Charlie Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 I am wanting to rotate a plant image , specifically the Hendera helix - the middle one, so that it appears flat to grow on the top of a trellis. Any ideas? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 export the image file and then rotate it in an image editing program. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Charlie, I don't think it is as easy as just rotating the image - which you can't do. Even if you could do it easily, I think that you would be disappointed with the results as the image would have no thickness. Another problem is that Images imported into a plan view, do not display in 3D views. Your only hope would be to create a material from the picture and apply that material to a polygon solid, slab or similar. But even then, it would be pretty dodgy. You can extract the image from the Chief file and create the material pretty easily, but as I said, I doubt that it will do what you envisage. Probably better to use a 3D plant from the Bonus library. I have attached the image file that I extracted if you want to have a play yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thanks, This is what I have thought about, but I could not track down the image file. I think this might work as I want to see the plant from above. I will look for the 3D plants. I remember them from past versions, but have not seen them lately. They were render hogs as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 This works pretty well. Could use a higher resolution on the image, though. Where is that image file in CA? I did three slabs with the image and angled the texture on each one to fill in the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Charlie, The image should be here: C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X6\Referenced Files\CorePlantFiles.zip#zip:Hedera-helix2.png To confirm, place the plant in a plan, open it's dbx and on the Image panel under General, you will find the path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 This works pretty well. Could use a higher resolution on the image, though. Where is that image file in CA? I did three slabs with the image and angled the texture on each one to fill in the look. Hey Charlie, a comment, your renders looked "MUDDLED", I wonder why. Back in the day I would get that kind of muddled look but I don't get it too much anymore. I wonder if it is your computer hardware or lack of lights or the sun is in the wrong location. But if you are interested in finding out why, post the plan and I will see if I get the same muddled look and if so, see if I can figure out how to make it look better. You know I have been the 2 minute man, a 2 minute raytrace is all I can wait for and for the most part they turn out pretty good, unfortunately due to my ADD I am now the 3 second man, I shoot a RENDERING, save as a JPEG, and that is good enough for me. With the new quick shadows in X6, the renders are pretty darn good...... well good enough for me and my clients. I finish up the revisions for a client, print plan to PDF and take about 12-15 renders for a kitchen remodel, takes about 37 seconds and my clients love me. Anyway, post the plan if interested and I will take a look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 dshall, It's the sun location. My rear elevation renders real well and that was the one I was after. I have noticed that the quick shadow will look great on one side and pretty bad on the others, but I rarely go to trouble of moving the sun around (sounds superhuman!). I usually set up my plan to have the primary elevation at the bottom of the screen and this seems to be how CA has oriented it. I will look into it and might find a better default location. I need to play with lights more - I really don't fool with them too much. System hardware should be good - GeForce 770 Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHz12 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 I found the image and screenshot it, but background is now white! I have an old PSP, but it won't do the transparent thing. Can anyone do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 See if this works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Rich, Thanks ,that is what I am after, but with a higher resolution. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'm a little rusty at this. Not sure if this is any better. Give it a whirl. The resolution looks pretty good in a sample view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Rich - that does look good on the sample view - the thumbnail texture only comes over as a low res image, though. Can you upload the png file of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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