MATLAB: How to fill a patch object with a pattern, such as diagonal lines or a texture map, in MATLAB R2020b

Question

I would like to fill a patch object using the FILL function with a pattern rather than colors. For example, I would like to fill it with diagonal lines, a grid, texture map, or some other pattern.

Answer 1

The ability to fill a patch object with a pattern or texture mapping using the FILL function is not available in MATLAB R2020b.

To work around this issue, you can create a surface object using the SURF function rather than a PATCH object and apply a texturemap to the surface object. An example demonstrating how to do this using the surface CData and FaceColor properties is given in the following article:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/91858-is-it-possible-to-perform-texture-mapping-within-matlab

Also, you may use the files at the following link at the MATLAB Central file exchange:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24021-hatch-fill-patterns-plus-color-invert

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