Texture document

This document allows you to define a texture which will be the "image" of the material or the coating.

Creation stages / Use:

Select a category:

- Select an image on your hard disk by clicking on ... (not available for the Wood category).
- The indicated width is the image one. If the shape is 1000mm long and the selected texture is 200mm, the texture will not be stretched, but will be duplicated 5 times. (not available for the Wood category).

Auto-axis: the image is plated on the object in the 3 orthogonal directions by minimized image deformations. The parameters of this category are the same than Planar category.
Wood: allows you to represent a wood material by setting ring color and appearance.(the preview is updated following settings below:
- by entering ring scales.
- by selecting the wood color.
- by selecting the ring color.
- by entering the ring width,
- by entering ring fuzz-in/out.
- by entering the gnarl factor.
Decal: allows you to plated on a shape with an existing material (like a sticker).Also, this category manages the image clipping with a transparency color. Decal texture type can only be used with the decal command.
- Select a color which will be the transparency. It is possible to not use transparency by clicking the icon.
Planar: the image is plated on the object regarding a planar projection to be able to minimize image deformations. Parameters of this category are the same than Auto-axis category.
Cylindrical: the image is rolled around a cylindrical object to be able to minimize image deformations. The width of the image corresponds to the rolling, the height will be applied regarding the cylinder height.
Spherical: the image is rolled around a spherical object to be able to minimize image deformations. The width and the height correspond to the rolling on the sphere.
Redway: advanced textures installed with TopSolid textures libraries. These textures have various effects.
- Select a realistic Redway file (.red) on your hard disk by clicking on ...
- Select a real time Redway file (.red) on your hard disk by clicking on ...
- Enter the width, the height and the rotated angle of this texture.
Relief: allows you to create dumpy aspect from an image representing the height of asperities.
- Transparency is not manage with this category.

Enter the description of the texture.
Enter its part number.
Validate by saving the document.

The image to select is a bitmap type.(except for the Redway category). The file is no more needed after the texture creation, the image is saved in the texture document.
The indicated width is the "physical" dimension of this image. The height is deduced for the width and the image format.