Mapping question

To my knowledge, AutoCAD doesn't support this, but I wanted to ask just in case.

Is it possible in AutoCAD to take a 3d shape, such as a box, and render it using a different material (or more specifically, a different texture map) on each face?

For example, imagine a rubix cube where one side is one color, the next, a different color, etc. I'm wondering if I can use a different "skin" for each side, or am I forced to make a series of 4-sided pyramids attached together at the tip to make that happen?

Perhaps a different 3d entity type could pull it off?

(I use AutoCAD 2004 and 2008 )

Hold down the Ctrl key while applying a material to your cube. This will apply the material only to the face you select. Then, switch to another material, hold down the Ctrl key and select a different face.

No good on AutoCAD 2004..

When I held down the Ctrl button to select the face, I noticed that the command line said " " but it would either select the entire item, or deselect it.

Is there a setting that's preventing me from editing faces or something?

I'll be sure to try it on AutoCAD 2008 when I get to my other job, hopefully it'll work there. Thanks.

Well, I don't know about 2004. I never did 3D work in any versions prior to 2006. But, the method I described does work in 2008.

In 2004, if you just want to apply color to the various faces, you can do that by using the "Color Faces" option of the SOLIDEDIT command.

Command sequence:

Command: SOLIDEDIT

Solids editing automatic checking: SOLIDCHECK=1

Enter a solids editing option [Face/Edge/Body/Undo/eXit] : FACE

Enter a face editing option[Extrude/Move/Rotate/Offset/Taper/Delete/Copy/coLor/mAterial/Undo/eXit] : COLOR

Select faces or [undo/Remove]:

** The command sequence above was taken from Autocad 2010, so some of the editing options may not be available in 2004 **

Thanks, I'll check on that when I get there.. I've never used solidedit. It's one of those added features you don't check out, and then 5 versions later, its a mainstay of the system.

There's so many ways to do things, it's awkward when they "flesh-out" an area that you don't normally use, and you suddenly stumble upon something that would've saved you a lot of hours.. if you'd noticed when it was added, like 4 releases ago.

However, if you leave and come back to autocad several releases later.. everything still works the way you remembered it... well, most of it, anyways. It's a fair trade-off.. but I really need to spend more time exploring the things I don't normally do..

Which is part of why I'm here... "continuing education credits" so I don't fall behind if some whippersnapper fresh out of college shows up asking for minimum wage.

Anyways.. thanks again, I'll play with it on the 2008 system when I get a chance.