[TIPS 'ND TRICKS]: dragging textures to material editor

kwistenbiebel · 21 May 2008, 23:36

Hi people,

I am using Sketchup for more than 4 years now and still from time to time I stumble upon a feature I didn't know of.

This one is a great one. A lot of you will already use it but I just discovered it today by accident.

Here it goes:
Instead of browsing a texture and digging into folders to change a material texture, 'drag and drop' your textures from explorer into the texture slot. Waaay more efficient.

That's it.
I hope some of you found this helpful.

Regards,
Kwistenbiebel

lewiswadsworth · 21 May 2008, 23:56

Also works with styles (.style files) and the Styles Window.

kwistenbiebel · 22 May 2008, 01:50

I see...
what about dragging in another SU model?....must try that.

lewiswadsworth · 22 May 2008, 02:58

Yes, you can drag and drop SU models into an open SU window and they will appear as components in the current model. I do this when reviewing students work on a projected screen...it is much faster to drag the submitted homework assignments into an empty SU model than it is to to go through a bunch of dialogs just to load the next assignment for review.

There are a lot of drag-and-drop sort of things in SU, at least on Windows. For instance, you can drag importable image files like JPEGs and drop them right into your model. I have to assume it works the same on a Mac.

(Note that it doesn't seem to work with other model formats.)

kwistenbiebel · 22 May 2008, 03:16

Interesting.
I find the drag-'nd-drop method extremely handy when working with a dual screen setup.
SU on the left screen, explorer windows on the right screen.

remus · 22 May 2008, 05:50

Cool tips guys, always nice to learn new stuff.