How do you specify the material origin on an object?

[David Smith]

In AR4, you could specify the material origin on a face and/or object through the object properties.  I have searched through the online documentation and the forum and have not been able to find a result that works for my situation.

 

Where can I find settings to adjust the material origin on an object?  Often, I need to set the origin on multiple objects, and the suggestion of setting the object to 0,0,0 will only work for one of the objects in the scene.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

There are two mapping buttons on the Materials tab toolbar designed for this. The Quick Mapping is the easiest to use and would probably work best for your application.

[Chas / Aug Posekany]

Select the object then hit the button at the top of the materials pane (the two on the right pertain to material mapping).
HTH

Aug

[Ros. Riha]

you can use AutoCAD commands to manage mapping. You can even preview your settings using "Realistic" Visual Style in AutoCAD

[Marc Chaumier]

Yes but the autocad mapping tool bring you, by the hand, in hell. For example, how do you set a specific angle for a mapping rotation? And sometimes, the gizmo go to hell alone, and you can't find it no more, without a reset... I dream of a cool tool in nXt, that will forget this acad abomination!

[Peter Milner]

I agree 100%.
I've also found in AutoCAD that if you use planar mapping on a surface and subsequently rotate the surface, the mapping doesn't rotate with it unless it's contained within a block.

[Marc Chaumier]

Yes Peter, and when you make a block, with correct mapping and do a symetric copy of it... sometimes, you come in ésotéric domain where the rationality has any place more... ,o))

[Peter Milner]

It doesn't always match up.

[David Smith]

Thank you for the direction. The office just updated to AutoCAD 2011, and now I need to update the rendering softwaere.

[Marc Chaumier]

does acad 2011 bring ameliorations in zoom tools and mapping tools? Or is this release one more vain cosmetic consumers trap?