# How to stop materials rotating

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-stop-materials-rotating/73084>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Created:** [October 14, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-stop-materials-rotating/73084 "2018-10-14T12:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![des](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/des/32/479144_2.png) [@des](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/des)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-stop-materials-rotating/73084/1 "2018-10-14T12:50:02Z")

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I have an object with wood grain sitting on a wooden ground plain. The grains lined up so I rotated the object as the aligned grain didn’t look right. Once I rotated the object, the grain changed direction. How do I lock the material orientation to the object.

 ![Grain1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/original/3X/c/6/c62863c8e31c9b0c7ccb9982d7826fb8db661b71.jpeg) ![Grain2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/original/3X/8/6/86052d69028aa4b223fbe8a7a44df1da1edd291b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jesterking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jesterking/32/771114_2.png) [@jesterking](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jesterking)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-stop-materials-rotating/73084/2 "2018-10-14T12:59:47Z")

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You are probably using WCS mapping in the texture, this needs to be changed to mapping channel, then you need to add a box mapping to your object.

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**Author:** ![des](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/des/32/479144_2.png) [@des](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/des)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-stop-materials-rotating/73084/3 "2018-10-14T13:09:12Z")

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Thanks Jester, how do I change that as it is a default Rhino Material

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**Author:** ![jesterking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jesterking/32/771114_2.png) [@jesterking](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jesterking)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-stop-materials-rotating/73084/4 "2018-10-14T14:34:20Z")

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Drill into the texture for the material and change the mapping to Mapping Channel, then with the object selected open the object properties panel, and from that the texture mapping sub panel. Add a box mapping such that the box you draw encloses the object. Say Yes to Capped.