Add bitmap to 3ds model

m rixon · Post by **m rixon** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:29 pm

I have download a 3ds model car with a bitmap in colour .How on earth do I combine the two.I am sure I have read the answer to this question somewhere but now I cannot find it.

MrA · Post by **MrA** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:45 pm

Apply texture as an image in attributes panel?

njdowding · Post by **njdowding** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:01 pm

You have two options when importing a 3DS file. On the dialogue box that opens you can select C2D or D3D. If you choose D3D it will apply the bmp to the model.

Nick

m rixon · Post by **m rixon** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:19 pm

I have not made my question clear.I have downloaded a car in 3d but it is white only .With the download came bitmaps of vaying colours which are supposed to be applied to the white car to give body colour and hihlight ie headlamps.doors etc. How do I apply the bitmap to the white blank of the car?

njdowding · Post by **njdowding** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:13 pm

As I said above select D3D and when it imports the 3DS file it will apply the bitmaps for you.

Nick

m rixon · Post by **m rixon** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:16 pm

I am not making a very good job of explaining myself.I have downloaded a car model which came with 4 separate bitmaps.Each bitmap consists of 5 different views of the car.( 2side views .1 top.1 front.1 back.) The 5 views are on one bit map and cannot be separated.It's as tho the whole bitmap should be wrapped arond the blank white car.Each bitmap is a different colour therefore giving 4 different cars if I can work out how to use them.Selecting D3D still only imports a white blank which need the bitmaps applied to give the model colour and detail.

LGO · Post by **LGO** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:48 am

I'm not at my computer with C3DPS, but can't you apply the bitmap texture to the 3D object and WRAP the texture around all sides? That may be why you have a single bitmap with 5 different images on it . . .

Apply the entire bitmap to the top of the car and "Wrap" it?

Good luck,

LGO

m rixon · Post by **m rixon** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:31 pm

No ,I already tried that .

njdowding · Post by **njdowding** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:22 pm

No you made yourself clear enough. If the 3DS file has been saved properly then the D3D option would pick up the bmp and wrap it cprrectly around the model. It may be because there is more than one version and the 3DS file has been not been saved with the bmp applied.

If you want to see what I mean open up the sattelite in the 3DS folder in the Cool3DPS program folder. This is an example of importing a 3DS model with bmp. Its also shown as an example in the manual.

Nick

htchien · Post by **htchien** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:44 am

Can you give a screen shot of the 3DS model in C3DPS?

Maybe you can use DeepExploration to do some check.

http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/dexp/

H.T.

m rixon · Post by **m rixon** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:17 pm

Unfortunately I have lost the car model I original started this post about.However the following link will give a fish mdel (which is white )and a bitmap of segments of the fish with colour and detail.Is it possible to link the two parts in Cool 3d?http://www.planit3d.com/source/meshes_files/fish8.html

njdowding · Post by **njdowding** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:50 pm

Yep D3D!!!!

Make sure you unzip into its own folder called say fish just the 3DS file and the bmp. Then import 3ds make sure D3D!!!! is selected and it works fine.

Nick

Post by **Ron P.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:41 pm

Works for me too..

Nice 3d fish.

htchien · Post by **htchien** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:05 am

Yes, nice fish. And I created a tutorial to import the fish in http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=20152

H.T.

m rixon · Post by **m rixon** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:22 pm

The tutorial was the answer..I had been opening the file in the correct manner but all I was getting was a black fish with coloured eyes.Clicking on the WHITE button made all the difference.Sorry to have been such a pain.Now I have to try to track down tha car that started all this to see if the tut. will work on that problem. As ARNIE would say " I'll be back"