# Custom material behavior

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/custom-material-behavior/40814>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/custom-material-behavior/40814 "2026-05-17T07:45:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![shaprvision](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@shaprvision](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/shaprvision)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/custom-material-behavior/40814/2 "2026-05-17T09:31:24Z")

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You need to create a seamless image outside of Shapr3d and then add it. See the following post requesting that add an option to do this automatically for custom materials.

[Seamless Image](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-60-custom-materials-from-images/40659/3)

PS this isn’t a perfect fix since even seamless materials will have a visible repeating pattern when tiled.

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