# Texture palette has suddenly gotten smaller

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476>\
**Category:** Pro\
**Created:** [June 25, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476 "2015-06-25T18:23:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![franciscobehr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@franciscobehr](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/franciscobehr)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/1 "2015-06-25T18:23:42Z")

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My texture palette has suddenly lost all the textures that came with the program originally. What gives? No asphalt and concrete, no tiles, no B& W patterns, nothing. It only has a minimal set of textures now.

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**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/2 "2015-06-25T18:28:18Z")

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Screenshot of the **Materials** Palette, please ?

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**Author:** ![john\_drivenupthewall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@john\_drivenupthewall](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_drivenupthewall)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/3 "2015-06-25T20:28:10Z")

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have you ‘clicked’ on the ‘brick’ and checked the dropdown menu?

that’s where all the SU materials live in the ‘Colors’ window on a mac…

john

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/4 "2015-06-25T20:42:59Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/2X/6/64a85612065fdaa3e33f41a1662d71f4258ac792.png)

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**Author:** ![franciscobehr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@franciscobehr](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/franciscobehr)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/5 "2015-06-25T20:45:17Z")

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here is what I get

Francisco A. Behr  
[franciscobehr@gmail.com](mailto:franciscobehr@gmail.com)  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/2X/1/16e781a01bfdac6e80917636492e8b13b6d081f4.png)

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/6 "2015-06-25T20:52:03Z")

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Indeed, that looks like the materials that should be in the SketchUp application bundle are missing. Are you the type who is willing to go snooping down there, or a non-techie user?

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**Author:** ![john\_drivenupthewall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@john\_drivenupthewall](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_drivenupthewall)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/7 "2015-06-25T20:52:26Z")

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copy this line off code and paste into SU menu \>\> Windows \>\> Ruby Console [bottom text input field]

```
Sketchup.find_support_files("","Materials")

```

it should return a list of all available, what do you see…

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**Author:** ![franciscobehr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@franciscobehr](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/franciscobehr)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/8 "2015-06-25T21:01:05Z")

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> [@john\_drivenupthewall](#):
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> Sketchup.find\_support\_files(“”,“Materials”)

Sketchup.find\_support\_files(“”,“Materials”)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/2X/a/a527934539d221718e389a5e1601327794d4c53a.png)

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/texture-palette-has-suddenly-gotten-smaller/12476/9 "2015-06-25T21:14:23Z")

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Somehow, the other materials are indeed missing. You could try reinstalling SketchUp, which should recreate them.