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# generateMipmaps(texture:)

Encodes a command that generates mipmaps for a texture instance from the base mipmap level up to the highest
mipmap level.

```
func generateMipmaps(texture: any MTLTexture)
```

## Parameters

`texture`

A mipmapped, color-renderable or color-filterable [`MTLTexture`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTexture) instance the command generates mipmaps for.

## Discussion

This method generates mipmaps for a mipmapped texture. The texture you provide needs to have a
[`mipmapLevelCount`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTexture/mipmapLevelCount) greater than `1`, and a color-renderable or color-filterable
[`pixelFormat`](/documentation/Metal/MTLTexture/pixelFormat).

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