# adding atexture to a mesh
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 7, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119 "2018-06-07T08:04:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Fabio\_Zottele](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Fabio_Zottele)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/1 "2018-06-07T08:04:30Z")
Hi all,
I am using ParaView-5.5.1-Qt5-MPI-Linux-64bit on my Ubuntu bionic machine.
I am loading a polygonal mesh (\*.obj) file with 251432 Cells (754296). I would like to apply a texture on it (jpg format) file.
I cannot find neither in the manual or in the wiki how to do it.
Any help is appreciated.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/2 "2018-06-07T08:17:55Z")
Hi,
Do your data have TexturesCoords point data on it ?
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### Author:  [@Fabio\_Zottele](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Fabio_Zottele)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/3 "2018-06-07T09:53:31Z")
@mwestphal : I think so. I used to directly load the texture file (using the panel) on the same mesh with Paraview 5.4.1 64bit (Legacy rendering Backend wich is the one shipped with ubuntu).
The problem is that since a couple of days this version gives error on loading the mesh, and the the version I installed (ParaView-5.5.1-Qt5-MPI-Linux-64bit) loads the mesh with no errors but I do not find the button and menu for loading the texture…
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/4 "2018-06-07T09:57:56Z")
It is still available. Make sure you are showing advanced options by clicking on the cogwheel button.
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### Author:  [@Fabio\_Zottele](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Fabio_Zottele)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/5 "2018-06-07T10:03:21Z")
where is it? Cannot find it!!
Parte2\_|690x358
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/6 "2018-06-07T10:30:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Fabio\_Zottele](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Fabio_Zottele)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/7 "2018-06-07T10:55:02Z")
@mwestphal Yes! Thanks. I did not notice it.
Thankyou.
I wish I could flag this as “resolved”
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-atexture-to-a-mesh/119/8 "2018-06-07T12:07:19Z")