Material Preview doesn't match render

Question

I've created a wood floor material using an image texture node, I'm happy with how it is displayed in the material preview.

However when I apply the material to any object, in this case the 'wood_floor', the shader seems to only apply a single color to the object rather than the textured material I've created.

Here is the blend file.

workspace

What is causing this effect and how can I get the material to apply to the entire floor object?

the file you uploaded does not have the image texture, please pack the image with the file. you can use *File-.External Data->Pack All Into .blend* — , Mar 24 '15 at 14:44
thanks, I have fixed the blend file, thanks for having a look! — Reustonium, Mar 24 '15 at 14:53
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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '15 at 15:00

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You have a texture but blender can't guess what coordinates to use for the texture mapping. To fix try this: In your wood floor object a texture coordinate node. Connect the object coordinates to the vector connector on your image texture node.

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answered Mar 24 '15 at 15:00

This is great, is there some kind of "scale" node I could add to change the size of each 'plank' of wood? – Reustonium Mar 24 '15 at 15:20
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@Reustonium yes there is, under Add > Vector > Mapping. Put it between your texture coordinate and texture nodes. – J Sargent Mar 24 '15 at 15:22
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@NoviceInDisguise you type faster than me... – Mar 24 '15 at 15:23

J Sargent · Answer 2 · 2015-03-24T15:02:23.490

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You need to UV Unwrap your mesh. You can do this by going into Edit Mode, selecting all vertices, and pressing U > Unwrap. You do not need to change your material at all, UV Maps are applied to all image textures by default.

unwrap Mesh

For more in-depth explanation of the process go visit the wiki article

edited Mar 24 '15 at 15:02

answered Mar 24 '15 at 14:53

J Sargent

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