Adding Bump Maps to imported 3ds

[sills511]

Adding Bump Maps to imported 3ds

Hello,

I've been importing my 3DS models and discovered a dead end. I'm trying to add bump maps to my imported surfaces. Unfortunately, I have been able to trouble shoot the problem.

I've attached my workspace and my render.

Thanks in advance,
Robert

 

[Martin]

Hi,
does the imported .3ds has UV coords? Since without UV coords also bump mapping won't work. Have you imported both cubes and only one workes?

By,
Martin

 

[sills511]

Imported from SketchUp

Sorry Martin, Unfortunately, I don't know if the cube has UV coords. I'm using SketchUp 5 to model the cube. I don't see any options for UV coords. The other cube I used cheetah modeling tools. I wanted to make sure it was my 3DS and not me.

Any thoughts?

 

[Martin]

Hi,
you can use the UV editor to check out if your mesh has UV coords. But since the bump map doesn't appear in your rendering I expect that the mesh doesn't have UV coords. But you can easily assign UV coords to your mesh in Cheetah3D with the "UV Mapper" tool for example.

by,
martin

 

[sills511]

thanks martin

hey martin,

Thanks for the advice. I will spend some time learning about that tool. Still a newbie.

Thanks,
robert