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I'm trying to make a spoke, a long thin round (cross-section) metal looking object. I added a NurbsPath for the length of the spoke, and then a small BezierCircle for the shape of the round circumference of the spoke i'm building. I selected the NurbsPath object and then in the Bezier Object Data co...

In the 5 steps you've outlined there's no mention of applying the texture to the UV coordinates, which is done through the Vector field on the Materials panel. Any help? Thanks for this information... I knew there had to be a small step missing. Everything now is working fine, and I'm quite enjoyin...

I've tried for two whole days, I've been watching tutorials, and if I follow the downloaded material from the tutorial my UV mapping seems to work, but when I try it on my own 3D meshes and planes all I get is a black object. I'm using Blender 2.63, and using the Cycles engine working with a Mac wit...