#Drape IPAS
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I need a utility that allows draping a 2D mesh (outline of stripes on a
roadway) onto a 3D mesh (the 3D roadway). Schrieber advertised such an IPAS
but has discontinued it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
-Cal Haines
Why not create the roadway with lofted mapping coordinates and then use a
material to stripe the road?
>> Why not create the roadway with lofted mapping coordinates and then use a
material to stripe the road? <<
Thanks for the idea. I tried that in the past and should probably re-visit
it. My last attempt was circa R2, the "stripe" material did not react well
when viewed from a grazing angle, i.e. driver's eye level. The stripes would
vanish abruptly at a relatively short distance. Using a mesh stripe causes the
stripes to vanish in the distance in a natural way.
-Cal Haines
>I need a utility that allows draping a 2D mesh (outline of stripes on a
roadway) onto a 3D mesh (the 3D roadway).<
>Why not create the roadway with lofted mapping coordinates and then use a
material to stripe the road?<
There is a tutorial on the Digimation tapes that uses that method.
>> create the roadway with lofted mapping coordinates and then use a material
to stripe the road?
There is a tutorial on the Digimation tapes that uses that method <<
How long was the strip of road? We use road models several thousand feet long
and the mapping doesn't seem work that well.
-Cal Haines
> There is a tutorial on the Digimation tapes that uses that method <<
>How long was the strip of road? We use road models several thousand feet long
and the mapping doesn't seem work that well.<
It shouldn't matter. The map will repeat. The road on the Digimation tapes was
a circular race track.