How do you drape a raster on a mesh in Connect. Dcdrape disappeared..

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I can't find the old dcdrape.pal in Connect. But drape option is still present in the raster manager. So now how do we drape a raster image on a 3D mesh ? 
 Chris

Ron Jones · Accepted Answer

Hi Chris, 
 There is no longer any need to find the dcdrape.pal file. 
 Just do the following : 
 
 Open the Material Editor 
 Make a new material.(Material>New pull-down menu) 
 On the new material click the Pattern Map icon to open the Map Editor dialog . 
 Change the map type from Image to Special . This gives you the option to choose dcdrape as the pattern map type. 
 Assign/Attach this material to elements you wish to drape with any attached raster file(s) that have Draping enabled. 
 
 Regards, Ron

A_F · Answer

Hi Chris 
 DCDRAPE palette is available in the old material library which is in the legacy directory in the shared content: 
 C:\ProgramData\Bentley\connectsharedcontent\materials\Legacy_Materials 
 You can either modify the configuration variables to point to it or replace the existing one in the materials directory. 
 Best regards, 
 Andrea

A_F · Answer

Information from our software development: The palette is not necessary, it is in the map editor dialog under special, as shown on following screenshot:

Ian Lapper · Answer

Hi Chris 
 
 I have had a search in the delivered Bentley folders and this file does NOT exist. If you have not done so log a SR. 
 
 Obviously you can get it from the old V8i files if needed. if you do not have this let me know and I will post it. 
 
 Ian

How do you drape a raster on a mesh in Connect. Dcdrape disappeared..

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