Posted by Mike Wheeler on February 24, 1999 at 14:28:33:
In Reply to: Different Materials on Different Faces posted by Rob Campbell on February 24, 1999 at 02:37:32:
Hello Rob,
The ability to assign distinct materials to separate faces of an object is a feature we plan to add to a future version of DesignWorkshop. In the meantime there are some things you can do to achieve the same effect. The methos you choose depends on what you really want to do.
The easiest method is good for applying two differnt materials to a wall, one on each side of the wall. In this case you can simply use the trim tool to split the wall in two by trimming through the top face. Now you have two objects which can have their own material.
You can Wallify the object the make a separate object for each vertical face of the block. This is good if the top and bottom of the object are not visible. Now each face can have a distinct material.
You can also use the Wallify command and add objects for the top and bottom faces if they are needed. A seamless example of this can be seen in the Package Design texture set on DesignWorkshop CD-ROMs.
Finally you can make the object in a separate file, export the object as a DXF and then import that into your main model. Since the DXF format does not support solid objects each face of a DesignWorkshop object becomes an individual object in DXF. When you import backinto DesignWorkshop each face will be an individual object.
There are probably several other ways to achieve what you are after. Use the one that works best for your situation.
Please let us know whenever you have further questions.
Thanks,
Mike Wheeler
support@artifice.com