Where Is The 3D Reference Tool?

[marcus_civis]

These seem to be more about texturing from reference , wheras if I recall correctly , the cube method used was as a modelling guidline.

The ImagePlane + Imagecube tools will do the job BUT how do you apply a texture to them and NOT the object you wish to sculpt? If i use this setup, when I apply the texture to the cube for reference, it automatically is applied to the model as well which can make things a little confusing.

Ideally I would like the cube to have the texture and transparency control and the model to be plain and solid. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance
El-d

El-d,

To have the texture only display on the plane, disable UVs for the model.
To adjust the transparency of subtools, make sure Transform:Activate Edit Opacity [Transp button] is on and then adjust the Preferences: Draw: ActiveOpc and InactiveOpc sliders are set as you wish.

HTH,

[Grotius]

I was able to apply the texture only to the imageplanes by choosing tex->col (after dividing the imageplanes once or twice to get more pixels). That baked the texture into the imageplane, or something like that. Then I was able to fire up zspheres normally.

I have a slightly different problem. When I work on my zSphere or primitive model attached to the imageplanes, I seem quickly to lose symmetry, and smart resym doesn’t fix it. How do I prevent that from happening?

[pumeco]

Have fun you lot. I’m just gonna wait until Ryan announces a video using the cube method

[el-d]

Thanks Marcus, You never fail to find the solution.

El-d