Wall Art & Sign Materials, What Is The Best Way?


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I need to install some art work on vertical surfaces like walls & counters & on p-solids.

The are work is not rectangular so I need to modify the shape to fit the art work & no frame.

I will make the front to back thickness no more than 1/2" maybe even 1/4".

One or two of them will need to be groups of circles. I plan ob creating the cluster of objects & then block them.

 

Considering material regions , p-solids & counter tops. I know other can be used like soffits etc.

I just want to do this once and use an object that is easy to manipulate in section view while placing on walls,

cabinet backs & tall p-solid columns.

 

Anyone have a favorite material & method?

 

Thanks in advance.

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Well looks like I can block a p-solid but it needs to be two of them? Why?

 

I can copy in place & select both & block & add to the catalog. Did not want two. Any other way?

 

Alan,

 

Select the p-solid.

Shift select it again.

You will now get the Make Architectural Block icon on the Edit toolbar. 

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Thanks Glenn. That worked.

 

So  p-solid works as well as any item in the tool box.

I was able to make a rectangle shape with 1/4" thickness and radius the corners.

The applied the art work. I needed to rotate this one 45 deg & see that the material had to also be rotated.

 

So much for the simple ones. Off to create the more complex ones tomorrow.

 

Thanks for the replies.

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In Photoshop

Open the Image

Use the Magic Wand > select the white background. (tolerance 50)

Inverse the selection

Copy 

New - set background to transparent

Paste

Save As .png

note: > .png will save the image with a transparent background, that's not possible with .jpeg

 

In CA

Build

Create Image

Browse > select saved image.png

change size to fit the wall > retain aspect ratio

X position = 0

Y position = 0

Height above ground > 60" is a safe place to start, you can move it in 3D

Uncheck > Image always faces camera

OK

In the floor plan place the image on the surface of the wall.  If it's inside the wall, you may see a partial image or nothing in 3D

In 3D adjust the height.

Add image to Library for future use

 

 

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So there is no solid material involved

The picture is placed on the wall surface & is a stand alone object?

Sure, Images are objects.  They can be forced to always face the camera or not.

 

If you place one just 1/8" from the surface of a wall and make it so that it is facing the right direction (not always face camera) it will work just fine.

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So there is no solid material involved

The picture is placed on the wall surface & is a stand alone object?

 

Yes,  

The problem with some of the images you have, is that they have a solid background.  That would show a white rectangular border in CA.  What I did was place the image on a transparent background in Photoshop. 

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Reading the manual & experimenting I was able to load pictures directly to the Catalog. Yea!

 

One bug I found is that the 2D block you assign to the new picture does not stick.

You have to go back a second time & switch to your preferred block for 2D plan viewing.

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