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Map and position textures

Map and position textures

Position 2D textures and labels

 

User Guide > Rendering and Render Setup > Shading >  About shading and texturing surfaces > Map and position textures > 

Map a 2D or 3D texture

When you map a 2D or 3D texture to an object, you connect it to an attribute of the object’s material. Textures map to geometry based on the object’s UV texture coordinates. For more information about texture mapping, see Texture mapping.

Unless you use a method that explicitly connects a texture to a specific attribute of the object’s material, it connects to the material’s default attribute (usually color or transparency). For more information on node connections, see Render node connections.

To map a texture using Hypershade

1. In the Create bar, make sure the Create Maya Nodes tab is shown.
2. Scroll to 2D Textures or 3D Textures.
3. For a 2D texture, select a mapping method (Normal, As projection or As stencil).

   For information about mapping methods, see Mapping methods.

4. Do one of the following:
   • From the Create textures bar, middle-mouse drag a 2D or 3D texture onto the desired object’s material. You can drag either directly to the material in Hypershade, or to the object in the scene view.

   The texture is placed on the object in a default position, and a placement node appears in the Hypershade. For more information on placement nodes, see Place 2d Texture.

   NoteWhen you middle-drag-drop a file texture on to a material and select Default in the pop-up menu, this automatically connects the file.outColor to the material.color and, if the image file has an alpha channel, connects the file.outTransparency to the material.transparency.

   In versions previous to Maya 4.5, this connected the file.outColor to material.transparency. If you prefer the old behavior, you can disable the automatic connection of file.outTransparency to material.transparency in the situations described above. To do so, set the environment variable:

   MAYA_DISABLE_OUTTRANSPARENCY_CONNECT

• In the Attribute Editor, click the map button next to the attribute to which you want to connect the texture. The Create Render Node window appears. See Create > Create Render Node.