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: TEXTURECommand
: Area:Tell/Set SizeShortcut
: NoneThis command reports and allows the user to change the length/width ratio of the target texture area on a surface. The texture positioning commands in DeskArtes do not guarantee to maintain the aspect ration of any texture placed. To avoid distorting the texture, the ratio should be about the same as on the actual texture image.
The ratio the texture image sides may be calculated by dividing the vertical and horizontal pixel resolutions of the picture. These are reported when the FILESÞFile:Info is executed on the texture file.
Sometimes it may be easiest to work directly in the parameter plane to adjust the texture size. To do this, select the texture area in the lowest pane of the Object Manager window and set the fix point to the area's center. Scale, using TRANSFÞObject:Scale, the texture area in the appropriate direction, and check how the area on the surface has changed with TEXTUREÞArea:Tell/Set Size.