Sketchup Shop import material

[donvk]

Is it possible to import or edit material into Sketchup Shop?

[mihai.s]

Yes, you can, see how:

Material editor in SketchUp for Schools

You can create materials by adding image directly (!?) [material-04] In the desktop version, the photo is inserted and kept as an image !? (as it should) [material-05] or you can create material based on a color mat. to which you add a texture [material-06]

[donvk]

Thanks!

[DaveR]

Don, here’s an alternative to the method shown by mihai. If you know at least one dimension of the material, import it as a material and apply it to a face with the known dimension. For example, in the GIF below I know that my wood grain material is 8 feet long so I drew a rectangle that is 8 feet long to put the material on. The width of the rectangle isn’t important because the texture width takes care of itself.

[donvk]

Thanks! Is there a source for those image files?

[DaveR]

I make my own wood grain images. You can do that, too, with photographs and an image editor.

[donvk]

No way to use SKM files?

[DaveR]

Not in Shop.