Can I use a jpeg image to set the texture on a scene object that I created from an stl file?

[niamh]

I want to create an object in a 3D scene, whose shape is defined in an stl file. I then want to put an image from a jpeg on the surface of the image using the texture property. If I create the object using, for example, the Create Box.vi, instead of the stl file, I can apply the jpeg. But as soon as I create the object from the stl file, the jpeg can't be applied. Any ideas or is this just not possible?

Example VI, stl and jpeg files attached.

[Barp · Accepted solution]

By default, the stl texture is off. You can enable texture by using this property. 

Now, you also need to set horizontal and vertical wrapping mode for the decal to apply. Below I have Repeating and Linear and Spherical. It does apply the texture, but there is some work to map to the polygons.