Is there a way to simply 'wrap' a texture around a model / mesh?

Hi there

I've been searching the web for days but coudn't find a solution to this problem.
I'm trying to apply materials / textures to an imported FBX / OBJ-file resp. to one
of it's meshes.

The author of this model did some substracting / carving in order to create the window / door-spaces (Cinema4D).

Now, if I'm trying to simply wrap the desired texture around one of the wall-elements, it gets all messed up (see screenshot). The author tried to melt / combine the different faces using the "melt" function in Cinema4D - to no avail...



My basic question would be:
Is there a way to ignore the UV-maps of a model / mesh and just wrap-around a texture / material?
As I'd like to import rather complex building-models, UV-unwrapping each of them would be an absolute ordeal...

Thank you in advance for reading my post + best regards,
Douglas

 

Welcome to 3d modelling 101

Look into triplanar mapping shaders.

 

some alternatives,
- batch processing them in 3ds max (or others) to apply some basic box mapping uv
- creating custom importer, that creates some simple uv map for the mesh (on import) with https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetPostprocessor.OnPostprocessModel.html and https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh-uv.html

 

@AcidArrow Thank you so much for providing this hint - got it to work in like 30 minutes!
@mgear Thank you very much for the additional links, I'll check them out for sure!
Best regards,
Douglas

 

For a quick easy way, use a triplanar shader. You can find it in asset store.

https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/search/page=1/sortby=relevance/query=triplanar