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Old 10th September 2016, 04:57 AM   #1
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Default how to get cylindrical fuselage texture projection

ac3d seems to make the fuselage texture a flat side on projection but i noticed some xplane authors use a cylindrical projection so that the rivets dont stretch into lines at the top and bottom of the fuselage. how can i do this?
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Old 13th September 2016, 08:22 PM   #2
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With the UV map plugin.
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Old 14th September 2016, 06:09 AM   #3
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where can i get this UV map plugin, and how do i use it
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Old 14th September 2016, 01:35 PM   #4
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If you don't already have it, you can get it here:

http://www.inivis.com/supercoldmilk/ac3dplug/index.html
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Old 24th November 2016, 05:28 PM   #5
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i put a mesh on the fuselage texture to see if it would work and it doesnt seem to be working, the top is still stretched, am i doing something wrong?
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Old 27th November 2016, 08:47 AM   #6
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Have a look in the Tools->TCE to see what it did. You probably want the axis setting to be X or Z in the UV Map settings for the cylinder map.
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Old 1st December 2016, 08:00 AM   #7
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Have a look in the Tools->TCE to see what it did. You probably want the axis setting to be X or Z in the UV Map settings for the cylinder map.
i tried that, its still not working, is there instructions somewhere?
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Old 1st December 2016, 03:59 PM   #8
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A cylinder mapping is pretty simple. Imagine putting your object inside a tube which is a rolled up picture. Then the tube shrinks and wraps the object.

Select the surfaces you are having trouble with and look at it in the TCE.

You usually want to get each surface on the cylinder to have a different piece of the texture. Sometimes mapping can end up outside the main texture so you may need to adjust it so it's over the texture.

Perhaps post a pic of the TCE so we can get a better idea of the problem.
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Old 1st December 2016, 04:05 PM   #9
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To experiment - make a cylinder and load a texture onto it. Select only the side surfaces, not the ends, and look at it in the TCE.

Try remapping with cylinder mapping, changing the axis and see what happens.
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