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Figure 2-1
Plane, cube, tube, and sphere texture mappings
These built-in mappings are very useful for appropriate tasks. For example, a rectangular image of the sur-
faceoftheearthcaneasilybemappedontoaspherebyusingBlender'sspheremapping.Nevertheless,itshould
beobviousthatthesesetmappingshavetheirownlimitations.Forshapesthatarenoteasilyanalogoustosimple
planes, cubes, tubes, or spheres, these mappings do not offer sufficient control over where the texture is applied
to the mesh.
