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On 16 Apr 96 Mike McBride <[e-mail]> asks:

> I'm mapping an image onto *all* sides of a cube using
> Cubic Map. But on the negative sides (-X, -Y, -Z)
> of the cube the image reverses and is backwards.
> This also happens when I use Planer Map, instead of
> Cubic. I would use ImageFX to create a reversed image,
> and then map that onto the negative sides, which would
> (I think) reverse again, giving me the correct image
>  map. But I was hoping there was a simple fix.

In Modeler, select the "negative sides" of the object, give them a new
surface name. In Layout, apply the same image to these newly-named polygons,
but use a negative value in the Texture Size requester. Ususally the easiest
way to do this is to click Automaitic Size, then just put a minus sign in
front of the appropriate axis in the Texture Size requester. (You may even be
able to use a cubic image map--you would have to use the negative sizing
trick on all three axes.)

David Hibsher
Technical Writer, NewTek