Murphy625 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Take a look at the image below.. Its a 2000 gallon stainless tank (Kettle) with a dimpled heating jacket. The dimple jacket is just an image that I wrapped around.. Notice the vertical band of distortion?? I can't seem to make it go away. It would appear there are two of these bands on opposite sides of the tank. I've tried screwing with the mapping and the image sample size but it just gets worse. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy625 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 I don't know why it stuck the image in there twice. Is anyone else seeing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 What if you did a quadrant of the tank and assuming it came out OK then use the array command to fill in the other three quadrants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy625 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 What if you did a quadrant of the tank and assuming it came out OK then use the array command to fill in the other three quadrants? I just tried that and it worked for about 10 seconds until I changed views.. Then, the entire jacket disappeared from the drawing during the render... So I exploded the array and the material disappeared from the 3 new sections and only stayed on the original.. When I tried to apply the material to the three sections, the mapping was all screwy again on those three.. Is there a way to transfer ALL of the properties including the mapping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I have no idea. Like I said previously my company does not have any real need to see materials applied to 3D models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 So you have already tried adjusting the Cylindrical mapping? http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/getting-started/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-ADC70514-B2D8-4779-99D8-609641184208-htm.html What does the original texture map look like? Is it tileable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy625 Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 So you have already tried adjusting the Cylindrical mapping? http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/getting-started/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-ADC70514-B2D8-4779-99D8-609641184208-htm.html What does the original texture map look like? Is it tileable? I tried cylindrical mapping and it looked very bad. I edited the original jpg file in photoshop so that it would be tileable with little or no adverse affects like those ugly boarder lines or colors that don't match. I did end up with a work around.. I split the circumference in two parts, used planar mapping and then just moved them together without joining the solids.. Seems to have worked pretty good without any distortions.. Here's what I have so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Looking better for sure. A very nice image from AutoCAD 2012 imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy625 Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Looking better for sure. A very nice image from AutoCAD 2012 imho. Thanks!! I just started using the new 2012 version.. boy have they come a long way from my old R14... I love the new menu customizations, I'm saving hundreds of clicks by not having to use drop down menu's all the time.. The software seems kind of buggy though.. but maybe that's due to my antiquated computer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 The software seems kind of buggy though.. but maybe that's due to my antiquated computer.. Most likely that Any chance you'll upgrade to current release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy625 Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 Most likely that Any chance you'll upgrade to current release? Why would I upgrade? What am I missing in the latest version that I don't have now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 To have a 64-bit application on a 64-bit OS. To be able to use more than 4gb of ram, a speed increase and better 3D performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy625 Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 To have a 64-bit application on a 64-bit OS. To be able to use more than 4gb of ram, a speed increase and better 3D performance. I think upgrading the computer is a must.. New motherboard, processor, new Windows 7 or 8 or whatever. No so sure about autocad.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Better check if 2012 works with windows 10 ! Definitely go 64 bit and more ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Well he doesn't have to go to Win10. Windows 7 is a very robust and stable OS. @Murphy, sure 1 step at a time for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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