TW

Tom Watson

05/03/2005 8:09 PM

Wood Textures In CAD Program.


I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
textures into a CAD program.

The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.



Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)


This topic has 10 replies

Jj

"John"

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

06/03/2005 11:24 AM

Tom,

I am a newbie to CAD so I cannot help you there but just wanted to let
you know that your projects on your website are quite impressive.

"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]:

> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
> textures into a CAD program.
>
> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>
>
>
> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

SR

"S R"

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

06/03/2005 4:04 PM

http://inventorparts.com/Textures/mapping.html

http://www.cbliss.com/inventor/Textures/index.htm

http://www.sdotson.com/tutorials.asp

Hope these help.

Stephen R.



"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
> textures into a CAD program.
>
> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>
>
>
> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

SR

"S R"

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

08/03/2005 1:48 AM

No problem.

Stephen R.

"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> They helped a lot.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:04:00 GMT, "S R" <no email @ no spam.com>
> wrote:
>
>>http://inventorparts.com/Textures/mapping.html
>>
>>http://www.cbliss.com/inventor/Textures/index.htm
>>
>>http://www.sdotson.com/tutorials.asp
>>
>>Hope these help.
>>
>>Stephen R.
>>
>>
>>
>>"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
>>> textures into a CAD program.
>>>
>>> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>>>
>>> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
>>
>
> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

TW

Tom Watson

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

07/03/2005 10:13 AM

Thanks.


On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 11:24:34 +0000, "John" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Tom,
>
>I am a newbie to CAD so I cannot help you there but just wanted to let
>you know that your projects on your website are quite impressive.
>
>"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
>> textures into a CAD program.
>>
>> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>>
>> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

TW

Tom Watson

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

07/03/2005 10:14 AM

They helped a lot.

Thanks.


On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:04:00 GMT, "S R" <no email @ no spam.com>
wrote:

>http://inventorparts.com/Textures/mapping.html
>
>http://www.cbliss.com/inventor/Textures/index.htm
>
>http://www.sdotson.com/tutorials.asp
>
>Hope these help.
>
>Stephen R.
>
>
>
>"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
>> textures into a CAD program.
>>
>> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>>
>> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
>

Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

TW

Tom Watson

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

07/03/2005 10:13 AM

Thanks, I think.


On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:17:33 -0500, Will <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Looked at your web page. Read your poetry.
>
>You are obviously a darn good woodworker.
>
>:-)
>
>
>Tom Watson wrote:
>> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
>> textures into a CAD program.
>>
>> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>>
>> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

TW

Tom Watson

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

06/03/2005 1:55 PM

Thanks for the tips.

It looks like my basic problem was that I took the 96 x 96 pixel tile
size to be gospel, rather than a suggestion.

Having grabbed a couple of finished wood photos and tweaked them in
Photoshop to be about the size of the pieces that I wanted to apply
texture to, I'm heading in the right direction.

Now I need to scan in some samples that I make myself, using the real
wood with a real finish on it, and I should be able to tweak those
enough to work.

I've put another image of the same drawing on ABPW, using the wood
images I saved using the above technique.

Not there yet but getting there mo bettah.

Thanks again.



Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

TW

Tom Watson

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

07/03/2005 10:14 AM

Thanks.


On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:36:13 GMT, "Rick"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
>> textures into a CAD program.
>>
>> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>>
>> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
>
>
>Hi Tom,
>
>I attached a rendering from TurboCad Pro V9 to a message on ABPW ... though
>I doubt it will remain long with all the .RAR files being dumped there. It's
>a big one ... I figured you needed plenty of detail.
>
>I used the stock "maple" texture on a 3D piece and modified things slightly
>(played with color, scaling, trunk center ... all part of the edit
>properties screen).
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>
>Rick
>
>

Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

Wn

Will

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

05/03/2005 9:17 PM

Looked at your web page. Read your poetry.

You are obviously a darn good woodworker.

:-)


Tom Watson wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
> textures into a CAD program.
>
> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>
>
>
> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

--
Will
Occasional Techno-geek

RT

"Rick"

in reply to Tom Watson on 05/03/2005 8:09 PM

06/03/2005 2:36 PM


"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to import and use photorealistic wood
> textures into a CAD program.
>
> The problem is described, along with a picture, on ABPW.
>
>
>
> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
>
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)


Hi Tom,

I attached a rendering from TurboCad Pro V9 to a message on ABPW ... though
I doubt it will remain long with all the .RAR files being dumped there. It's
a big one ... I figured you needed plenty of detail.

I used the stock "maple" texture on a 3D piece and modified things slightly
(played with color, scaling, trunk center ... all part of the edit
properties screen).

Hope this helps,


Rick



You’ve reached the end of replies