I am looking for a way to add a realistic texture to my 3D models that will be 3D printable.
i.e. I want to have a realistic cracked, stoney surface texture added to an otherwise "smooth" part and have the realistic texture included on the 3D printed part.
Also, I seem to remember an add-on that adds various "mesh" textures to 3D models??
Hello,
You can try searching this forum and the net for Home - Standex Engraving Mold-Tech textures.
It may be a rendering thing as shown in this post: https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/100385 as such repetitive things when modeled weigh heavily on compute.
Cheers,
Kevin
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Otherwise, you might be able to export your models as meshes and do it in Blender or similar. Getting the right topology and displacement mapping will be a learning curve though.
In the unlikely event that your surfaces are planar only, there's a cool SolidWorks add in here Image2SOLIDWORKS
As of SW2019, the answer would appear to be the 3D Texture Tool. I've only spent a few minutes playing with it, but it seems to do the job. Allegedly (i.e. I've not tested this) it requires only a grayscale texture map.
3-minute intro here:
I know nothing of an add-in for this, but at SWW they previewed a new feature for SW 2019 that would add texture to the 3D model based of an image/decal. - so maybe try out the 2019 BETA.