Apply Texture (no reference) VI

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Updated2025-07-30
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Maps a texture to the surface of a 3D object. You must manually select the polymorphic instance to use.

Inputs/Outputs

Vertical Wrap Mode —

Vertical Wrap Mode specifies how to vertically wrap the texture around a 3D object.


0	Clamp (default)—The texture does not repeat across the surface of the object when you pass texture coordinates outside the range [0…1]. LabVIEW interprets any texture coordinates in Image outside this range with clamped values.
1	Repeat—The texture repeats across the surface of the object when you pass texture coordinates outside the range [0…1]. LabVIEW only considers the fractional part of the texture coordinate. For example, LabVIEW interprets 0.4 and 3.4 as the same texture coordinate.

Horizontal Wrap Mode —

Horizontal Wrap Mode specifies how to horizontally wrap the texture around a 3D object.


0	Clamp (default)—The texture does not repeat across the surface of the object when you pass texture coordinates outside the range [0…1]. LabVIEW interprets any texture coordinates in Image outside this range with clamped values.
1	Repeat—The texture repeats across the surface of the object when you pass texture coordinates outside the range [0…1]. LabVIEW only considers the fractional part of the texture coordinate. For example, LabVIEW interprets 0.4 and 3.4 as the same texture coordinate.

Scene Object In —

Scene Object In specifies a reference to the scene you want to manipulate.

Image Data —

Image Data specifies the image you want to apply as a texture.

image type —

image depth —

image —

mask —

colors —

Rectangle —

left —

top —

right —

bottom —

Apply Mode —

Apply Mode specifies how LabVIEW applies the texture to the 3D object.


0	As a Decal (default)—Applies the texture as a decal, blending the colors of the texture and the geometry of the object according to the following formula: Result Color=(1–Alpha in texel)Color of geometry+Alpha in texelColor in texel The alpha of the vertex does not change and is the same as the alpha in the geometry.
1	With Modulation—Applies the texture to the surface of the object and modulates the texture by the color of the surface according to the following formulas: Result Color=Color(texel)Color(geometry) Result Alpha=Alpha(texel)Alpha(geometry)
2	With Blending—Blends the texture with the Blend Color of the texture according to the following formula: Result Color=(–Color in texel)Color in geometry+Color in texelBlend Color The resulting alpha value is Alpha(texel)*Alpha(geometry)
3	As a Replacement—Replaces the color of the geometry with the color of the texture. LabVIEW also replaces the alpha value of the geometry with the alpha value of the texture.

error in (no error) —

error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.

Filter Mode —

Filter Mode specifies the method to use to filter the texel colors applied to the geometry. Different values affect the quality and speed of the texture mapping.


0	No Filtration (default)—LabVIEW uses the closest texel for the texture color.
1	Linear Filtration—Filters the texture by taking the weighted linear average of the 2x2 array of texels that lies nearest to the center of the pixels of the texture map.
2	Simple Mipmap Filtration—Stores mipmaps, or multiple copies of the texture, at increasingly smaller resolutions. LabVIEW chooses the mipmap with texels closest in size to the pixel it is texturing and then chooses the nearest texel as the texture color.
3	Bilinear Filtration—Performs a linear filtration but uses the mipmap with texels closest in size to the pixel LabVIEW is texturing.
4	Trilinear Filtration—LabVIEW chooses the two mipmaps that are closest in size to the pixel it is texturing and then performs a linear filtration on both textures. The resulting texture color is the weighted average of the two values.

Blend Color —

Blend Color specifies the RGBA color to use to blend the texture you apply to the object. This input blends a color with a texture when Apply Mode is set to With Blending.