The Interface

Options Available Only from the Spreadsheet

The following options can be accessed only from the Spreadsheet window.

Infinite Tiling

You can view infinite tiling of textures in the Shade view. When infinite tiling is enabled, the texture is replicated on the model surface until the model is wrapped completely.

1. From the Spreadsheet title bar, click QUERY to open the Set Query dialogue box.

2. At the bottom of the dialogue box, in the Edit Clause section, set the following clause:

chptyp == T2D

and click Accept. Be sure that you are editing the main query, do not add another clause or a subquery.

3. Click Columns to open the Columns dialogue box, and expand the 2D Textures parameters in Available Columns by double-clicking on TEXTURES2D.

4. Scroll down the list to the t2infin attribute. Highlight t2infin and click Add to place it in the Displayed Columns list.

5. Click Exit to return to the Set Query dialogue box. If you want to save your query, see Saving a Query section of the Working with SOFTIMAGE 3D User's Guide for more information.

6. Click Ok to run your query. The Spreadsheet displays a column for enabling and disabling the t2infin parameter. Click on a cell with the middle mouse button to toggle this parameter on and off.

Video Textures in the SOFTIMAGE Live Viewer

You can view live video textures from the SOFTIMAGE Live standalone viewer if you have the right type of hardware (Sirius box). You cannot view these textures from within SOFTIMAGE 3D, but you must still activate the option from within your scene prior to exiting to use the SOFTIMAGE Live viewer.

The following steps outline how to set up your query to use the video texturing option.

1. In the Spreadsheet window, click QUERY. The Set Query dialogue box is displayed.

2. At the bottom of the dialogue box in the Edit Clause section, set the following clause:

chptyp == T2D

and click Accept. Be sure that you are editing the main query, do not add another clause or a subquery

3. Click Columns to open the columns dialogue box, and expand the 2D Textures parameters in Available Columns by double-clicking on TEXTURES2D.

4. Scroll down the list to the t2sirius attribute. Highlight t2sirius and click Add to place it in the Displayed Columns list.

5. Click Exit to return to the Set Query dialogue box. If you want to save your query, see the Saving a Query section of the Working with SOFTIMAGE 3D User's Guide for more information.

6. Click Ok to run your query. The Spreadsheet displays a column for enabling and disabling the t2sirius parameter. Middle-click on a cell to toggle this parameter on and off.

Camera Projection Planes

The following steps outline how to set up your query to change the camera projection planes.

1. In the Spreadsheet window, click QUERY. The Set Query dialogue box is displayed.

2. At the bottom of the dialogue box, in the Edit Clause section, set the following clause:

chptyp == CAM

and click Accept. Be sure that you are editing the main query, do
not add another clause or a subquery

3. Click Columns to open the columns dialogue box, and expand the camera parameters in Available Columns by double-clicking on CAMERAS.

4. Scroll down the list to the camera projection plane attributes. Highlight the following:

cmpdst (camera projection plane distance)
cmpszx (camera projection plane size in x)
cmpszy (camera projection plane size in y)
cmpact (camera projection plane active)

5. Click Add to place them in the Displayed Columns list.

6. Click Exit to return to the Set Query dialogue box. If you want to save your query, see the Saving a Query section of the Working with SOFTIMAGE 3D User's Guide for more information.

7. Click Ok to run your query. The Spreadsheet displays a column for editing the projection plane values, and enabling and disabling the cmpact (camera projection plane active) parameter. Middle-click on a cell to toggle this parameter on and off.

SOFTIMAGE 3D Reference - 18 APR 1996