---
title: mipFilter
framework: modelio
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: modelio/mdltexturefilter/mipfilter
---

# mipFilter

The filter mode for rendering textures using mipmapping.

## Declaration

```swift
var mipFilter: MDLMaterialMipMapFilterMode { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Mipmapping is a technique that can increase rendering performance when rendering a texture image at smaller sizes. A texture can contain several mipmap levels for its image contents, each at a fraction of the original image’s size. A renderer samples texels from the mipmap level closest to the size being rendered. The default value is MDLMaterialMipMapFilterMode.linear, indicating that a renderer should linearly interpolate between mipmap levels.

## See Also

### Managing Texture Filter Modes

- [minFilter](modelio/mdltexturefilter/minfilter.md)
- [magFilter](modelio/mdltexturefilter/magfilter.md)