# \#mapping

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## [Matching UV mapping across objects](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/matching-uv-mapping-across-objects/218527)

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**Author:** [@JimCarruthers](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/JimCarruthers)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/matching-uv-mapping-across-objects/218527 "2026-04-30T17:04:04Z")

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So suppose I have 2 objects something like this (highly simplified example) where I’m trying to set up UV mapping, which I am a novice at. I want the texture to simply flow across both surfaces as if they were part of…

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## [UV mapping oriented to screen/enviroment](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/uv-mapping-oriented-to-screen-enviroment/123215)

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**Author:** [@andy.vanmater](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/andy.vanmater)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/uv-mapping-oriented-to-screen-enviroment/123215 "2025-10-21T01:57:55Z")

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Hello all, I’ve been poking at this problem for a very long time and have come up with nothing so far. I would like to make a texture that shows up as 2D regardless of the 3D orientation of the view. It’s for style, and…

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## [Mapping textures in complex meshes](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mapping-textures-in-complex-meshes/135470)

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**Author:** [@pvilarim](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/pvilarim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mapping-textures-in-complex-meshes/135470 "2024-11-19T08:31:00Z")

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I am reducing the size of the mesh to optimize the display in the Shapediver, but the mesh mapping is changed. How can I mapping a more complex mesh that was reduced? View without reducing the mesh View with reduct…

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## [MatchMapping doesn't match the position of the mapping - BUG](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/matchmapping-doesnt-match-the-position-of-the-mapping-bug/191995)

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**Author:** [@Bogdan\_Chipara](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Bogdan_Chipara)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/matchmapping-doesnt-match-the-position-of-the-mapping-bug/191995 "2024-10-01T08:47:25Z")

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Good evening, Rhino doesn’t match the mapping corectly. It matches the type and size but not the position. You can clearly see this in the video below.

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## [Rhino 8 BETA no map tiling](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-beta-no-map-tiling/167923)

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**Author:** [@Nikolay](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Nikolay)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-beta-no-map-tiling/167923 "2023-10-26T13:57:49Z")

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Hi everyone is it only me, or the tiling option in the mapping rollout is is missing in Rhino 8: in V7 that is a single checkbox (although tiling is usually separate along U and V in most software)

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## [Best way of projecting mesh with textures into another mesh](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/best-way-of-projecting-mesh-with-textures-into-another-mesh/162283)

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**Author:** [@Abelyanhayk852](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Abelyanhayk852)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/best-way-of-projecting-mesh-with-textures-into-another-mesh/162283 "2023-07-02T16:27:20Z")

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Hello. I need to project the city streets (mesh) from flat map onto terrain (mesh). The streets have asphalt textures. I consider several options. Simply project flat curve borders into terrain and loft them, then extr…

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## [\[FEEDBACK\] V7: Joining surfaces does not lose its individual texture mapping unwrap](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/feedback-v7-joining-surfaces-does-not-lose-its-individual-texture-mapping-unwrap/85116)

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**Author:** [@AlanMattano](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/AlanMattano)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/feedback-v7-joining-surfaces-does-not-lose-its-individual-texture-mapping-unwrap/85116 "2022-06-23T18:27:40Z")

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I was trying to make a custom Unwrap but was not cutting along the selection. It looks buggy. And I was not able to make individual custom unwrapping for a polysurface (or I do not know how to use multiple mapping channe…

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## [Project curves to asymmetric surface](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/project-curves-to-asymmetric-surface/136218)

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**Author:** [@ehsan.anvary](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/ehsan.anvary)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/project-curves-to-asymmetric-surface/136218 "2022-01-25T11:45:33Z")

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Hi there In a research activity in the field of plastic surgery, I face a problem in modeling. I want to fill the outer surface of the breast with the curves that follow the Fibonacci sequence, I create these curves in …

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## [Per-face material mapping does not copy. HELP](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/per-face-material-mapping-does-not-copy-help/133436)

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**Author:** [@user1127](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/user1127)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/per-face-material-mapping-does-not-copy-help/133436 "2021-11-16T17:25:13Z")

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Hey Just spend hours on material-mapping an entire part library with per-face material mapping: Plywood edges and plywood surfaces. Everything looks great, but when I copy the parts into a new rhino file, the edge (per …

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## [Exporting to obj doesn't keep the texture mapping?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/exporting-to-obj-doesnt-keep-the-texture-mapping/129253)

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**Author:** [@Pitti](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Pitti)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/exporting-to-obj-doesnt-keep-the-texture-mapping/129253 "2021-09-03T15:11:16Z")

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Hi All. I noticed that rhino 7 fails exporting the texture mapping when I export in obj format. rhino simple box max viewport reimporting the obj in rhino How is it possible?

