Textures

Sets the properties of the surface texture for the selected 3-D object. This feature is only available after you apply a surface texture to the selected object. To quickly apply a surface texture, open the Gallery, hold down Shift+Ctrl, and then drag an image onto the selected 3-D object.

To access this command...

Open the context menu of the 3-D object, choose 3-D Effects - Textures tab.

Textures

Sets the texture properties.

Type

Set the colour properties of the texture.

Black & White

Converts the texture to black and white.

Colour

Converts the texture to colour.

Mode

Show or hide shading.

Only Texture

Applies the texture without shading.

Texture and Shading

Applies the texture with shading. To define the shading options for the texture, click the Shading button in this dialogue box.

Projection X

Set the options for displaying the texture.

Object-specific

Automatically adjusts the texture based on the shape and size of the object.

Parallel

Applies the texture parallel to the horizontal axis.

Circular

Wraps the horizontal axis of the texture pattern around a sphere.

Projection Y

Click the respective buttons to define the texture for the object y-axis.

Object-specific

Automatically adjusts the texture based on the shape and size of the object.

Parallel

Applies the texture parallel to the vertical axis.

Circular

Wraps the vertical axis of the texture pattern around a sphere.

Filter

Filters out some of the 'noise' that can occur when you apply a texture to a 3-D object.

Filtering On/Off

Blurs the texture slightly to remove unwanted speckles.

Apply

Click here to apply the properties shown in the dialogue box to the selected object.

Update

Click here to view in the dialogue box all the properties of the selected object.

Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.

Convert to 3-D

Use this icon to convert a selected 2D object to a 3D object. You can also select several 2D objects and convert them to one single 3D object. To convert a group of 2D objects to 3D, you must first ungroup the selected objects.

Convert to Rotation Object

Click here to convert a selected 2D object to a 3D rotation object. You can also select several 2D objects and convert them to one single 3D rotation object. To convert a group of 2D objects to 3D, you must first ungroup the selected objects.

Perspective On/Off

Click here to turn the perspective view on or off.