airphoto texture not exporting as roof material

[kmcmaster]

Hello,

One really cool part of CE is using an underlying airphoto for roof textures. It looks great in CE, but when I export it as a collada model and pull it into ArcScene, I am only left with the generic roof textures, and none of the colors from the airphoto.

In the export options, I have tried many combinations of options, but hopefully I'm just missing the magic one.

Running CE 2011.1, ArcGIS 10, windows 7, 64 bit.

Thanks!
Kevin

[matthiasbuehler]

I guess you are multiplying the colors with different texture sets ? ( UV(0) and UV(2) )

This is a rather special case of the 'material definition', which can not be ported with all file formats. Respectively whether ArcScene reads/interprets whis info, I do not know (but I doubt.)

Please let me know a little more details on this.

[kmcmaster]

Hi Matthias,

Thanks for the guidance - I was using the Philadelphia city model as a base, so I would guess there is a texture multiplication going on (as I can see a texture with windows and a texture with the airphoto color, which looks really good in CE). I've tried exporting the building as a kml as well, and interestingly enough, Google Earth seems to pick up the airphoto texture (but not the windows texture). Is there a way of specifying which is UV(0) and which is UV(2)?

Kevin

[matthiasbuehler]

this thread should help you further for starters ..

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/444...e-with-Texture