge of the chord when the
midpoint cue appears double-click to off
the polyline the closed-open curves
option composed the original polyline in
the new offset polyline into a single
closed polyline now activate the
push-pull tool in the 3d modeling
toolset
make sure the first mode extrude face
mode is enabled and click once on the
polyline move your cursor up and snap to
the bottom of the outer chord of the
upper truss you may need to use the ctrl
+ middle mouse button shortcut to
activate the flyover tool and rotate
your view now let's create a texture
through the resource browser and then
map the texture to the center panel
using the attribute mapping tool from
the basic palette you will need the
center panel side panels and curved
panels JPEG files these can be found in
the download section below the video in
the resource browser click on the
resources menu choose new resource in
and then render works texture in the
Edit texture dialog under color choose
image navigate to the center panel image
and click open in the Edit image color
dialog under tile image uncheck
horizontal and vertical and click OK
name the texture Center panel and click
OK again the new texture will be added
to the resource browser locate the
texture in the resource browser drag and
drop the center panel texture onto the
center panel switch to a front view and
activate the attribute mapping tool in
the basic palette click once on the
panel in the change texture map type
dialog choose plane and then click yes
click on the center of the panel to
center the texture zoom in to rotate the
texture click on the left middle control
point move your cursor up and to the
right until the working plane angle is
negative 90 degrees and click a second
time to rotate the texture to scale the
texture you can use the corner control
points or simply adjust the scale and
the object info pallet let's start by
increasing the scale on the object info
pallet in the render tab of the object
info pallet set the scale to
30 click and drag the center of the
texture to the center of the panel in
the toolbar switch to the scale rotate
by Center mode then zoom out click and
drag the bottom right control point down
and to the right tab into the floating
data bar and set the scale to 63 and
press Enter or return twice the texture
now fills the panel next let's create a
texture for the side panel switch to a
left isometric view right click in the
resource browser and choose new render
works texture in in the Edit texture
dialog under color choose image in the
choose image dialog select import an
image file and click OK navigate to the
side panels file and click open
uncheck horizontal and vertical under
tile image and click OK name the texture
side panels and click OK
drag and drop the texture from the
resource browser onto the side panel
activate the attribute mapping tool in
the basic palette click once on the
panel in the change texture map dialog
choose plane and click yes click on the
center of the panel to center the
texture in the object info pallet under
the render tab set the scale to 50 now
use the center control point to rotate
the texture switch to a left view click
and drag the texture to align the left
edge of the welcome graphic to the left
edge of the panel use the flyover tool
to review the texture you may have
noticed that when you view the side
panel from the outside the texture is
reversed this is because generic solids
do not have multiple parts so they can
only use a single texture mapping for
the entire object so let's go ahead and
use the extract tool from the 3d
modeling toolset to extract a NURBS
surface on the other side of the panel
that way we can apply a texture and
adjust the mapping activate the extract
tool in the 3d modeling toolset enable
the extract surface mode in the toolbar
click on the outside
face of the side panel it will highlight
in red click on the green checkmark
button in the toolbar to extract the
surface we now have an herb surface
however you may have noticed that the
surface and the panel are intersecting
with each other this is because they are
on the same plane we will use the nudge
shortcut to shift the surface slightly
with a surface selected switch to a top
plan view hold the shift key and then
press the right arrow key once to shift
the surface to the right if you switch
back to a right isometric view and
render in OpenGL you will see that the
texture on the panel and the NURBS
surface no longer intersect now we can
map the side panel texture to the
surface switch to a right view with the
NURBS surface selected double-click on
the side panel texture in the resource
browser to apply to the surface
activate the attribute mapping tool in
the basic palette choose plane and click
yes click once on the surface in the
object info pallet under the render tab
set the scale to 50 then click and drag
the texture and align the left side of
the welcome graphic to the left side of
the panel if you switch between a left
and right isometric view you will see
that the side panel texture looks
correct on each side so let's go ahead
and mirror these objects to the panel on
the other side select both the surface
and the panel go to a top plan view
activate the mirror tool use the center
of a floor for the mirror axis and
duplicate these objects to the other
side of the booth if you switch to a 3d
view and then render in OpenGL you will
see that the textures are backwards on
the Left panel
to fix this we will use the flip
horizontal command from the modify menu
with the left panel and surface selected
switch back to a top plan view go to the
modify menu then under rotate choose
flip horizontal go ahead and take a look
at these in 3d and render it OpenGL
you'll see we now have two side panels
with properly mapped texture
on both sides now let's use these same
techniques to map a texture to the
curved panel switch to a left isometric
view use the same procedure shown
previously
to create a new render works texture for
the curved panel use the curved panels
image for this texture and name the
texture curved panels use the
drag-and-drop method to apply the
texture to the curved panel activate the
attribute mapping tool choose plane and
click yes click once on the center of
the curved panel and the object info
pallet under the render tab set the
scale to 50 click and drag the texture
to Center it as shown with the curved
panel selected go to a top plan view and
mirror the panel to the other side
finally switch back to a 3d view and
render in OpenGL use the flyover tool to
review all of the panels and their
textures you can also render in final
quality render works switch back to a
top plan view when you're finished
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