Color scalar overlay on VTK models

[lassoan (Andras Lasso)]

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Displaying textured 3D models

I have a PLY made from a stereophotogrammatic scanner. It also has a texture file in jpg format. I tried setting the option for these texture files to “scalar overlay” and asked it to apply to the model I already loaded. When I do that, nothing happens, no error message nor the trace of the texture files as far as I can tell. There is no scalar listed under the “Scalar” tab of the models module. This is with 4.8.1 on windows.