Talk:3dm2sculpt
Ok...seems there's work left to be done. Made some stuff in Rhino for testing.
A bent cube - the "I can't possibly screw this up" example
Teapot - a more complicated shape, the classic object for any 3d test
- Sculpt Map | Screenshot in Rhino | Screenshot in SL (the one on the right) (The one on the left is a torus, but it's lost its hole and split in half.)
Good luck though. Elle Pollack 20:06, 7 May 2007 (PDT)
Oh, thanks for the Bug Report. Seems like i should get a Demo of Rhino, too, to do more testing. So far, my Converter can only handle a single Object (i will change that, but each Object will result in another Sculptmap). Another Limit : the Object needs perfect UV Coordinates.--Cindy Crabgrass 21:13, 7 May 2007 (PDT)
- I think the UV mapping could be throwing me off. What the heck is meant by "perfect" UV Coordinages? The above models all have a spherical map applied to them, which is what I had started to think was what was needed based on how the sculpt prim is based off a sphere. Then again, I've seen a lot of stuff in the last coupple days that seems to break that rule, like the heightmaps people have been doing in paint programs. I may have to pester Qarl some more. Elle Pollack 22:09, 7 May 2007 (PDT)
I did some more testing with Rhino Files and found something : most Rhino Objects are made of more than one Surface. The twisted Cube (i made one for testing) should have 6. My Previewer showed exactly one nice and twisted surface. Thats a Problem... can I create a Sculptie from multiple Surfaces ? More Research needed :)
Let me quote Michael Gibson : I should mention that this algorithm only works for certain conditions - your object should be made up of just one single surface, not multiple surfaces (like a cube has 6 surfaces in it normally, this won't work. You have to create a special cube that is made up of just one surface instead). And also the surface should not be trimmed, like it should not have been run through booleans or those types of processes. That's because you want the UV space to be completely covered by the triangulation which is only the case for untrimmed surfaces.