# Material textures
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959 "2020-06-12T04:25:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Bizzaro](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bizzaro)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959/1 "2020-06-12T04:25:06Z")
Are there any plans to be able to add material textures down the line similar to what solid works has?
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### Author:  [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959/2 "2020-06-12T20:22:30Z")
Hi! AFAIK this is not on our near plans as we have other features that are prioritized now.
I will for sure share your feedback with our product team.
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### Author:  [@Heed](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Heed)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959/3 "2020-06-17T07:33:13Z")
Please give us textures!! 🙂 I model a lot of buildings for full color 3D-printing and now I have to export it to my computer and put textures on it…
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### Author:  [@Ashiko](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ashiko)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959/4 "2020-10-31T20:25:57Z")
As someone who is out of a job due to a COVID RIF, paying COBRA premiums, etc. with no income, it would be awesome to be able to show someone a more realistic concept, with a wood texture, without buying another $200/year app to export to **just** for that (and for letters/numbers).
Even the ability to import SVG or other images and then mask them within surfaces and/or them onto shaped surfaces would be a help.
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### Author:  [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959/5 "2020-11-02T15:34:08Z")
Post process in another free app? Blender is pretty powerful. Learning curve, but plenty of tutorials. [https://www.blender.org/features/modeling/#uv-unwrapping](https://www.blender.org/features/modeling/#uv-unwrapping)
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### Author:  [@Vassi\_solutions](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Vassi_solutions)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959/6 "2020-11-03T16:15:15Z")
Check out Jig Workshop on the appstore.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9LDVqUIDD0)
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### Author:  [@Vassi\_solutions](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Vassi_solutions)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/material-textures/7959/7 "2020-11-13T16:06:37Z")
You could also try out Morpholio Trace for a more manual/«traditional» rendering method.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlPy2Wsz4Kk)