Provides you with a 2D texture placement manipulator for the selected surface. When you create a 2D texture, an icon for the Texture Placement Tool appears in Maya’s tool bar.
For more information, see Texture placement vs. label mapping.
Texturing > NURBS Texture Placement Tool > Texture Placement Settings > 
Controls which of the texture’s 2D Texture Placement attributes you can interactively adjust—Surface placement or Label Mapping.
See 3D texture positioning to find out how to place 3D textures on surfaces.
