Making 3D dice with 3D Mesh object?

[aidmm]

hello. I'm wondering how to make a texture map for a simple cube mesh I've imported into the 3D mesh object. so far, my sqare pictue is replicated on all 6 sides of the cube. any thoughts?

thanks.

[moomoo]

You would probably have to give your cube some UV coordinates. Since you didn't specify which program you use I can't help you further, but most 3D modelling applications have a way of applying texturing coordinates to a model(and because it's such a useful thing, every application that has it will have some tutorials on how to do it).

[DanielRehn]

Since you did'nt specify which program you were using it's quite hard to tell... however, in 3ds max the modifier is called "Unwrap UVW"

[aidmm]

thanks, moomoo. I'm using tools that I already have. Invigorator Pro for Adobe AfterEffects can create primitives and export them in a few different formats, one being 3ds. That's how I got my cube. It's not really designed to be a modeling app. UV coordinates... I'll look into that.

[jpcr]

try Blender !

[aidmm]

"try Blender !:

just downloaded it and made my dice! took me a while to figure out the whole UV thing, but after reading the wiki a couple (hundred) times, I got it!

thanks...