diff --git a/ACG/GL/IRenderer.cc b/ACG/GL/IRenderer.cc
index f90fb4a4074dbdc0f41e4154da79016296c10640..59d7655f0cae823a990cfecb6e2186cf1376e74e 100644
--- a/ACG/GL/IRenderer.cc
+++ b/ACG/GL/IRenderer.cc
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ void IRenderer::traverseRenderableNodes( ACG::GLState* _glState, ACG::SceneGraph
     {
 
       if ( _node->status() != ACG::SceneGraph::BaseNode::HideNode )
-        _node->enter(*_glState, _drawMode);
+        _node->enter(*_glState, nodeDM);
 
 
       // fetch material (Node itself can be a material node, so we have to
diff --git a/ACG/GL/RenderObject.cc b/ACG/GL/RenderObject.cc
index a203a0f0f27e5ca779124521ee285468ba70f06a..9947d5b4fdcd1aaea5b0200ec4ca64ffc2fe93c5 100644
--- a/ACG/GL/RenderObject.cc
+++ b/ACG/GL/RenderObject.cc
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void RenderObject::initFromState( GLState* _glState )
 
   alpha = 1.0f;
 
+
   if (_glState)
   {
     modelview = _glState->modelview();
@@ -120,6 +121,24 @@ void RenderObject::initFromState( GLState* _glState )
     }
     shininess = _glState->shininess();
   }
+
+
+  // get texcoord generation params
+  if (glIsEnabled(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_Q))
+    shaderDesc.texGenDim = 4;
+  else if (glIsEnabled(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_R))
+    shaderDesc.texGenDim = 3;
+  else if (glIsEnabled(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_T))
+    shaderDesc.texGenDim = 2;
+  else if (glIsEnabled(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_S))
+    shaderDesc.texGenDim = 1;
+
+  if (shaderDesc.texGenDim)
+  {
+    GLint genMode = 0;
+    glGetTexGeniv(GL_S, GL_TEXTURE_GEN_MODE, &genMode);
+    shaderDesc.texGenMode = genMode;
+  }
 }
 
 void RenderObject::setupShaderGenFromDrawmode( const SceneGraph::DrawModes::DrawModeProperties* _props )
diff --git a/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.cc b/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.cc
index 7797f1a431a309f1484d9490da6b6ad6cc41802a..80f614e8bd633d7044ddb8a5b5f14eb20c4f8e1e 100644
--- a/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.cc
+++ b/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.cc
@@ -196,9 +196,19 @@ void ShaderGenerator::initVertexShaderIO(const ShaderGenDesc* _desc, const Defau
 
   if (_iodesc->passTexCoord_ && !_desc->textured())
   {
-    // assume 2d texcoords
-    addInput("vec2 inTexCoord");
-    addOutput("vec2 outVertexTexCoord");
+    // assume 2d texcoords as default
+    int texdim = 2;
+
+    if (_desc->texGenMode && _desc->texGenDim > 0 && _desc->texGenDim <= 4)
+      texdim = _desc->texGenDim;
+
+
+    QString inTexCoordString, outTexCoordString;
+    inTexCoordString.sprintf("vec%i inTexCoord", texdim);
+    outTexCoordString.sprintf("vec%i outVertexTexCoord", texdim);
+
+    addInput(inTexCoordString);
+    addOutput(outTexCoordString);
   }
 
 
@@ -1177,6 +1187,7 @@ void ShaderProgGenerator::addVertexBeginCode(QStringList* _code)
     }
   }
 
+
   if (desc_.vertexColors && (desc_.colorMaterialMode == GL_AMBIENT || desc_.colorMaterialMode == GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE))
     _code->push_back("vec4 sg_cColor = vec4(g_cEmissive + g_cLightModelAmbient * " SG_INPUT_VERTEXCOLOR ".xyz, SG_ALPHA);");
   else
@@ -1192,6 +1203,84 @@ void ShaderProgGenerator::addVertexBeginCode(QStringList* _code)
     _code->push_back("sg_cColor = " SG_INPUT_VERTEXCOLOR ";");
 
