Powder Coat Texture

[ChuckW]

Does anyone know where I can get bump maps that allow my surfaces to appear like they have been powder coat painted? I have the color correct but I cant seem to create a powder coat bump file that looks any close to correct.

Thanks in advance for all assistance.

Chuck

 

[davidinindy]

ChuckW... Don't tell me... Is your last name Warren?


Ha small world if it's you!


Anyway, Pro-E doesn't make it easy to add textures.


Google image search "powder coat texture" and save a few jpegs in the directory where your textures are stored.


In pro-e, open your part, and go "View" and "color and appearance"


Hit the plus sign to add a new appearance, and find your jpeg you saved.


Select it, and hit apply.


You can adjust the "shinyness" and stuff as usual.


Hope this helps.


If you're not the ChuckW that I think you are, too bad... He's a cool guy!

 

[ChuckW]

David

Thanks for the tip...worked like a charm.

Unfortunately, I am not a cool guy. I am not Chuck Warren.

I am just entering the world of rendering in Pro/E, so some of this stuff is not obvious.

Thanks
Chuck

 

[tobbo]

Bumpmaps in pro/E only looks for "black and white colors" in the jpg....and you dont see any difference until you render(whats black willappear "higher", and whats white willappear as"lowered") . So..., in other words you can have a "powder coat texture", and also add a "powder coat bumpmap". (thats 2 very diffrent things!!)


but...aint powdercoating pretty smooth?

maybe you just wants a texture and not a bump?

//Tobias

 

[davidinindy]

You can get textured powdercoating also...


We use both at my shop. Although we don't bother showing it in our models...


I haven't used the texturing and bumpmaps enough to know when to apply each, and how each affects the other.


Some day when I'm between projects, I'll play around with them some more.