vector 3d

hula

Hey all,

Can someone tell me a way to map vector work onto a 3d object and then save it in vector again?
I do not mean a vector render as that doesn't render texture maps. ( not that i know of )
Is there a software out there , or a way in maya to keep it vector all the way along and get an ai file in the end?


thanks lots !

CP

Toast

Maya vector renderer?

http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2009help/index.html

hula

well, vector render makes it raster then back to vector and i dont think it recognizes
diffuse texturing.

Michael Knubben

Adobe Illustrator has had a 3d filter since cs1, I believe. Check that out. I forgot whether you can load custom models (mostly because I never used that filter much), but I'm fairly sure it can load vectors.

renderhjs

the most accurate soloution would be propably something like Rhino3d where you convert your vector beziers to nurb- splines and use rhinos projection tools to get it on any complicated shape.

Btw. the shoe industry works alot with rhino and they have alot of such situations where they construct in 3d their shoe and need to cut out the leather shapes for the final construction. Rhino offers great tools for such tasks