Secret to Textures menu?

[randyl]

I frequently need to rotate and scale wood textures on my models BUT the Texture option does not always appear in the right click list…

Sometime exploding a grouped item will make it available, but that’s not ideal…

Anyone have a workflow/ method for getting this option to always populate?

TY

[Box]

You have to be in the context (double click to enter group) of the face which has the texture and you must only have one face selected. This means you may need to turn on hidden geometry so you can select just one face. If you have 'painted the group/component from the outside you will not get the context menu on the face, which is why you have needed to explode things. You should be adding materials to faces not containers.

[Elmtec-Adam]

That texture menu is only for the specific face you are on and that itself needs to have a texture applied to it.

As Box mentions, it won’t be there if you have applied it to the group and not a specific face - this is why exploding it works as that flattens it and applies it to the face.

If the scale of the texture is incorrect, then sometimes its simply easier to adjust the texture size itself which will change it everywhere it is used.

[endlessfix]

No Texture Option On Certain Faces

No apology necessary just a tip. It’s worth noting that since a material is applied globally to the outside of a container, that is to every surface, you cannot right click and edit or move a texture around on a face. So if you want to apply specific textures and then scale or position them on a face you will need to paint the surface inside the component. This might lead to some confusion when exploding. Say you painted a component on the outside with that nice wood material you were using …

[randyl]

Thanks!

So I need to double-click the surface (and it will look just as it does as when Push/pull, is available)?

Also, you’re saying that this only works on one plane, and never multiple planes at once, correct?

Thanks again!

[Box]

@randyl

So I need to double-click the surface (and it will look just as it does as when Push/pull, is available)?

No, you should understand what a Group or Component is by now, you double click to open the G/C for editing. This gets you into the ‘Context’ of the face you want to work with.
Sorry, been on the road four 8 hours today and can’t quite think how to make this simple for you, perhaps after a nights sleep.

[ene_su]

You can see in Entity Info if the sleeted face has a material. If it has no material of its own, SketchUp displays it with the material “inherited” from the parent groups/components. Texture Positioning is only available if the face itself has a material.

[Wo3Dan]

@ene_su

If it has no material of its own, SketchUp displays it with the material “inherited” from the parent groups/components.

“Inherited” used here is a bit misleading.

• A not yet painted face inside a group or component “inherits” displays the container’s
  material.
  This selected face itself in ‘Entity Info’ shows: Front Default material / Back Default material (if back has not been painted).
• A painted face inside a group or component displays its own material, overriding the container’s material.
  This selected face itself in ‘Entity Info’ shows: Front material A / Back Default material (or material B if also painted (or somehow painted translucent as happens with translucent materials).
• A selected group or component displays its material, or if faces inside are painted these locally override the container’s material.
  This selected G/C itself in ‘Entity Info’ shows: Front Default material (or the applied material). There is no Back to show.

Inherit comes into play when exploding a group or component. Default faces and edges inside inherit the container’s material.