# Texture Rotation

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/texture-rotation/17381
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [February 13, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/texture-rotation/17381 "2022-02-13T00:46:02Z")
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### Author: ![udokr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/udokr/32/14506_2.png) [@udokr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/udokr)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/texture-rotation/17381/20 "2023-04-26T17:30:25Z")

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> [@5.360 - Material Orientation is here](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-360-material-orientation-is-here/25299/7):
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> This is a cylinder cut in half. How can I make the wood pattern run parallel with the side?

Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn’t. There is no control over it, just an unpredictable automatic algorithm which either gives the desired result, or it does not. I expected more from this.

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