Free Texture Images

[CADTutor]

Just stumbled on this site. Great if you need some quick textures for your renders http://textures.forrest.cz/

[Gary J]

Nice textures, (I need more metal ones), is there anyway I can save these for use in Acad? i.e. TGA format?
I don't have any other external rendering program.

Gary

[CADTutor]

Gary - there's no need to convert to TGA. The textures on this site are in JPG format and you can use them to create AutoCAD materials as they are.

In fact, you can create AutoCAD materials from .BMP, .PNG, .TIF and .PCX files in addition to .TGA and .JPG.

[Gary J]

I didn't know that. So if I save them to perhaps, the textures folder, I can access them from there and apply as a render?

I shouldn't really be asking this on this forum so feel free to move it to the relevant one :oops:

Gary

[CADTutor]

I didn't know that. So if I save them to perhaps, the textures folder, I can access them from there and apply as a render?

Yes that's right - easy ain't it?

[Orbit]

:oops:
Actually, I have tried to save and did not load up on materials render. What am I doing wrong?

[CADTutor]

I assume that you have created a new material using the image file? If not, you must do this first. Then make sure that you render using either the Photo Real or Photo Ray Trace render type. Also check that materials are turned on. See here for details: http://www.cadtutor.net/acad/acad2ki/bitmat/bitmat.html#Create

[Orbit]

Thank you CadTutor

It worked nice your solution and the tutorial is great.

[Gary J]

Worked for me too, many thanks. Now I can do models with metalic rendering :)

Gary

[vizwhiz]

hi There

an updated corrected List of Links for etc:

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The main Link for etc Textures is:

AlfaLink:

http://www.viz2000.com/html/alfa/alfalink.html

(mostly) FreeList Textures:

http://www.viz2000.com/html/alfa/materials.html

Thanks

Randy
www.viz2000.com

[umitbat]

When i try to save as the jpg file the name on the save as box changes to showimage and cant be seen in autocad later???