Texturing Floors and Ceilings
You can apply a texture on the surface of a layer of a floor or a ceiling using a 2D hatch. This allows you, for example, to create genuine-looking paneling on ceilings for the interior views of the building.
- Draw the basic hatch shape.
- Add the floor or the ceiling and select the texture properties.
- Select an accurate method of representation for the structure.
- Expand the layers to make them visible.
- Edit the texture properties.
Draw the basic hatch shape
You can use a hatch included in the default software delivery or draw your own shape.
- Draw the basic hatch shape so that the panel's inside surface faces upwards.
- Save the drawing file (*.vxp) in the folder ../custom/macros/areas.
Note
- The program will create a machining polyline by copying the basic shape one after the other.
- The polyline may consist of individual lines as long as their endpoints coincide.
Add the ceiling and select the texture properties
- For example, select Modeling | Floor, Roof | Ceiling.
- Select the library and the group.
- Select a suitable ceiling structure with paneling.
- Select a paneling layer in the Layers list. The parameters of the layer are shown in the list below. If the parameters are not visible, open the context-sensitive menu in the parameter list, and select Show all parameters.
- Open the branch Surface properties.
- Type the name of the drawing file in the Texture file field (only the file name without path).
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
- Add the floor or the ceiling in the usual manner.
Select the accurate presentation method
Texturing is displayed only with the accurate method.
- Select the horizontal structure.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Presentation > Accurate.
Expand the layers to make them visible
Texturing will be visible in the model only after the layers have been expanded.
- Select the horizontal structure.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Expand Layers.
Edit the texture properties
You can edit the texture properties as follows:
- Select the horizontal structure.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Properties. A dialog box opens.
- Select a paneling layer in the Layers list. The parameters of the layer are shown in the list below.
- Open the branch Surface properties.
- Edit the parameters. See more about the texture properties: Layer Parameters of a Floor or Ceiling.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.