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## [ReMap values from list to new Min Max Interval - c# code](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/remap-values-from-list-to-new-min-max-interval-c-code/110285)

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**Author:** [@rsm278](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/rsm278)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/remap-values-from-list-to-new-min-max-interval-c-code/110285 "2020-10-18T17:41:12Z")

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Hi, Another newbie question for coding. I understand how to remap values from one interval to a new interval in c# using the Linq methods, but I am having trouble getting that to work in C# for Gh and using a list of di…

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## [Mapping planar picture onto a curved polysurface](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mapping-planar-picture-onto-a-curved-polysurface/107404)

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**Author:** [@accounts2](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/accounts2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mapping-planar-picture-onto-a-curved-polysurface/107404 "2020-08-21T08:06:28Z")

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I have a surface that is curved in one direction and a picture that I want to map onto it (which has the exact dimensions of the unrolled polysurface and should fit onto it exactly). I would imagine there was quite a …

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## [Box mapping (vertical mapping?) Human plugin](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/box-mapping-vertical-mapping-human-plugin/106117)

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**Author:** [@Wiktor\_pl](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Wiktor_pl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/box-mapping-vertical-mapping-human-plugin/106117 "2020-07-24T15:51:42Z")

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Hi everyone, I have an issue with a “Box Mapping” component. It is a Human plugin’ component. It always puts/mapping the texture horizontally but I want to vertically. Is there any master who know, how to achieve this…

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## [Mapping curve to surface Error, PLEASE HELP](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mapping-curve-to-surface-error-please-help/104490)

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**Author:** [@nsmb30](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/nsmb30)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mapping-curve-to-surface-error-please-help/104490 "2020-06-24T15:19:54Z")

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pattern22.gh (31.0 KB) HI, Please if anyone can Help its urgent! Im trying repeatedly to map this pattern to the surface and it’s not working, I really am not sure what Im missing, any help would be GREAT at the moment! …

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## [Tesselated Pattern - Mapping Curves](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/tesselated-pattern-mapping-curves/97836)

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**Author:** [@iskanderani.m](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/iskanderani.m)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/tesselated-pattern-mapping-curves/97836 "2020-03-10T17:25:10Z")

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Beautiful community of Rhino, I have a question regarding mapping curves into a designated morphed outline. Kindly find the image that explains what I am trying to do. I have tried using every possible command in Grass…

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## [UV Mapping - Multiple channels \[BUG?\] v5/v6 + API concerns](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/uv-mapping-multiple-channels-bug-v5-v6-api-concerns/85837)

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**Author:** [@D-W](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/D-W)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/uv-mapping-multiple-channels-bug-v5-v6-api-concerns/85837 "2019-07-08T13:00:04Z")

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Editing UV’s in Rhino is at least cumbersome but everyone who works with it knows that and somehow agree with its nature - a general overhaul of this would be more than welcome. Anyway i found today that opening uv edito…

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## [Planar mapping not from the top](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/planar-mapping-not-from-the-top/74220)

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**Author:** [@volchinskiy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/volchinskiy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/planar-mapping-not-from-the-top/74220 "2018-11-05T21:12:42Z")

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Hello, I was wondering if planar mapping was possible at an angle different than straight down from the top. When the object is rotated, the texture distorts in an unpredictable way as shown in the screenshot, and I am…

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## [Texture Mapping in Rhino](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/texture-mapping-in-rhino/62304)

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**Author:** [@Shoichi](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Shoichi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/texture-mapping-in-rhino/62304 "2018-05-08T15:20:53Z")

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A curved surface can be mapped a gradation jpeg. \[46\] \[51\] But a joined surface like a below picture can not be mapped the gradation jpeg. \[51\] \[14\] Is it possible to map the jpeg texture on that joined surface?

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## [Stereographic construction of a surface on revolution shape](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/stereographic-construction-of-a-surface-on-revolution-shape/54518)

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**Author:** [@anikolo](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/anikolo)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/stereographic-construction-of-a-surface-on-revolution-shape/54518 "2018-02-04T13:14:49Z")

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Hi, is there a way to end up with a surface whose UV directions are mapped stereographically on a revolution shape? (in a way that all outermost UV points meet on the “north pole” like the image on the right) \[stereog…