appearance gallery library?

Question

I didn't find an easy answer with a search, so I'll try here.

I'd like to have an appearance gallery choice that looks like shiny treadplate. Or even not shiny treadplate. Are there any available appearance gallery libraries out there I could get that might have something like this?

thanks,

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TomD.inPDX · Answer

In the older versions of Pro|E, there use to be a larger selection of texture files.

I found 3 treadplate images in the Pro|E 2000i appearance folder. If you have maintenance, you should be able to download the install files and salvage the appearance manager folder from that. they are in TX3 format.

I don't know why PTC decided to crop their offerings from years ago. It is really poor form in my book. Snag these things if you can and back them up somewhere.

I would share them here but I suspect someone would be upset.

There are also great resources on the web for continuous texture images. If you want them to have a surface texture in renderings, you can still make these sets with a little effort.

This might give you some insight:

TX1, TX3, & TX4 - Bump, Texture, and Decal files

A highly textured colorful material

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