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texture across more than one prim

Giselle Eberhart
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Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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02-22-2008 16:34
Is there a way to stretch a texure across two or more prims--such as if I had a piece of furniture that was comprised of multiple prims making up the shape, can i apply one texture that will span them all? I was sure I had seen something about this somewhere but have been going crazy trying to find the reference again.
Lee Ponzu
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Join date: 28 Jun 2006
Posts: 1,770
Yes...
02-22-2008 19:08
and I am sure that if you search the forums, you will find better explanations than I can give.

Simple example, a picture across two pieces of wall. Apply the same texture to each piece of wall. Select one of them, and use the Texture tab in the build editor. You can adjust the repeats of the texture so that only half of it shows, and then offset it so that only the right half shows.

Then, do the same on the other wall to show the other half of the picture.

Is that what you meant?

With some study, you can figure this all out arithmetically, and do it perfectly. I think there are also some tools that will do the calculations for you.
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Giselle Eberhart
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Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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02-23-2008 08:48
Lee, Thanks for the quick response--yes, I have tried that method and great for flat planes but stinks on curves. Arithmetically? Egad, I do SL for fun! I will give it another go.