BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

Texture

Texture[obj]
is a graphics directive that specifies that obj should be used as a texture on faces of polygons and other filled graphics objects.

MORE INFORMATION

Texture[...] provides a texture that can be applied to faces of polygons by setting VertexTextureCoordinates.

Texture can be used in both Graphics and Graphics3D.

Texture[image] can be used to specify a 2D texture based on an image.

Textures can be any one-, two-, or three-dimensional arrays of colors.

The following forms can be used to explicitly specify the color values for textures:

	Texture[{c₁,c₂,...}]	a 1D texture of colors
	Texture[{{c₁₁,c₁₂,...},...}]	a 2D texture of colors
	Texture[{{{c₁₁₁,c₁₁₂,...},...},...}]	a 3D texture of colors

Each color can be either a list of the form corresponding to RGBColor, or a list of the form corresponding to RGBColor.

Texture[obj] is equivalent to Texture[Rasterize[obj]] and will rasterize obj at the size and resolution it would normally be displayed in a notebook.

Opacity can be used with Texture to specify overall opacity of textures.

Texture can be used in FaceForm to texture front and back faces differently.

The colors in Texture are taken to be diffuse colors in their interaction with Lighting.

EXAMPLES

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Basic Examples (4)

Apply a texture to a polygon in 2D:

Apply a texture to a polygon in 3D:

Apply a texture to several polygons in 3D:

Apply a texture to the surface of ParametricPlot3D:

Apply a texture to a polygon in 2D:

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Apply a texture to a polygon in 3D:

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Apply a texture to several polygons in 3D:

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Apply a texture to the surface of ParametricPlot3D:

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Scope (15)

1D texture using a list of RGB colors:

1D texture using a gradient ColorData:

1D texture on a polygon in 3D:

1D texture on the surface of Plot3D:

2D texture using a matrix of RGB colors:

2D texture using an image:

2D texture using stylized text:

2D texture using 2D and 3D graphics:

2D texture using plot functions:

3D texture using an array of RGB colors:

Display the 3D texture by stacking polygons:

Cross sections of the 3D texture:

Texture coordinates corresponding to each vertex of Polygon can be specified by VertexTextureCoordinates:

Specify a portion of 1D texture by using coordinates between

and

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Repeat 1D texture by using coordinate values outside of

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The 2D texture coordinates are assumed to range from

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Specify a portion of 2D texture by using coordinates within the range of

and

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Repeat 2D texture by using coordinate values outside of

and

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The 3D texture coordinates are assumed to range from

to

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Texture coordinates of plot functions can be specified by TextureCoordinateFunction:

Use Opacity to set overall opacity of textures:

Use FaceForm to set front and back textures differently:

Specularity of a textured surface can be set by Specularity:

The colors in textures are taken to be diffuse colors in their interaction with Lighting:

Generalizations & Extensions (1)

Use a list of the form

to specify transparency of individual pixels of texture:

Use the transparency values to create texture with holes:

Applications (8)

ExampleData includes grayscale and color texture samples:

Use the sample textures with a plot function:

Poverty rates around the world:

Map it on the globe:

Use six different images on a box:

By placing the camera inside the box you can see the different views as you rotate:

A view from the outside:

Construct a 3D texture from slices of medical images:

Draw cross sections of the volumetric data:

Possible Issues (1)

Texture mapping is preceded by VertexColors:

Neat Examples (2)