dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hi, i'm totally new to 3d modeling and autocad help doesn't help that much. I have the problem with hatching the objec and applying the material. I selected the material, so it would look like a stone, but i can't get the look to apear on screen. Could you tell me the simplest way to do it? Probably it is very simple, but i just can't figure how:) thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 You should consider renaming your thread to Applying materials to 3D objects as I think it better describes what you are trying to accomplish. You have loaded the material (stone). Click once on this material and at the Select Objects prompt you should pick the edge of the 3D model. Another option is to assign your material to a layer. Everything drawn on that layer will automatically have the material you selected applied to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Yep, i've tried to apply it to the face, but it doesn't show up. Or does it mean that it is already applied but I need to activate some setting to be abble to see it the object? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 What visual style are you working in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 'Conceptual' visual style. also, when I hide hidden lines and print all my colours are lost and i'm printing just the frame??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Have you checked AutoCAD Help > Materials > Applying? Read Apply materials to objects and faces on the Concept tab then check out the options on the Procedure tab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 I've applied material to the layer, but the objects on that layer just changed the colour slightly. I created the material which would have different shades to look like rough texture, but all I get is grey colour on one face and some yellowish on the other. can't figure it out, how can I make the object look like in the preview window in the material box. And how to print it afterwords with all colours but without hidden lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Right. You're working with a 3D face aren't you? What happens when you use Render? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Nothing changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Using 2009 I did a simple test. I drew a rectangle using the 3Dface command then applied a cobblestone-glazed-multicolored material to it. The layer I was working on had the color red assigned to it and that's about all I could see in Conceptual View until I rendered it. At that point the cobblestone showed up nice and clear. I'm not sure, at the moment, what you are doing differently than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Maybe it's some kind of action sequence. I opened the 3d view. drew up 2d surface and extruded it. The same i did with other units and then i joint some of them to one unit. Maybe it's a scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 So you're working with surfaces and not solids or 3D faces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Or maybe some properties are not right? So, when i open propertie box i get this: 3d solid (on top) color - by layer linetype - by layer linetypescale - 1 plot style - by color lineweight - by layer material - by layer shadow display - casts and receives shadows solid type - extrusion height - 0.325 taper angle - 0 direction x - 0 direction y - 0 direction z - -0.325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I'm still trying to recreate your problem but I can't. In my second test drawing I created a layer and assigned the color red to it. Using the materialattach command I attached the same material I used in the first drawing (cobblestone....). I a box using four regular lines (not polylines) then extruded this object vertically. I switched to Conceptual view and the four sides of the box all looked red (no cobblestone material to be seen) then rendered it. Lo and behold, there were my cobblestones on all four sides. Can you post an image of your object? I'd like to see what you're working on just out of curiousity. What is the exact material you are using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 I can't upload picture, it's too big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 What material are you using? Is this a free-form shape of some kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 I suppose... I went to tools - pallettes - create new material and i set up all the properties for it. Type - realistic, template - stone... etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 So this is not a standard AutoCAD material but one that you created. I see. Maybe there is something wrong in the way it was created and not in the way you applied it. That is simple to test. Delete the custom material and use one of the standard materials in its place. Now what happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarele Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Where can i find the standard ones? cause, I can see just material called 'Global'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hughes Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Pardon the intrusion, does the visual style actually "render" the material you've applied in the newer versions? I'm running r14 so I'm way behind on this but to see a material don't you have to perform a render? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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