#Sketchup materials how to#

When you mess things up too bad, thereвЂ™s always the Reset Color. Colorize turns your texture to black and white and then puts the color overlay on top.If you import your texture and itвЂ™s too small or too large, use the Texture Scale & Lock in the Texture Editor section to adjust the scale of your sketchup texture.

You can use the Color EditorВ section to adjust your materialвЂ™s color without having to edit it in an external program and reimport it.If your texture starts to look weird when using the color picker, try checking the Colorize option in the Texture Editor section. After your texture image is uploaded, youвЂ™ll see a preview of it in the upper left hand corner. To import yourВ sketchup textures,В click the Import ImageВ in the Texture Editor section. The Create Material window will then pop-up.In the Material window click the Create Material button.Alternatively, you can go to the Window tab and select Materials from the drop-down list. Doing this will pop up the MaterialsВ window.

#Sketchup materials how to#

Lets look at each one of them and also learn how to apply them in Vray for Sketchup. CGtextures вЂ“ This used to be my go-to before I found SketchupTexture.В These textures areВ not all super clean, but itвЂ™s certainly an awesome library to look through. These maps are the textures that give the PBR material its realistic feel.SketchupTexture вЂ“ a great place for a ton of freeВ textures.If you havenвЂ™t already, the first thing youвЂ™re going to want to do is find a sketchup texture to use.How to Import Sketchup Textures & Create Custom Materials In this sketchup tutorial, youвЂ™ll learn how to import your favorite sketchup textures and turn them into new materials that you can use in your models. Sketchup has a pretty nice array of materials built into it, but it probably doesnвЂ™t have everything youвЂ™re looking for. More by Tony How to Import Sketchup Textures & Create Custom Materials