Stefan Viljoen <spamnot@ wrote:

> How can I accomplish this:
> 
> I have a .tga that I want to map to a triangle patch, to put decal on it.
> 
> The triangle patch is a bent piece of "plate" if you will, that I just want
> to put the decal on. I've designed the patch in blender, but I'm having
> endless trouble getting the image mapped correctly to the patch. (I
> imported the triangle patch into Povray with PoseRay, from a .obj export
> from blender).
> 
> Please see the attached file. The "Avery Orion" decal on the cube is exactly
> what I want to put on the bent piece to the left, down and below the cube.
> As you can see the map IS there, it is just focused in too close. 
> 
> So far I have
> 
> image_map
>         {
>                 tga "eng_hatch_decal.tga"
>                 map_type 1
>                 once  
>         }       
>         scale <1,1,1> 
>         rotate x*90  
> 
> in the pigment statement for the triangle patch.
> 
> My camera being perpendicular to the Z axis, which is in the positive Y
> direction according to the attached image's orientation.
> 
> I've tried several scaling factors, and translations, but I just can't seem
> to get the decal to scale down and fit into the curved rectangular area you
> can see in the attached image.
> 
> How can I accomplish

Can you have blender apply uv-mapping and export that?

Regards,
John

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