The Sine Wave textures can create various banding or striped patterns. It generates patterns similar to the Saw Wave and Triangle Wave textures (figure 2).


Sine Wave

Figure 1: Sine wave texture Node


Sine, Saw, Triangle Comparison

Figure 2: A comparison of the Sine, Saw, and Triangle Wave textures


You can create interesting effects by using one of the wave textures as an input for another Procedural texture.


SIne Wave

Figure 3 : A Sine Wave Texture node controlling the Turbulance texture's Offset


Sine Wave Texture Parameters

Offset - Coordinate offset.

UVW Transform - Positions, scales, and rotates the surface texture.

Projection - Sets how the texture projects onto the surface.