Problem with applying material without projecting UV

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Hi, I’m having a problem with applying a material without projecting UV on it. Take a look at my example graph here: Trimble Creator

As you can see in the first box, I’m applying the material without projecting UV because I want the material to apply to the entire box. However, the material isn’t applying at all. Instead, the box just receives a flat brownish tone.

In the second box, I’m doing the same but I’m projecting UV first. When I do this, the material is being applied to the Z axis as defined in the projection.

Why isn’t applying material working without projecting UV?

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Hi @watabtme,

The reason your texture isn’t showing is that UV projection is a required step to properly display a material. Without it, the Apply Material node has no UV map to place the texture correctly on the surface, which results in the single flat color you see in your example.

You can find a helpful pattern for applying textures to all sides of a box here: Trimble Creator