HELP -- How would you model this?

[VCRUPI]

So I am working on lobby for a client and i need to model this curved mosaic tile inset into the lobby floor. I am going to model this as a seperate object obvioulsy, but I am having a little difficulty figuring out how to model this so that my texture map will follow the design.

 

I have uploaded some pics of the overall shape of the curved tiles, and a closer pic to show how the texture map has to flow with the design.

 

Any ideas on how to pull this off?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[JamesTaylor]

i'd be lofting it if you need the tiles to follow the path of the curve

[VCRUPI]

Well I thought about using a loft or sweep modifier... but how would I apply the UVW map to properly show the texture curving with the shape?

 

I guess this is more of a question about the UVW mapping more than the modelling.

[VCRUPI]

i'd be lofting it if you need the tiles to follow the path of the curve

 

It tried out what you suggested & it worked. I didn't know that when using the sweep or loft modifier that 3ds max would take into account the mapping of the object.

 

Thanks.

[ipxstudios]

UVunwrap - save out to photoshop and texture it in there. When you import it use the vray diplacement modifier to bump up the tiles.

[louis.cho]

UVunwrap - save out to photoshop and texture it in there. When you import it use the vray diplacement modifier to bump up the tiles.

 

yup, it's the way i would use too. You could also make a plane in editable poly follow this shape and put a UVW Map with the facing option. align it with the floor and I don't think you will notice any separation.

[jvlive]

Or the classic tutorial from the resources page:

 

http://www.cgarchitect.com/resources/tutorials/smoke3d/tutorial11.asp

 

you didnt mention what version you're using (sorry, I'm kinda stuck in 7.5 for a long while)