To Drape Images On Surfaces

Before draping an image on a surface, insert the image into the drawing. The Drape Image command orients, aligns, and renders the inserted image so that the original flat image reshapes to replicate the relief of the surface terrain.

Tip: To perform this operation, ensure that the surface display style has triangles visibility enabled. Also, ensure that Realistic is a default type of materials set in the Material Editor in the Materials window (to view the settings, at the command line, enter MATERIALS).

1. Click Insert tab Reference panel Attach Find.
2. Navigate to the location where the image is saved, select the image, and click Open.
3. In the Attach Image dialog box, specify Insertion Point, Scale, and Rotation or select Specify on Screen to do the adjustments in the drawing.
4. Click OK.
5. Select a surface. On the Surface tab, Surface Tools panel, click Drape Image Find.
6. In the Drape Image dialog box, select the image from the Image list or click to select the image from the drawing.
7. From the Surface list, select the surface on which you want to drape the image or click to select the surface from the drawing.
8. Under Render Material Name, enter the name for the new render material. This name will be associated with the new render material which is created from the image that you have imported.
   Note: By default, the name of the new render material is comprised of the surface name and the image file name.
9. Click OK.

   The image is draped over the surface. This image becomes associated with the new render material, which is added to the materials palette.

   If the image is smaller than the surface, the draping only occurs on the area covered by the image. If the area of the image exceeds the area of the surface, the image is cropped along the surface boundary.

Note: If you view your drawing in 2D plan view, the image displays in its 2D planar view.