 
+  // texcoord generation
+  if (desc_.texGenDim && desc_.texGenMode)
+  {
+    // https://www.opengl.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_glTexGen
+
+    if (!ioDesc_.inputTexCoord_)
+    {
+      // declare variable if it has not been allocated yet
+      QString texGenString;
+      texGenString.sprintf("vec%i sg_vTexCoord; // glTexGen emulation", desc_.texGenDim);
+      _code->push_back(texGenString);
+    }
+
+    const char* texGenCoordString[] = { "x", "y", "z", "w" };
+
+    switch (desc_.texGenMode)
+    {
+    case GL_OBJECT_LINEAR:
+    {
+      for (int i = 0; i < desc_.texGenDim; ++i)
+      {
+        QString assignmentInstrString;
+        assignmentInstrString.sprintf("sg_vTexCoord.%s = dot(inPosition, g_vTexGenPlane[%i]);", texGenCoordString[i], i);
+        _code->push_back(assignmentInstrString);
+      }
+    } break;
+
+    case GL_EYE_LINEAR:
+    {
+      for (int i = 0; i < desc_.texGenDim; ++i)
+      {
+        QString assignmentInstrString;
+        assignmentInstrString.sprintf("sg_vTexCoord.%s = dot(sg_vPosVS, g_vTexGenPlane[%i]);", texGenCoordString[i], i);
+        _code->push_back(assignmentInstrString);
+      }
+    } break;
+
+    case GL_SPHERE_MAP:
+    {
+      _code->push_back("vec3 sg_vPosVS_unit = normalize(sg_vPosVS.xyz);");
+      _code->push_back("vec3 sg_TexGenRefl = reflect(sg_vPosVS_unit, sg_vNormalVS);");
+      _code->push_back("vec3 sg_TexGenRefl2 = sg_TexGenRefl; sg_TexGenRefl2.z += 1.0;");
+      _code->push_back("float sg_TexGenMRcp = 0.5 * inversesqrt(dot(sg_TexGenRefl2, sg_TexGenRefl2));");
+      for (int i = 0; i < desc_.texGenDim; ++i)
+      {
+        QString assignmentInstrString;
+        assignmentInstrString.sprintf("sg_vTexCoord.%s = sg_TexGenRefl.%s * sg_TexGenMRcp + 0.5;", texGenCoordString[i], texGenCoordString[i]);
+        _code->push_back(assignmentInstrString);
+      }
+    } break;
+
+    case GL_NORMAL_MAP:
+    {
+      for (int i = 0; i < desc_.texGenDim; ++i)
+      {
+        QString assignmentInstrString;
+        assignmentInstrString.sprintf("sg_vTexCoord.%s = sg_vNormalVS.%s;", texGenCoordString[i], texGenCoordString[i]);
+        _code->push_back(assignmentInstrString);
+      }
+    } break;
+
+    case GL_REFLECTION_MAP:
+    {
+      _code->push_back("vec3 sg_vPosVS_unit = normalize(sg_vPosVS.xyz);");
+      _code->push_back("vec3 sg_TexGenRefl = reflect(sg_vPosVS_unit, sg_vNormalVS);");
+      for (int i = 0; i < desc_.texGenDim; ++i)
+      {
+        QString assignmentInstrString;
+        assignmentInstrString.sprintf("sg_vTexCoord.%s = sg_TexGenRefl.%s;", texGenCoordString[i], texGenCoordString[i]);
+        _code->push_back(assignmentInstrString);
+      }
+    } break;
+
+    default: break;
+    }
+  }
+
+
   // apply modifiers
   for (size_t i = 0; i < activeMods_.size(); ++i)
     activeMods_[i]->modifyVertexBeginCode(_code);
@@ -1943,6 +2032,31 @@ void ShaderProgGenerator::generateShaders()
     ioDesc_.passTexCoord_ = true;
   }
 
+  // clamp generated texcoord dimension
+  int maxTexGenDim = 4;
+
+  switch (desc_.texGenMode)
+  {
+  case GL_EYE_LINEAR:
+  case GL_OBJECT_LINEAR: maxTexGenDim = 4; break;
+    
+  case GL_SPHERE_MAP: maxTexGenDim = 2; break;
+  
+  case GL_NORMAL_MAP:
+  case GL_REFLECTION_MAP: maxTexGenDim = 3; break;
+  
+  default: maxTexGenDim = 0; break;
+  }
+
+  desc_.texGenDim = std::max(std::min(desc_.texGenDim, maxTexGenDim), 0);
+
+  if (desc_.texGenMode == GL_REFLECTION_MAP || desc_.texGenMode == GL_SPHERE_MAP || desc_.texGenMode == GL_NORMAL_MAP)
+    ioDesc_.inputNormal_ = true;
+
+  if (desc_.texGenDim && desc_.texGenMode)
+    ioDesc_.passTexCoord_ = true; // no input, but texcoords are generated
+
+
   if (desc_.vertexColors)
     ioDesc_.inputColor_ = true;
 
@@ -2574,6 +2688,19 @@ QString ShaderGenDesc::toString() const
     resStrm  << "\nShadowTexture: " <<  iter->second.shadow;
   }
 
