Visualise texture based on direction a surface is pointing using Cycles

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I would like to apply/blend a shader based on the direction a face is pointing. So basically, if the colors of the axes are used, a cube would look like this:

Ideally, also the negative and positive direction should be taken into account. That way the shader on the face pointing in the Z+ direction can be different from the one pointing in the Z- direction.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '17 at 16:49

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You can do something like this by plugging the "True Normal" output of the Geometry node into a Diffuse/Emission shader.

Although it is a vector output, it will give you a colour for each face depending upon its normal.

answered Mar 30 '17 at 16:49

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Thanks. Using an RGB split I can make it work. I'll post the solution as soon as I got it working as expected. – wout Mar 30 '17 at 17:42

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '17 at 20:13

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As it turns out you only have to make the normal direction absolute:

answered Sep 07 '17 at 20:13

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Visualise texture based on direction a surface is pointing using Cycles

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