The Sine Wave, Saw Wave, and Triangle Wave textures create various banding or striped patterns. To control the pattern position, connect a Transform node to the texture’s Scale attribute.
These textures have a single Offset parameter that adjusts the wave bands' position. Figures 1, 2, and 3 compare the different results from each texture applied to a model.
Figure 1: A Saw Wave texture applied to a model
Figure 2: A Sine Wave texture applied to a model
Figure 3: A Triangle Wave texture applied to a model
The primary differences between the Saw, Sine, and Triangle Wave textures are:
Sine - Generates a texture with simple smoother wave patterns, like marble or wood.
Triangle - Generates a texture with sharp triangular wave patterns.
You can create interesting effects by using one of the Wave textures as an input for another Procedural texture. Figure 4 shows the result of using a Sine Wave as the input for the Offset of a Turbulence texture.
Figure 4: A Sine wave is used to control the offset of a Turbulence texture