I’ve modified the plugin to create cones as well. Originally I had used the four-point rectangles for the image mapping, but they resulted in a perspective distortion; i.e., I want this:
But I get this instead:
This is documented (hence known) behavior. By triangulating everything and mapping the image to the triangles, I get something closer to what I want. By subdividing the cone into multiple levels, it approaches the acceptable:
I’ve updated the plugin here … the model is attached here: cones.skp (873.7 KB)
[added] Since a disk is simply a flattened cylinder, text can be easily wrapped around a circle by mapping to a disk using this image (for example):
and these settings:
Result:
[more added]
By mapping to the opposite side you can reverse the wrapping direction:
