Note that a billboard object can also be constructed by explicitly mapping a texture to a previously generated surface.
Once created, a billboard object behaves as a regular object it can be moved, rotated, scaled, copied, deleted, etc. In the palette, you can also change the dimensions of the billboard object or set a scale for placing it. Which point of the rectangle of the billboard is placed at the click point depends on the Cursor Position option selected in the tool options palette. How exactly it is placed depends on whether On Plane, Perpendicular To Plane, or Align With View is selected and the values entered in the parameter fields of these options. Clicking on the screen places a billboard. In it click Load and select the image file you wish.Īs soon as you activate the Billboard tool, a billboard image appears at the position of the cursor and moves about as the cursor moves. To do so, click on the Open Dialog icon ( ).in the options palette, to invoke the Billboard dialog. This image and its dimensions are displayed in the tool's options palette from where another image can also be selected. It takes its dimensions from the size of the image. This tool generates a special type of an object that is a surface rectangle with an image (texture) mapped on it.
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