Adding Detail to Stucco

[John Ross]

Alright I have another question. I am still learning the architecture side of viz, I have always done the mechanical side. I am trying to add the groves into the stucco on the side of a building. Most of my modeling is done in Cad. Then imported to viz. Is there a way to do the details in the stucco without adding large amounts of faces. I want to get as much detail as possible without making the render times to long. Once again any tips, tricks, or advice would be greatly appriciated.
Thanks Again
Adam

[eduardo castillo]

That kind of detail in materials has to do more with the material properties than on the modeling itself.

Try aplying bump mapping, or even a displacement map to get more realistic effects.

[julius hontarigo]

ed's right. And if you installed the architectural materials that came with your viz package, you'll find a few stucco textures in your .../Viz/maps/Archmat/

[Randy Sanders]

Adam

you can either use gradient maps or you can make actual "reveals"
i prefer to do 3d modeling, others prefer to use the bitmap method

for The 3d modeling using solids There is 2x ways To chose from

one is to cut out the reveal if it is a "V" or square groove
or as i was doing Today at work another way is to make a 1" box

(The size is really up To you) could be 1/2" etc

and add This To The correct location WITHOUT CUTTING into The existing wall surface

i make This "free floating" reveal on its own Layer with a dark color
black or extreme dark brown depending upon The main stucco color

The reveal is "pushed out" just a fraction 1/4" or 1/2" or so
from a distance it will look like a sunken "reveal" or indented

but you dont want This To cast any shadow
This is just one way among many To do This

Thanks

Randy

hay where are from in Kansas? i spent Time in Belle Plaines
my relatives have dairies in Mulvane somewhere near Derby

[Russell Thomas]

Since the model is coming from CAD you will probably need to use VizWhiz's second method of placing darker colored added fake reveals. Or using a bump map, to fake it, with 'Deep Paint 3d' Free now, I think I will look into that, may be able to paint the bump map right onto the mesh to get the exact location you want. Below is an example of using the first method, the reveals are actually small 3D square rods applied to the surface using a darker material to look like a shadow.

http://www.3dallusions.com/forums/at...tachmentid=625

[Russell Thomas]

Ooops, I thought it was DeepPaint 3D that was being offered free, my mistake it is DeepPaint a 2D paint program, sorry for the confusion.

[Jason Matthews]

If the model is imported into Cad rather than file linked, I would just add an edit mesh or edit poly modifier to the wall. Then use the "cut" command (located in the edit mesh/poly dialog box) to put slices in the wall (just like the slice command in CAD). Then use the extude command (also in the edit mesh/poly dialog box) to move the face of the cut in about 1/4" or so.

Have you tried file linking? Then you could go back into cad and slice the wall like you want, extrude the face back to give you the groove. Then bollean them back together and save. Then in viz, update the link.

[John Ross]

hay where are from in Kansas? i spent Time in Belle Plaines
my relatives have dairies in Mulvane somewhere near Derby

I'm from Kansas City I know where Derby is although I haven't heard of Mulvane, but Kansas is a pretty big place full of some interesting people and places.
Adam