Texture Mapping Support on 3D Models

Often you would like to increase the realism of components in your 3D views without needing to build complex models in an MCAD environment. The Winter 09 release of Altium Designer helps with this problem by allowing images to be texture mapped onto the top of your simple 3D models.

Images can be added from the properties dialog of 3D bodies by simply choosing a file and setting an initial size. Once added, textures can be resized and positioned graphically by using the Tools>>3D Body Placement>>Move Texture location command.

A 3D Body with texture applied