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Old 10th July 2003, 03:50 PM   #6
Rune
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Default Re: images in ac3d

The error message you get is displayed if you try to import a 3D model from the File | import... menu, but select an unknown file format. This is not the menu item you need for what you're trying to do.

If you're trying to set the background image in one of your 2D views, for instance the front view, what you want to do is go to the View menu, select "Background image", then Set. This will allow you to set the background image for the 2D window of your choice.

To use one of your images (gif, png or other formats) as the surface of your object, you need to add it as a texture. You can for instance create a rect(angle) or a box, then make sure you are in object mode (select "object" at the top left of your screen). Now go to the Object menu, select Texture, then "Load texture...". Select the image you want to display on your box, and you'll be seeing your gif before you can say "someone bought ac3d and all they got was this really great piece of software"!

Hope this helped...
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