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FSX mapping in 3ds max?

bob5568 said:
This whole subject is really interesting. Many factors to consider. An element of interest to many modelers is establishing a consistent resolution for the final mapping...
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From the point of view of an aircraft modeler, this is a constant consideration. If you're texturing from existing photos or art you're tied to the photo/artwork size but if mapping for later paintwork I like to specify a mapping size in a UVW Mapping modifier. There may be as many as a dozen such modifiers before I'm ready to apply a UVW Unwrap and arrange the complete mapping on a template. Planar maps will be size x size, cylindrical will be radius x radius x size and cube maps size x size x size.

That said, I use several different resolutions in my current VC project, the background stuff being at lower resolution, the gauges and knobs at a higher one.
 
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