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12:10 AM

@acl You'll also need to supply either the VertexTextureCoordinates or TextureCoordinateFunction

@RM how? (sorry to be so thick, but I can't work it out in this case)

well maybe I should post it as a question to give you some votes too

(of course it could be that that nasty yoda character answers and steals your votes, but it seems not to frequent these forums)

R.M

@acl hmm... I was trying to create an example, but not sure how to do it for a sphere using Graphics3d

acl

@RM yes I guess that was my actual question. but I can't get it right

R.M

Yeah... polygons take an additional option, but don't see any for sphere

Is your shape specified as polygons?

t = ExampleData[{"ColorTexture", "BerriesPattern"}];
vtc = {{0, 0}, {1, 0}, {1, 1}, {0, 1}};
coords = {{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {1, 1, 0}, {1, 0, 0}}, {{0, 0,
     0}, {1, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 1}, {0, 0, 1}}, {{1, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 0}, {1,
     1, 1}, {1, 0, 1}}, {{1, 1, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 1, 1}, {1, 1,
     1}}, {{0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}, {0, 1, 1}}, {{0, 0,
     1}, {1, 0, 1}, {1, 1, 1}, {0, 1, 1}}};
Graphics3D[{Texture[t],
  Polygon[coords, VertexTextureCoordinates -> Table[vtc, {6}]]}]

That's mostly from the docs

Here's an example of Texture in 2D, but I guess you already knew 2D

acl

@RM yes that's the problem, I'd like a (scaled) sphere, in 3d. polygons I can lift from the docs :)

I'll ask it tomorrow (it's late here)

R.M

12:38 AM

Oh hey, what do you know, it's already been asked (on day 1!)

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Q: Texture mapping and resizing a sphere primitive in Mathematica

Background Info In Mathematica, it's only possible to texture map a sphere through the use of SphericalPlot3D or ParametricPlot3D. image = Import["MyTexture.jpg"]; (* Pretend this is something you'd use *) sphere = SphericalPlot3D[1, {theta, 0, Pi}, {phi, 0, 2 Pi}, Mesh -> None, TextureCo...

bottom line: SphericalPlot3D is the way to go, but you can manipulate it to behave like a primitive

Stack Exchange

4:10 AM

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4:40 AM

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Q: Is Wolfram Technical Support Officially Represented in this Forum?

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acl

8:41 AM

@RM right, I was hoping to avoid that, but I guess I can't

Sjoerd C. de Vries

10:12 AM

@rcollyer these are stats available in the mods toolbox. Both visits and page views peaked yesterday. Visits was 80% above the previous high and views about 25%. They are both back to 'normal', but the day ain't over yet.

Sjoerd C. de Vries

10:28 AM

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Verbeia

10:48 AM

@SjoerdCdeVries Beautiful. I was there about 10 years ago - on a much colder day! Completely breathtaking.

hi @rcollyer

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