Forum: Vue


Subject: EcoSystem on Entire Sphere or object??

redtorah opened this issue on Dec 10, 2005 ยท 6 posts


redtorah posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 12:35 PM

Does anyone know how to get an EcoSystem material arround an entire sphere? Thusfar I can only populate the northern or upper hemisphere. Thanks


DVcreator posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 1:04 PM

in the backroom there was a thread, something about global/material... R


redtorah posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 1:22 PM

Thanks DVcreator!! Please disregard the IM I sent to you, I found the "Backdoor" =-) It let me down, however rather than out, I guess there is no way to completely populate a sphere! Unbelievable but so far I guess it's true. If someone does figure it out it would be very hand for a spherical logo populated with skyscrapers, which BTW, is what I'm trying to create. Thanks Again RT


Veritas777 posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 2:17 PM

Well- why don't you take a sphere that's populated with the top half- COPY IT- swing the COPY around 180 degrees- merge it with the first sphere- and- VOILA! A fully populated sphere! (You might want to make the COPIED Sphere invisible as well...)


DMM posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 4:54 PM

Yep that last post is the way to do it. It's not too much trouble, and seems to work pretty well.


redtorah posted Sun, 11 December 2005 at 7:51 AM

Yes, that will work. but it just seems "wrong" to have to do it that way. Especially considering that some projects will require a more robust solution. Thanks All...