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890 Chapter 8: Modifiers

Spacing —

Controls the amount of space between

clusters.

The higher this setting, the larger t he gap that

appears between clusters.

Normalize Clusters— Controls whether the final

layout will be scaled down to 1.0 unit to fit within

the standard editor mapping area. If this is turned

off,thefinalsizeoftheclusterswillbeinobject

space, and they’ll probably be much larger than

the editor mapping area. For best results, leave this

turned on.

Rot ate Clus ters —Controls whether clusters are

rotated to minimize the size of their bounding

box. For instance, the bounding box of a rectangle

rotated 45 degrees occupies more area than one

rotated 90 degrees.

Fill Holes—When turned on, smaller clusters will

be placed in empty spaces within larger clusters to

take the most advantage of the available mapping

space.

OK —Accepts the settings, closes the dialog , a nd

performs the mapping as specified.

Cance l—Undoes any changes and closes the dialog.

Set As Default—Makesthecurrentsettingsthe

defaults for the current session.

Normal M apping Dialog

Select an object. > Modify panel > Modifier List >

Object-Space Modifiers > U nwrap UVW > Edit button (on

Parameters rollout) > Mapping menu > Normal Mapp ing

The Normal Mapping method of procedural

mapping applies planar maps based on different

vector-projection methods. It is the most

straightforward m ethod, but can result in even

greater texture distortion than with

Flatten

mapping (page 1–889)

.TheNormalMapping

dialog lets you control how clusters are defined

and mapped.