[Paraview] Add texture to obj files

[Cory Quammen]

Martin,

Is it possible to share a sample file and texture? That would be a great
help in figuring out what might be going wrong.

Thanks,
Cory

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Martín Huarte E <martin.huartee at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Cory. Thanks for the tip. I've tried, but there seems to be a
> problem, as after trying what you suggested, the grid does not show the
> texture correctly... it looks like a solid, black, color. Meshlab has no
> such problems... still trying to figure this out.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> My best, Martín
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> Sure, it's possible. Try this:
>>
>> - load you OBJ file. Click Apply.
>> - in the Properties panel, scroll down until you see the Texture option.
>> Click on the combo box to the right and pick "Load..." Load your JPG
>> texture.
>> - if you don't see the texture, change the color array to "Solid Color"
>>
>> Note that your OBJ file will need to have texture coordinates that get
>> read into ParaView. I think someone added this capability relatively
>> recently - let us know if you can't apply the procedure I outlined above.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Martín Huarte E <martin.huartee at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Paraview enthusiasts: Good day. I’m trying to work an obj file
>>> along with a jpg one, produced by a 3D scanner. I can load the obj file and
>>> plot its mesh, etc., however, I cannot map the jpg texture (colors) into
>>> it. i.e. want to take the jpg stuff and map it onto the mesh from the
>>> obj file. Any suggestion on how to achieve this would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> My best, Martín
>>>
>>>
>>> *Martín Huarte-Espinosa, Ph.D.*
>>>
>>> *Computational Physicist  -  Expert Numerical Modeler and Code Developer
>>> - High Performance Computing Research Specialist*
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>> --
>> Cory Quammen
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>> Kitware, Inc.
>>
>
>


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Cory Quammen
R&D Engineer
Kitware, Inc.
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