+  resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.texGenDim: " << texGenDim;
+
+  switch (texGenMode)
+  {
+  case GL_OBJECT_LINEAR: resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.texGenMode: GL_OBJECT_LINEAR"; break;
+  case GL_EYE_LINEAR: resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.texGenMode: GL_EYE_LINEAR"; break;
+  case GL_SPHERE_MAP: resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.texGenMode: GL_SPHERE_MAP"; break;
+  case GL_NORMAL_MAP: resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.texGenMode: GL_NORMAL_MAP"; break;
+  case GL_REFLECTION_MAP: resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.texGenMode: GL_REFLECTION_MAP"; break;
+  default: resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.texGenMode: unknown"; break;
+  }
+  
+
   if (!vertexTemplateFile.isEmpty())
     resStrm << "\nshaderDesc.vertexTemplateFile: " << vertexTemplateFile;
 
diff --git a/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.hh b/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.hh
index fc83ddd81f5c28daaff85392c34c2b31117a0fe9..d8a655c5dbe2789c4da90085fca3751140324268 100644
--- a/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.hh
+++ b/ACG/GL/ShaderGenerator.hh
@@ -102,11 +102,12 @@ public:
     fragmentTemplateFile(""),
     normalizeTexColors(true),
     colorMaterialMode(GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE),
-    textureTypes_()
+    textureTypes_(),
+    texGenDim(0),
+    texGenMode(GL_EYE_LINEAR)
   {
     for ( unsigned int i = 0 ; i < SG_MAX_SHADER_LIGHTS ; ++i)
       lightTypes[i] = SG_LIGHT_DIRECTIONAL;
-
   }
 
   //In case, something crashes with the light types, try this hammer ;-)
@@ -201,6 +202,48 @@ public:
 
 
 
+  // automatic texture coordinate generation, emulation of glTexGen
+  // this takes priority over any texcoords provided via addTextureType 
+
+  // dimension of generated texture coordinate: 0,1,2,3,4  (default: 0 - disabled)
+  int texGenDim;
+
+  // texture generation mode: GL_OBJECT_LINEAR, GL_EYE_LINEAR, GL_SPHERE_MAP, GL_NORMAL_MAP, GL_REFLECTION_MAP
+  GLenum texGenMode; 
+
+  void enableTexGenObjectLinear(int _dim = 2)
+  {
+    texGenDim = std::max(std::min(_dim, 4), 0);
+    texGenMode = GL_OBJECT_LINEAR;
+  }
+
+  void enableTexGenEyeLinear(int _dim = 2)
+  {
+    texGenDim = std::max(std::min(_dim, 4), 0);
+    texGenMode = GL_EYE_LINEAR;
+  }
+
+  void enableTexGenSphericalMap(int _dim = 2)
+  {
+    texGenDim = std::max(std::min(_dim, 2), 0);
+    texGenMode = GL_SPHERE_MAP;
+  }
+
+  void enableTexGenNormalMap(int _dim = 3)
+  {
+    texGenDim = std::max(std::min(_dim, 3), 0);
+    texGenMode = GL_NORMAL_MAP;
+  }
+
+  void enableTexGenReflectionMap(int _dim = 3)
+  {
+    texGenDim = std::max(std::min(_dim, 3), 0);
+    texGenMode = GL_REFLECTION_MAP;
+  }
+
+  void disableTexGen() { texGenDim = 0; }
+
+
   // comparison operator
   bool operator == (const ShaderGenDesc& _rhs) const
   {
@@ -243,6 +286,15 @@ public:
     if (macros != _rhs.macros)
       return false;
 
+    if (texGenDim != _rhs.texGenDim)
+      return false;
+
+    if (texGenDim)
+    {
+      if (texGenMode != _rhs.texGenMode)
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (numLights)
       return memcmp(lightTypes, _rhs.lightTypes, numLights * sizeof(ShaderGenLightType)) == 0;
 
diff --git a/ACG/Scenegraph/MeshNode2T.cc b/ACG/Scenegraph/MeshNode2T.cc
index 7490306289cef399caf88924a6ee53e49bb030c5..9745fe8aa50b2a0b26869a9321212ea6b8c73cc6 100644
--- a/ACG/Scenegraph/MeshNode2T.cc
+++ b/ACG/Scenegraph/MeshNode2T.cc
@@ -553,8 +553,29 @@ draw(GLState& _state, const DrawModes::DrawMode& _drawMode) {
 
   if ( ( _drawMode & DrawModes::SOLID_TEXTURED )  && mesh_.has_vertex_texcoords2D())
   {
-    ///\todo enableTexCoords_
-//    enable_arrays(VERTEX_ARRAY | TEXCOORD_VERTEX_ARRAY );
+    ACG::GLState::enable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+    ACG::GLState::disable(GL_LIGHTING);
+    ACG::GLState::shadeModel(GL_FLAT);
+    ACG::GLState::depthRange(0.01, 1.0);
+
+    drawMesh_->disableColors();
+    drawMesh_->usePerVertexTexcoords();
+
+
+    // texture environment: fragment color = texture sample
+    GLint prevTexEnvMode = 0;
+    glGetTexEnviv(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, &prevTexEnvMode);
+    glTexEnvi(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_REPLACE);
+
+    draw_faces();
+    ACG::GLState::depthRange(0.0, 1.0);
+    ACG::GLState::disable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+
+    glTexEnvi(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, prevTexEnvMode);
+  }
+
+  if ((_drawMode & DrawModes::SOLID_ENV_MAPPED) && mesh_.has_vertex_normals())
+  {
     ACG::GLState::enable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
     ACG::GLState::disable(GL_LIGHTING);
     ACG::GLState::shadeModel(GL_FLAT);