--- In [email protected], "Richard Webb" <ax...@...> wrote:
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> --- In [email protected], "Andrew" <andrwpodm@> wrote:
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> > Does anyone know how to add colour to the 3d modules in Wings3D???
> > Specifically I want to add colour bands to the resistor 3d modules so that
> > they match the value of the components I am using in my designs. For the
> > other parts in my board, I have just added text to the 3d modules so that
> > the value for each part is shown on the module, but for the resistors, I
> > would like to be able to do it properly.
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> It's actually pretty easy to do, once you know the magic words.
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> First, you need to set the face colors you'll be using. On the main menu,
> select Window | Outliner. That brings up a list of objects (that I've never
> manipulated, so be careful there) and, at the very bottom, a list of
> materials (by default, only "default").
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> Hit the space bar to de-select any current selections (a different menu is
> presented if there are active selections). Right-click in an empty space in
> the drawing area (not the "outline" dropdown). Select "Material..." and you
> should get a "New Material" dialog. Give the new material a name and click
> okay.
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> The next box that opens is where you set the colors. Most of the time, you
> can set just the "diffuse" option. To get a color other than the default
> gray, click on the rectangle next to the little slider and manipulate the RGB
> and HSV sliders until you get what you want for that material.
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> When you hit okay, the new material name is added to the "outliner" list.
> Create any additional materials; you can go back later to add them, of
> course. When finished, close the outliner.
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> Now select some *faces* (not objects). If you want to apply a material to all
> faces on an object, do the usual to select the object and then click the
> "faces" icon up top. Materials can only be applied to faces, not objects,
> edges, or vertices.
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> Right click on an empty area and you should see ".Material." as one of the
> options. Click that and you'll get a pop-up with the list of materials you
> built earlier. Just select the one you want.
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> Sounds like a lot of steps but it's not too awkward once you've gone through
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"click on the rectangle next to the little slider and manipulate the RGB and
HSV"
That one had me going for a long time. I didn't realize that little square next
to the slider was actually clickable.
Once you have made a material, you can also have the Outliner window visible.
Select some faces, or objects (no need to select the "faces" icon on top for 2D
selections), and right-click on the material in the "Outliner" window, choose
"Assign to selection".
One question though: How do you get text on something in wings3D? Other than UV
mapping bitmaps (haven't done that yet) or actually making 3D letters I mean.
