# Wood Grain Orientation

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574 "2022-04-05T18:44:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![RobertLarson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/robertlarson/32/20137_2.png) [@RobertLarson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RobertLarson)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574/21 "2023-04-18T15:54:57Z")

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This is a big one for me as well. I’ve been using (and loving) this app for construction modeling and it drives me nuts how visualization works when I try to make the wood framing look like actual wood. The patterns are all the same no matter the orientation of the object. If I could simply spin the pattern on the object surface it would look fine. But unfortunately that does’t seem to be possible as far as I can tell.

 ![Wood Example](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/1/f1fdbf0c512255213214f9d3682331f62f63adcb.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574/22 "2023-04-18T15:55:36Z")

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Coming next week.

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**Author:** ![RobertLarson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/robertlarson/32/20137_2.png) [@RobertLarson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RobertLarson)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574/23 "2023-04-18T15:57:38Z")

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You’ve just made my day! (and my next week!) Cheers!

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574/24 "2023-04-18T18:40:07Z")

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Thanks Istvan 👍👏

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**Author:** ![Romulus369](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/romulus369/32/2871_2.png) [@Romulus369](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Romulus369)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574/25 "2023-04-19T02:24:24Z")

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**Author:** ![Einar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Einar](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Einar)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574/27 "2023-04-20T22:18:15Z")

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Omg! I can’t wait! I’ve been looking forward to woodgrain orientation since at least last summer. Great work! Many thumbs up

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wood-grain-orientation/18574/28 "2023-04-25T19:00:35Z")

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> [@5.360 - Material Orientation is here](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-360-material-orientation-is-here/25299):
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> This release includes a top user request for Shapr3D Visualization: New: Create more realistic models with Material Orientation in Visualization. When enabled, materials like wood and brushed metal will now auto-match their orientation to geometry for even more realistic results. Open up your favorite model in Shapr3D Visualization and give Material Orientation a try now!

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