Texture

Hi,

I need to convert the outlook of an outer layer of a Comm. cable and
make it look like the Braided Cupper (or Silver) thin wires of a
coaxial cable. I have checked the "Texture" varieties but I could not
find it. How can I do it ?

 

For starters get a sample cut it and lay it out flat. Take a picture
with a digital camera and import your picture in as a material. You
might want to do some cropping and such to get it to look nicer.
Anyway after you import it as a material assign it to your surface and
adjust the size and angles until it looks right then if needed adjust
the rest of the material settings to get the correct shine brightness
and such.

 

What about using one of the "fabric" textures and then playing with the
color and reflective/specularity properties?

KM

 

You can go to
http://3dcafe.com/asp/freestuff.asp<--- lots of great resouces there and now
that SW handles 3D DXF resonably now there are 3D models as well.
Have a look at texture maps on 3D cafe below
http://3dcafe.com/asp/textures.asp

There are a ton of resourses out there for this do a google search for
Texture maps or 3d model textures, yadda yadda

Ben

 

Also if you are using groups-beta.google.com to read this NG then you
will see on the right there are links to websites that 3d textures also
because of the content of the thread.

Corey