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    • G Offline
      gtrogers
      last edited by

      Hello everyone. Pretty simple question that I can't quite figure out yet.

      I have two stone arches and I'm trying to texture them. The large arch's texture is orientated the way I want, but the smaller one is rotated 90 degrees. I'm assuming there's no "right-click>texture" positioning command because it's a curved surface?

      Here's a pic of what I'm talking about.

      http://dl.dropbox.com/u/119011/LULZ/Sketchup/textureproblem.jpg

      Any advice?

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      • massimoM Offline
        massimo Moderator
        last edited by

        Hi Greg, enable "hidden geometry" under "view" menu. Then rotate 90° a single planar texture surface of your arch. Pick this rotated texture with your eyedropper and continue to paint the contigous surfaces. SU will "remember" the correct position of the rotated texture.

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          gtrogers
          last edited by

          @massimo said:

          Hi Greg, enable "hidden geometry" under "view" menu. Then rotate 90° a single planar texture surface of your arch. Pick this rotated texture with your eyedropper and continue to paint the contigous surfaces. SU will "remember" the correct position of the rotated texture.

          Amazing. Worked PERFECTLY.

          Thank you so much for your advice!

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
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            Hi Greg,

            Note that if you want a realistic arch, you will need to also texture the vertical faces around the opening with the material somewhat radially positioned. Have a look at this tutorial that shows similar results (with bricks but eventually it's all the same):
            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=21847

            Gai...

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