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Geometry Nodes UV Mapping Quick And Dirty

Michael Bridges ·

Procedural materials can be incredibly powerful—until they’re not. Michael Bridges dives into a common issue that comes up when applying procedural textures to curves and pipes, particularly when UV mapping starts to stretch and distort.

If you’ve ever found your materials looking strange on longer or more complex shapes, you’ll know exactly what I mean.

In this video, I walk through a clean and efficient approach that fixes this problem using geometry nodes and a little shader tweaking. The method not only gives me complete control over how textures are applied but also allows me to scale textures seamlessly along objects of varying lengths. I make sure the UVs are applied cleanly, and the final result looks exactly how I want—without distortion or stretching.

Curious about how this can make your workflows faster and your results more predictable? Wondering how to future-proof your procedural projects with better UV control? You’ll find the answers right here.

Author Michael Bridges
I am a self confessed technology geek, and love teaching people new things.I think it is a real shame that so many people carry around such wonderfully capable devices yet do nothing but the basics on them. Computers, laptops tablets and smart phones can do much more than most people know. I would like to guide, reassure and educate people in using their technology to add to their livesI have been playing, yes playing, with technology for as long as I can remember and I still do that today! Admittedly these days with other commitments I do have to watch what I spend as technology can burn a very deep hole and quickly!As my parents will testify, I have always been inquisitive! even if it meant taking something apart to see how it worked. Of course not knowing how to put it back together again! To this day I love learning new things and developing myself as a person.Despite my techy background I remain firmly grounded and talk to people using every day language, unnecessary techno-babble drives me bonkers. This allows me to chat with people with limited knowledge on a subject and help them understand more.By day (and sometimes night) I run a successful local technology support company in Nottingham (UK).
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