texture editor

[berry.lejeune]

Hi all,

Some of our customers require a render from our stones. But the issue what I have is that when I use the texture editor there's always a repetive pattern in the stones. Is there a way to completely randomize the pattern so we don't see the pattern like it is now and get a more real life structure of the granite.

I'm not really sure if you can see it in the attached picture. Our scale is 20cm/20cm and you can really see the lines of the pattern.

Thanks

[-niels-]

To my knowledge, Inventor does not have a "randomizer" for textures.
You can either have a rectangular pattern or no pattern.
If a rendering is critical, i'd suggest switching to better rendering software, for instance 3DS Max has options to randomize textures.
If it's "not that critical" you could try creating a custom texture in an image editing program that you don't pattern, but make large enough to cover the entire surface and then randomize the content.

[berry.lejeune]

I was already afraid that this wasn't possible. I'll give it a go to make a big picture with a lof of small rectangles through each other and try this way to come to a more realistic looking granite.

[-niels-]

Maybe some of the textures here can help?
http://texturelib.com/#!/category/?path=/Textures/rock/stones

[Bill_Bogan1]

If you look for textures to work with Inventor, try to get those that are "seamless". 

It can be difficult to locate ones that really work well - I've looked hard and long at times.

Seamless have a less recognizable seam. It's still there if you dive into the image.