Steven M Gentry

US Patent:

59032707, May 11, 1999

Filed:

Apr 15, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/842622

Inventors:

Steven Gentry - Canoga Park CA
Jeffrey Pitts - Tarzana CA
Joyce Freedman - Los Angeles CA
Maurizio Vecchione - Encino CA

Assignee:

Modacad, Inc. - Culver City CA

International Classification:

G06T1/00

US Classification:

345419

Abstract:

A method of mapping two-dimensional textures onto a three-dimensional object yields the correct result in terms of pattern placement, scale, repeat and flow of various textures. This is accomplished by providing a unique user interface to control the texture mapping process. The user controls how the texture should flow and where the texture should be "cut and seamed" to fit the geometry of the three-dimensional object by clicking and dragging directly on the rendered surface of the object. The user is presented with two simultaneous windows: one providing a view of the three-dimensional object being wrapped with texture and the other providing a view of the two-dimensional texture with object surface polygons projected thereon. The texture mapping process is controlled from both windows. The three-dimensional object window gives the user control of the texture flow on the surface of the object.