Convert sliced sprites into materials for quads

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Generally nothing above can be “converted” between each other. They are all distinct things.

To put an area of a Texture2D on a quad, generally you need to manipulate the UVs of the quad.

Otherwise, just use a Sprite and render it with a SpriteRenderer

Just to help you keep your terminology straight:

  • a Texture2D is an image (think JPG or PNG)
  • a Sprite is a set of coordinates (box or otherwise) outlining something interesting on a Texture2D
  • SpriteRenderers render Sprites
  • UI Image components render Sprites
  • a “quad” (what Unity makes) is a Mesh that needs a MeshRenderer to be seen
  • MeshRenderers render Meshes
  • Meshes are vertices, triangles, normals, UVs.
  • Meshes are not Textures
  • Sprites are NOT Meshes

Beyond that:

  • a Material is an instance of a Shader
  • Materials have properties, such as:
    —> parameters (colors, numbers, vectors)
    —> objects such as Texture2Ds (Albedo, Normal, Emission, etc.)

And finally to complete the picture:

Unity’s component architecture