[Paraview] texture dropdown disabled, can't set texture on polygonal mesh

[Ryan Abernathey]

To clarify, the problem is that the image is being "doubled", i.e. wrapped
twice around the sphere in a mirrored fashion.

This happens even if I resize the image to be 1x1 aspect ratio.

-Ryan

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Ryan Abernathey <ryan.abernathey at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Thanks for the tip David!
>
> I used the "Texture Map To Sphere" filter, which kind of worked. However,
> the texture mapping is not happening correctly, as you can see from the
> attached screenshot. The image is mangled.
>
> Here is the image I am using:
>
> http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/57000/57730/land_ocean_ice_2048.png
>
> I also tried one with the coordinates shifted, as in this tutorial (
> http://www.earthmodels.org/data-and-tools/topography/paraview-topography-by-texture-mapping),
> but it didn't make a difference, still mangled.
>
> http://www.earthmodels.org/data-and-tools/topography/texture_land_ocean_ice_8192.png
>
> Do you have any suggestions on how to overcome this?
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:52 AM, David E DeMarle <
> dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Check the Information tab for a "Texture Coordinates" point aligned
>> array. If not present it would explain why you can't apply a Texture.
>> In that case, try the "Texture to Sphere" filter to generate some.
>>
>>
>> David E DeMarle
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> R&D Engineer
>> 21 Corporate Drive
>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> Phone: 518-881-4909
>>
>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Ryan Abernathey <
>> ryan.abernathey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to put a texture (png file) onto the surface of a polygonal
>>> mesh.
>>>
>>> I go to the properties tab, enabled Advanced, go to Miscellaneous...
>>>
>>> Right after "pickable" is the texture dropdown. But it is disabled. I
>>> can't figure out how to load my texture. See attached screenshot.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>
>>> -Ryan
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
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