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<h2>This functions is replaced by Function TextureEditor.
Select surface with right mousebutton - select "Texture".</h2>



<h2>Textures</h2>


 For textures can JPG and BMP files can be used.

 Textures can be used for 2D-tags
 Textures can be applied to Surfaces


<b>2D textures for tags:</b>
  A picture is display always normal to the viewer.
  Interactive activation: <a href="CAD_TxtG_de.htm#F11">CAD / N-Image</a>



<b>Textures for Surfaces:</b>
 Interactive activation: Modify / Surface Texture.
 Textures can be applied to the following types of Surfaces:
  - Planar surfaces
  - Meshes.
   The texture can be scaled, moved and rotated activation(<a href="#F1">modifiy</a>).
   Scale and offset for x and y separately defined.
  Imagecorrection eg with Gimp:
  - remove distortion: Tools/transformation/perspectiv
  - crop image: Tools/transformation/crop
  - scale image: Image/Image scale
    For normal quality scale one meter to 100 pixels


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<b>Load texture from File</b>
 Load and activate a texture from a file:
 Select a JPG or BMP file;
 the texture name is now displayed as active texture.



<b>activate Texture from Surf</b>
  Activate a already used texture :
  Select a textured surface.
    (unhilite texture (in mode VWR only): right mousebutton)
  Texture and Surface will be activated.
    You can now <a href="#F1">modifiy</a> the texture -
    or apply it another surface.



<b>apply active Texture</b>
 Applies the active texture on a surface.
 Select a surface.



<b>Remove Texture</b>
  Removes the texture of a surface.
  Select a textured surface.



<b>fit Size</b>
  On:  scales the image to the size of the surface
  Off: the image is applied with its original size



<b>Reload</b>
  Reloads the image of the active texture.
  (if eg. an image already loaded has been modified ..)
  


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<p><a name="F1"></a></p>
<b>Scale - Offest - RotAng / Modify Texture:</b>

 - Scale X / Y (Scale texture; cursor keys)
 - Offset X / Y (moving texture; cursor keys)
 - RotAng (torsion in degrees; Cursor-left/right)

  Modify the values with the keyboard: update with the return button.
  Modify the values with the cursor keys: updated dynamically.
  Next entry with the Tab key.


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Analyze dimensions from a photo:
  
Using a photo size should be analyzed:
  Equalize the photo.
  Create a surface from a rectangle (in Z=0) with the size of the photo;
  If the photo displays a area of 3 x 5 meters:
      S20=REC P(0 0 0) D(5 0 0) D(0 3 0)
      A20=S20
  Apply the texture.
  Set points  (Select / PT -- Position)
  Measure between points (Analyze Dist).




<b>Open / ToDo:</b>
 Export of textures with VRML ..
 Support of 16-bit-display
 Transparent textures ..
 Billboards ..



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Send bugreports and suggestions for improvement
  to franz.reiter@cadcam.co.at




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