RH Hexagon Feb 10.skp (230.2 KB)
I’m trying to have the appearance of red boards on my building. How do I color between the lines so that the lines are still there after I apply the color?
Peter Enns
I’m trying to have the appearance of red boards on my building. How do I color between the lines so that the lines are still there after I apply the color?
You can’t have the Black Lines material AND then put another ‘paint’ color on it. You need to change the color of the Black Lines material itself.
So, you would select “edit” and then change the color of the Black Lines material.
But you have also put the material on the component itself, rather than on the faces inside of the component. You want to put the material on the faces.
In this video I put the Default material back on the component and then put the Black Lines on the faces. The I edit the Black Lines material so the lines are 6" apart and the background is red.
EDIT: oops. The lines are 16" apart!
you asked the same question on feb 27, Colin gave the solution, you acknowledged.
if you click here
you’ll see al the topics you’ve made. many are redundant, because you don’t look back at them when you get stuck, you just start a new one.
1° you could start one massive thread with all your issues instead of a new one every couple of days
2° you should first go back to your previous issues when you get a new one because at this point you’re rehashing the same problems again and again
3° I understand this particular building is important to you, but it’s a complex shape. learning is easier when modelling a simpler model
4° have you considered taking actual class with a professor physically next to you?
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@ateliernab Has a good idea here, Peter. You should use one thread for all of your posts. That will keep things in the same place and make it easier to review.
Keep at it: it’ll be nice to see your final Hexagon building.
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Peter, Rather fussing about trying to add lines why don’t you just use a seamless texture that can be imported into your SU model. Posting a link to one of many sites where quality textures can be downloaded for free.
Hello,
I was unable to log into the Chrome Web Store. (See the attached screenshot.)
So, it looks I cannot use the SketchUp Texture website.
Do you have any other suggestions on how I can have something representing red barn boards in my SU model?
Peter Enns
I’m failing to see the link between both here… it’s a private website, not something on the chrome store.
I’m accessing it through firefox right now…
Peter, I don’t know what to say…… If you click on the link I posted it should take you to their website homepage ?? I do my web and internet stuff on an iPad (Safari) and it takes me right there.
Oh wait,
Sketchup texture club comes with some (too many) ads. including a big white band at the top or the bottom of the website.
I have an adblocker, so I don’t see it anymore, but I’ve seen it on trainee’s computers.
don’t click on the ads. they’ll likely send you to a store of some sort.
I guess I should have mentioned all the pop up ads. Pain in the a## but a good source for free textures. Do as “ateliernab” suggested Don’t Click On The Popup Ads.
Thank you very much for the reprimand. I appreciate your input.
Since that time I’ve made better notes and I hope this will never happen again. I’ll work more on indexing my notes properly.
I did pay a SketchUp tutor for teaching me online. I think I took better notes that time.
Peter Enns
See this SU file for ideas.
Boards for a wall.skp (238.8 KB)
Thank you for the instructions. I’ve figured out how to do it, made highly detailed notes and linked them to a very good index.
I’ll never have problems with making colored boards again.
Peter Enns
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Looks good. I like the idea of taking notes.
Jean’s suggestions in the file he shared are good too. I would probably also make components for each board. That’s not a requirement. Just a preference.
Since your hexagonal wall has symmetry, you can create one half then copy this half, flip it then connect it with the other side.
The boards below the opening, in the central part can all be the same component. The same goes for the boards over the opening.
Then, the boards on the side need to be cut to adjust to the slanted side of the hexagon.
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Hello Learned One,
I’m using SketchUp 2024. The menus in your video look different from the ones I have. Do you have a video answering the same question updated for SU2024?
Peter Enns
Hexagon H Rear~.skp (127.6 KB)
The screen recording is on Windows. You can do the same first step, of selecting a component and clicking the material thumbnail that appears in Entity Info. That’s a shortcut way to take you to the material in the Colors palette. After that, instead of looking for an Edit button, you can right-click on the selected material and choose Edit. Then you would see the other options.
Hi Peter, I only have access to SketchUp on Windows 11. I don’t think there are big differences between the Materials Trays in SketchUp 2023-24 for Windows. But I can’t say for sure for Mac.
It looks like you’re in the right place Materials->Edit->Settings.
Is the material on the Face?
Another way to adjust the material is by clicking on the material swatch that shows in Entity Info. That pops up another panel that lets you edit material (on Windows).
Here I have the Material Tray showing (right) and the dialog/menu that pops up when clicking on the material swatch that is shown in Entity Info and pressing Edit.
Hopefully one of the Mac users will see this and point out any differences.
Here is editing from the Color Swatch that is found in Entity Info:
On April 12, long after @3DxJFD posted his vid that you are referencing you said…
Nothing has changed between 23 and 24 with regard your question, so check your notes.
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