how to map only one or two sides on box?

[cnreader]

We creat a box in the viewport. if we map it, we have mapping all of its sides.

how shall we map a pic on only one of its sides? for example, up side. and how shall we map the pic on its two sides, for example, up and down sides. etc?

[Ronrico19]

There's no way to map just one side of a solid, but you should be able to explode your box, then apply materials to each individual face. If you want the whole object to be the same except for a face or two, then you could create a region over the face you want different and apply a material to that.

[yedan]

personally i wouldn't explode solid models if you want seperate facesi would use other methods such as the slice command, 2007 does support selection of several different faces but i don't think it was available in earlier versions, again i would personally use the slice command to sperate the individual faces.

[CromCruithne]

I'm not sure about ACAD 2000, but in newer versions, just hold down the control key when selecting and you can pick individual faces. Give that a try and see if it works.

 

-Crom

[fuccaro]

I'm not sure about ACAD 2000, but in newer versions, just hold down the control key when selecting and you can pick individual faces. Give that a try and see if it works.

This is new in AutoCAD 2007

[matramurena]

That's a great tip! Thanx a bunch, I will try that as well. It eliminates loads of tricky fumbling I do now...... Learning more and more....

[CromCruithne]

This is new in AutoCAD 2007

Ah well, so many good ideas have to be thrown out just because they don't work.

 

-Crom

[Ronrico19]

I got a brainstorm today while mapping my house. I don't know if this will work in 2000 but it does work in 2005, which is promising.

When you have a solid object, you can individually color each face. Either by the change color of face command (in a toolbar), or by subtracting an object of one color from an object of another color. Once you have a face that is different, then go into rmat, and there is an optoin for assigning materials by aci. From there it is the same as assigning by layer. I tried and it worked, so hopefully it work for others aswell.

[cnreader]

Thanks all for the new idea. I know only explore method when I do it.

[dusko]

I got a brainstorm today while mapping my house. I don't know if this will work in 2000 but it does work in 2005, which is promising.

When you have a solid object, you can individually color each face. Either by the change color of face command (in a toolbar), or by subtracting an object of one color from an object of another color. Once you have a face that is different, then go into rmat, and there is an optoin for assigning materials by aci. From there it is the same as assigning by layer. I tried and it worked, so hopefully it work for others aswell.

so maping faces (in versions older than ac2007) is possible only with assigning materials by aci, right!?