I am trying to get a "perforated appearance" when rendering a solid body, without having the create the actual holes. The closest I got to what I was looking for was by applying a "circular mesh plastic" appearance, but I could not define both the size and the pitch of the holes.
Any suggestions about how to accomplish this?
Alin,
Maybe you have already thought of this and please excuse me for my ignorance.
I have personally never used photoworks, but how hard would it be to create your
own image and use that?
I just did this last week. I took a pic of the perforated metal, put it in with SolidWorks textures and drug it on the part and it worked perfectly! It had to be a jpg to do this then it has to go in the right file location.
Steve, did the holes rendered as 100% transparent? I need the light to pass through the holes.
Have you tried cutting throught the part with a pattern that cuts into two directions?
I do not want to model the holes as features. Just want to apply an appearance on the model that will allow the light to pass through the "holes" when rendered.
And that I can do right now. What I cannot do with the standard appearances is controling both the size and the pitch of the holes.
I'll be watching for an answer if there is one because I'd like to know this too. Thanks for posting the question and good luck!
Can you not adjust the size under the Mapping section? It won't allow actual size input but should enlarge or shrink the image scale.
I did that Kelvin, but the ratio of holes/solid is not what I need. I got pretty close, though.
Just hope there is a way to have more control on the pattern.
It just showed the image of the perforated metal. I'm afraid if you want light to show through you'll have to actually put a million holes in your part. I tried that long ago and it was a memory hog so I don't recommend it.
It just showed the image of the perforated metal. I'm afraid if you want light to show through you'll have to actually put a million holes in your part. I tried that long ago and it was a memory hog so I don't recommend it.