Applying Textures with the Texture Chooser

You can modify materials with from your files or from the database using the Texture Chooser.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open a product that contains a material.
See Also
About the Texture Chooser
Using the 3D Manipulator

Apply Textures

You can apply textures to materials.

  1. Access the Appearance Domain dialog box by doing one of the following:
    • In the tree, expand the Materials node, and then double-click the material appearance .
    • In the tree, right-click and then select xxx object > Definition....
    • From the top bar, enter your search criteria for the material in the Search box, and then click . In the Material Browser, click next to the material to display the context menu, and then click Appearance.
  2. Click Texture Chooser .
  3. To apply one or more textures on a specific material parameter, do one of the following:
    • Select one or more textures in the Texture Area and then select the Channel Area thumbnail on which you want to apply them.
    • Drag one or more textures from the Texture Area to the Channel Area thumbnail on which you want to apply the textures.
    The textures are connected to the parameters and appear in the corresponding thumbnails.
  4. To visualize the textures on your material, click Apply.
  5. To close the Texture Chooser, click OK.

    Tips:
    • To go back to the original state or to the last texture application, click Cancel or .
    • When the Texture Chooser is open, all widgets that impact material textures are locked in the Appearance Domain dialog box.
    • You can apply the same texture to different parameters.
    • You can drag textures only in Material Definition, Rendering Scene Design, and Live Rendering.

Apply SVG Textures

You can apply an SVG texture on a material.

  1. Drag an SVG texture from your files to the work area.
    The Texture Chooser panel appears.

    The SVG texture appears in the Texture area and the parameters associated with the type of material in the Channel area.

  2. To apply an SVG texture on a specific material parameter, do one of the following:
    • Select an SVG texture in the Texture area and then select the Channel area thumbnail on which you want to apply it.
    • Drag an SVG texture from the Texture area to the Channel area thumbnail on which you want to apply it.

    Notes:
    • Selecting the thumbnail once applies the texture on the parameter.
    • The texture automatically connects to the parameters according to a configuration file. If this file is not specified or if the default mapping is not the right one, click the thumbnails to redefine it.

    The SVG Layers Selector panel appears. Select the groups of layers to associate with each material parameter.
  3. Select the group of layers you want to associate with each material parameter.

    Notes:
    • The name of the selected group is stored in the material model so that you can retrieve it. When opening the software, the system automatically associates the name of the group with a material parameter.
    • The Height and Width values are defined according to the SVG texture and cannot be modified. To change the size of your image, you can either modify your original SVG file or use the scale factors inside the materials.

  4. Optional: If you work with complex materials, modify the DPI values of the texture.
    Note: If the image size is too large, a warning message appears.
  5. Click OK.
    The SVG texture is applied on the material.
    Tips:
    • To remove a texture, click .
    • To replace a texture with the previous one, click .