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March 9, 2022
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Is this possible?

  • March 9, 2022
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So as I am working in Painter, I am finding that I need some tools. A user here was very kind and created one for me recently. I really want to learn how to create what comes to my mind, but I dont know how yet, so I am just inquiring is Designer has the ability to do what I am asking before I try and firgure it out.

 

I have three things I want it to do.

 

1. Create a radial pattern of lines in a starburst pattern. I want to input how many lines I need, and tell it out of a full 360 degrees, where to start and stop the pattern. (for tick marks under a dial on a control panel) See pic of knob

 

2. Create a scalable rectangle normal map. I want to fake that a control panel has an indent surrounding buttons.  I have a bunch of different sizes to create and thought that a scalable normal would be ideal if its possible. My question would also be, if i can create a scalable rectangle normal, the radius around the perimeter, would that stretch? I Guess Ideally, being able to adjust the 4 corner radii wuld be benificial as well. (See pic)

 

3. Creating something that will draw a black like with a white line on top of it, and versa. I would like to control the stroke width and length. (see pic of knob)

 

Is any of this possible with designer?

 

Thanks for the advice,

Dean

 

 

 

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Luca Giarrizzo
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 14, 2022

Hello Dean,

 

All of these are indeed entirely doable in Designer. I have attached a Substance 3D file (knobs_sandbox.sbs) with a few examples of how these may be achieved.

 

With practice, you can go very far! Here is the Cockpit Overhead Panel material from our Substance 3D assets library, produced in Designer:

 

 

Our tutorials on Designer are a good place to build your skills. Happy learning!

 

Best regards.

 

Luca Giarrizzo | Quality Engineer - Substance 3D Designer | Adobe
Participant
March 21, 2022

Thank you kind sir! I will try these out shortly. I just finished learing RizonUV and will soon put your new tools to good use. I'll let you know how it goes

 

Dean