# What are the textures/shaders for?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-are-the-textures-shaders-for/16904>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 15, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-are-the-textures-shaders-for/16904 "2022-01-15T09:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![davorin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/davorin/32/12827_2.png) [@davorin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/davorin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-are-the-textures-shaders-for/16904/1 "2022-01-15T09:04:32Z")

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Good morning (o;

Just out of curiosity…what are those materials and shaders for?  
Don’t see any functionality inside Shapr3D…

![Bildschirmfoto 2022-01-15 um 09.59.42](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/e/e85e67125c67a0a1780704910a1c51c15a497e81.png)

cheers  
richard

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-are-the-textures-shaders-for/16904/3 "2022-01-15T09:49:01Z")

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It belongs to a new feature that we are working on, but it’s not released yet.

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**Author:** ![davorin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/davorin/32/12827_2.png) [@davorin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/davorin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-are-the-textures-shaders-for/16904/4 "2022-01-15T09:49:25Z")

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I knew it 😉