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Can you use the C1/C2/R1/R2 selection tags on a tube object?
So I know you can type C1/C2 or R1/R2 under “selection” on the material of an extrude NURBS and have the material show up on just the cap or the rounding part–but when I try doing that to materials applied to a tube object, it doesn’t work. Why is this happening? Can you only use those tags for NURBS objects? Any solutions on how I can texture a tube in a similar easy way?
Thanks!
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Unfortunately the caps/rounding thing doesn’t work with primitives. You’ll have to make it editable. Then you can select the top polygons and run Selection>Set Selection. That will create a polygon selection tag. Select your material tag and drag the selection tag into the Selection box.
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Ah… I see. Thanks for the explanation!
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I asked for this in 2013. But it’s still not possible, alas.
https://jaydude-featurerequests.blogspot.nl/2013/10/selection-tags-for-primitives.html
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if you need to keep it a primitive you can use the Correction Deformer trick to set a selection for the tube and use that for your selection. (as long as you don’t change the number of polys in the rounding or caps after)
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I was able to use the correction deformer to select fillet cap on a tube(parametric). But after creating/adding selection tag to material selection nothing happened. Any ideas? Thanks.
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move the Selection tag from the Correction Deformer to the Tube and it should work
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