It would be great to change the direction of wood grains to accurately represent the surfaces they are on. I am making a a full detail model and I would love to have the studs show properly.

Looks like Shapr needs burl wood material :slight_smile:

Ready for the full scoop? If it was only about Burl, I’d be happy. I’m exhausted instead, but I love what I do! Feel free to skip this post. It’s going to be a very long one. Here’s what I (and my fellows) deal with on a daily basis. Nothing added, only a few removed. Regarding specs and options,…

Hi! Any news on the release date for this feature? I’m stuck - I use sanded birch veneer for most of my projects, I find SHAPR3D’s version is the most realistic. If use Cadmio for the orientation I get another version of the material - which I don’t like that much. Send help :slight_smile:

Just pinging this for Daniel and me! I model a LOT of wooden handles. This would make my year.

Hi! I was wondering if you have any updates on the timeline? Wood grain orientation was expected to be released early last summer, then postponed to end of summer, now it’s November. I suppose its safe to assume that you did in fact hit some large road bumps? I hope I don’t come across as aggressiv…

Due to some performance bottlenecks the implementation is not as straightforward as we thought. First we’ll need to do some optimizations before we can ship it. I understand that the wait is frustrating, but this improvement is a high prioirity item on the Visualization roadmap.

@Istvan with the future implementation of wood grain direction, will there also be the ability to change direction of other materials with a linear pattern, like brushed metals? Radial brushed finishes for circular surfaces as well? I.E. chamfered holes, shaft ends, and other round objects?

Yes, material orientation will be generally available for all materials where it makes sense. Some of the examples you mentioned are a bit more tricky, because they would require different texturing techniques from what we have now implemented, but in most cases you’ll get pretty good results. Theo…

Will there be support for importing custom materials into Shapr3D, too? Just curious as it comes very handy now and then …

Not impossible! Can you help us understand your use case? Why do you need this feature and what kind of materials would you create?

Wood Grain Orientation

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Wood Grain Orientation

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