Decals - On two surfaces? White around edge of decal?
Decals - On two surfaces? White around edge of decal?
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I am applying decals to a part using "Decal" in PhotoWorks. Or should I say attempting to.
One decal needs to be on two surfaces. One is planar and meets another that is slightly curved. "Decal" menu only allows me to pick one surface. Decal (TIFF image) appears on the surface I pick, but disappears at the boundary to the other. It will show on either one I pick, but not both. Is there a way to "wrap" the decal on the two surfaces?
Decal also disappears at a splitline that I made to show a sandblasted area for the decal, which is okay.
Also, I am applying another decal to a flat surface. It seems to work pretty well, but the decal is not the full size of the planar area. The part is originally red, but there is white past the edges of the decal to the tangent at the extent of the flat surface. I have tried to turn it red with appearance, but it will not change from white. Any suggestions here?
I searched the best that I could for the answers here before posting. It will be nice when the regular search for SolidWorks is working.
One decal needs to be on two surfaces. One is planar and meets another that is slightly curved. "Decal" menu only allows me to pick one surface. Decal (TIFF image) appears on the surface I pick, but disappears at the boundary to the other. It will show on either one I pick, but not both. Is there a way to "wrap" the decal on the two surfaces?
Decal also disappears at a splitline that I made to show a sandblasted area for the decal, which is okay.
Also, I am applying another decal to a flat surface. It seems to work pretty well, but the decal is not the full size of the planar area. The part is originally red, but there is white past the edges of the decal to the tangent at the extent of the flat surface. I have tried to turn it red with appearance, but it will not change from white. Any suggestions here?
I searched the best that I could for the answers here before posting. It will be nice when the regular search for SolidWorks is working.






RE: Decals - On two surfaces? White around edge of decal?
For your second question, when in the property manager for decals, in the image tab you can apply a selective color mask. Use the eyedropper to select the color. One problem you can run into is that tiff and jpeg compressions use 8x8 probability algorithms to assign the color to arrays in the image. You will end up with RGB values in between your red and white, and it will be hard for you to eliminate all of these. The best thing you can do is when you save your decal do not apply compression to it.
Hope this helps.
RFUS
RE: Decals - On two surfaces? White around edge of decal?
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Regards,
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RE: Decals - On two surfaces? White around edge of decal?