Live Project spotlight texture from a specific angle?

[gamplod]

Hello!

I am working on a concept for an organic CNC carving using multiple layers of different woods. If I take my sculpted item and project the layered texture with Spotlight from the side I can get I pretty good idea of the outcome. However, the result is static. After any changes made to the piece via sculpting I need to re-project the texture from the side. Is it possible with Spotlight or some other method to keep the texture projected while sculpting the piece? That way I could see the change in color dynamically as the different layers are passed through.

Thank you.

[facelessmindz]

hi @gamplod , welcome on ZBC.

well I am not sure about what you are trying to do exactly, can you post a screen with the spotlight texture projected on the side of the mesh just to get a better understanding of what you are trying to achieve ?

anyway you could simply create several planes mesh as subtools and add a texture map for every plane, so you can control the visibility from the side with the transparency mode enable.

Hope it helps,
Nicolas

[gamplod]

The second image in the post is of the texture being projected from the side.

[tobor8man]

@gamplod - best I know of is to turn on the Draw | Floor, add the image to the Draw | Front-Back floor plane and turn up the slider Project to Mesh to 1. Image will project to the model and still be visible for a small rotation, maybe 30 degrees with reduced opacity.