{"id":359,"date":"2015-01-07T01:16:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T01:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/make-your-wooden-models-flow-from-surface-to-surface\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:16:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:16:11","slug":"make-your-wooden-models-flow-from-surface-to-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/make-your-wooden-models-flow-from-surface-to-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your Wooden Models Flow from Surface to Surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Happy New Year everyone!&nbsp; To kick off this year\u2019s 2015 tips-and-tricks videos I was <A title=\"Anyone here an expert on wood grain rendering?\" href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/general-fusion-360-questions\/anyone-here-an-expert-on-wood-grain-rendering\/td-p\/5453728\" target=\"_self\">inspired by our wood making community on the discussion forums<\/A>.&nbsp;Several of you reached out&nbsp;asking&nbsp;how to make your wooden models look even better by lining up the wood grains &#8211; ie making&nbsp;models look&nbsp;like a continuous flowing piece of wood from surface to surface.&nbsp;<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>The trick is to use surface mapping and some tactical use of manually tweaking material surfaces. This video shows you how. Enjoy!<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-center video-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WX-RRZhDrOg\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>For more advanced reading still, check out this informative post by Fusion 360 Customer Success Engineer Aradhana Vaidya:<\/P><P><A href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/post-your-tips-and-tutorials\/method-for-creating-wood-material-in-fusion\/m-p\/5459477#M367\" target=\"_self\">\u201cMethod For Creating Wood Material In Fusion\u201d<\/A><\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>On the more fun side of things if you didn&#8217;t catch&nbsp;l<A title=\"Warm Up This Winter with Fusion 360\" href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/warm-up-this-winter-with-fusion-360\/ba-p\/5455333\" target=\"_self\">ast week&#8217;s post by JODEM4<\/A>&nbsp;be sure to check out his super sexy way to light your appartment on fire (I kid). Seriously, his custom <SPAN>ethanol&nbsp;<\/SPAN>fireplace is&nbsp;a solid&nbsp;example of the crazy cool stuff all of you are doing with Fusion 360. We can&#8217;t wait to see more.&nbsp;<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>Happy new year friends. Let us know what you think and be sure to post to the gallery what you design!<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>Very Best,<\/P><P>Mike<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"Orienting Wood Grain TitleBlock.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/147926iB18FB796379F7789\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Orienting Wood Grain TitleBlock.jpg\" \/>M<SPAN>ake your wooden models look even better by lining up the wood grains <\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fusion","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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