In the Select material dialog, the Textures tab allows you to upload your own photos to create unique materials for wallpapers, tiles, different types of flooring, and more. To use textures in CET, you have to gather and store them yourself.

Besides this dialog, you can also use the Material Explorer for even more extensive finish options and the Material Lab for more control of changes to existing and new materials.

The material dialog with the Texture tab selected.

Follow these steps to use a texture:

1. Open the 3D component tab.
2. Under Material Change, click the Material button.
   
3. Click the Texture tab.
4. To import many images as textures at one time, click the ellipsis ("...") in the top-right corner. The Browse box opens to locate the folder with your textures.
   
   
   Example of folder path
   
   
5. Select a folder. Next, click the OK button. All .jpg or .png images from the folder are now shown.
6. Alternatively, to import just one image as a texture, choose Import Texture, navigate your file explorer to find the image, and hit Open to load the image into the Select Material window.
7. Select a texture, edit the properties, and click Use at the bottom of the dialog box.
8. Move the cursor to the drawing area. A paint can will follows. Hover over the object you want to change.
9. Note the Quick Properties box in the corner of the drawing view listing the layers of the symbol. Use the Tab key on your keyboard to switch between the layers.
10. Click to apply the new color to the selected layer.

A custom texture has been applied to the panels

Changing texture scale

Textures have a predefined scale. This is determined by the size of the image imported. If the image is too small, the material will not appear accurate, and depending on the quality and lighting of the image, you may see a tiling effect across a surface.

To change a texture’s scale, follow these steps:

1. On the Texture tab in the Select material dialog box, select the desired texture.
2. Drag the Texture Scale slider or choose the desired value. The starting point is a 1:1 scale, which is shown as 1.00 in the dialog box. If you want to make the texture twice as large, enter 2, or half as large, enter 0.5.
3. Click Use at the bottom of the dialog box, and move the cursor to the object you want to change.
4. Note the Quick Properties box in the corner of the drawing view listing the layers of the symbol. Use the Tab key on your keyboard to switch between the layers.
5. Click to apply the new texture to the selected layer.

Removing imported textures

A copy of the Imported Textures will be stored in the CET Data folder, located here:
"%localappdata%\CET Data\64-bit\InstalledData\ce.run.res.001\res\textures"

To remove them, follow these steps:

1. In the Windows File Explorer, paste this address
   %localappdata%\CET Data\64-bit\InstalledData\ce.run.res.001\res\textures
   and hit Enter on your Keyboard.
   
   
2. You will now see three folders: Basic, Environment, and Floors. The imported textures are stored in the Floors folder.
3. Browse to explore the contents and delete the textures that you do not want to keep.