Architectural_Design_with_SketchUp

Architectural Design with SketchUp
In Figure 5.67, you can see these methods in action. The tiles and the sand under the
trees use materials that come with SketchUp. To give the concrete wall a rougher appearance
than would be possible with SketchUp’s tiled concrete material, a single image of a concrete
wall was applied to its surface. This image does not tile well; therefore, it was necessary to
position it so that it covers the entire wall surface.
Figure 5.67: Two texture types (single image and tiled)
TIP
You can modify any texture in SketchUp after it has been applied to a face using the Edit
Texture Image. . . right-click context menu. This opens the image in the editor that you
have preselected in SketchUp’s preferences.
After editing and saving the texture image, the texture in SketchUp is automatically
updated with the modified image.
Besides the textures that are contained in SketchUp’s materials, there are many online
resources where you can get good-quality imagery. Here are some examples:
www.cgtextures.com—An extensive resource with lots of good-quality (and even some tileable)
textures.
www.2textured.com—A similar site.
If you search for “textures” or “cg textures” online, you will find a lot more. In addition
to the texture images, software is available that can generate tileable textures based on a
source image or a standard pattern (often complete with bump and other maps). A good
example can be found at www.bricksntiles.com. Finally, there are many tutorials available online
that show you how you can take an image and create a tileable texture simply using your
image-editing software.
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