Sampling Existing Materials
If you open a drawing that has materials unfamiliar to you, you can sample those materials and see if SketchUp can figure out what the name of the textures are.For example, in this task, we’ll draw a cube with bricks on it, then sample the material used to paint the surface and confirm that it’s brick. Here’s how it works:
1. Click the Start Using SketchUp button.
2. Select the Rectangle tool and draw a horizontal rectangle.
3. Select the Push/Pull tool in the toolbar and pull the rectangle up into a cube.
4. Select the Paint tool in the toolbar.
Selecting the Paint tool displays the materials browser.
5. Select the Bricks and Cladding texture collection in the materials browser.
6. Select a brick texture that you like by clicking it.
7. Click all surfaces of the cube. This will paint all surfaces of the cube with brick.
Now we’ll sample a cube surface and see if SketchUp can determine what the material is.
8. Select the Dropper button in the materials browser. The mouse cursor changes to a dropper image.
9. Click a surface of the cube. SketchUp will determine which material the dropper has clicked and display that material, as well as its name, in the square at the upper left in the materials browser, as you can see in Figure 7.16.
FIGURE 7.16 Sampling materials.
It can be very useful to sample materials in this way to determine just what materials they are.
Thanks :
Steven Holzner,
SamsTeachYourself Google SketchUp 8 in 10 Minutes
