Changing Textures

[Surface materials] (textures) in [Material panel folders] can be converted to other images.

The following file formats are supported.

File formats that can be imported

BMP, JPG, PNG, TIFF, TGA

If you want to keep the original [Surface material], select the [Material panel folder] in the [Object configuration] palette and click [Duplicate node]. The [Material panel folder] containing the original [Surface material] is duplicated.

1Select a texture

Select the [Surface material] to be converted from the [Object configuration] palette.

(1)   Click [Material] in the group on the [Object configuration] palette.

(2)   Display the [Material panel folder] containing the [Surface material] to be converted in the [List].

(3)   Select the [Surface material].

2Import a texture

You can import a new texture for the selected [Surface material].

(1)   Click [Import texture] in the [Object information] palette. When the dialog box for selecting a file is displayed, select the image file to be used for the texture.

(2)   The [Surface material] changes and the new texture is applied to [Import texture] in the [Object information] palette.

(3)   The new texture is applied to the 3D object in the [Document] window.

You can also import a texture by copying the image for the desired texture to the clipboard in software such as an image editing program, then clicking [Paste texture] in the [Object information] palette.