Creating Materials
What if you can’t find the material you’re looking for in the materials browser? What if your material doesn’t seem to exist yet?You can create your own. Just follow these steps:
1. Click the Start Using SketchUp button.
2. Select the Paint tool in the toolbar.
Selecting the Paint tool displays the materials browser.
3. Click the Create Material button in the materials browser. The Create Material button is the second button from the top on the right of the materials browser. Clicking it opens the Create Material dialog box, as shown in Figure 7.11.
FIGURE 7.11 The Create Material dialog box.
In this example, we’ll make a new material from a solid color.
4. Enter a name for your new material. In this example, we’ll leave the name Material1, the default name for the new material.
5. Click a location in the color wheel. The square at the top left in the Create Material dialog box changes to display that color.
6. Click the OK button. The Create Material dialog box closes, and your new material is added to the In Model collection of textures, as shown in Figure 7.12.
FIGURE 7.12 A new material.
Now you can use your new material to paint with as you like.
NOTE: Images as Textures
You can also use any saved image for the texture of the material you want to create. Just click the Use Texture Image check box in the Create Material dialog box, and browse to find the image file you want to use as your new texture.
Thanks :
Steven Holzner,
SamsTeachYourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes
