New Material files
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I downloaded a bunch of files for bike parts, and put them in the material folder for sketchup. I made a new folder called Bike Parts, but none of the files show up when I start the program, and select Bike Parts, in "Material". Am I doing something wrong in the way of getting them into the program? What is the proper procedure? I mainly want to use the program to design recumbent bikes, and that is what I downloaded bike parts for, so I could design and assemble a bike on this program. Please help if I am doing something wrong, getting frustrated.
And if you could direct me to other sites that would possibly have other bike parts, that would be appreciated.
Thanks
Steve -
Hi,
Materials in SketchUp are paints as such. So you would apply a chrome material to a spring component. What have you exactly downloaded? Are these parts .skp files? Or some other format?
Maybe a link to where you got the files might help sort this out?
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From the title 'Bike Parts' it sounds like they are 'Components' [SKP files] that should be in the Components folder ? Then you access them from the Components browser...
If these are 'Materials' they'll be 'SKM' files and will be accessible through the Materials browser if they are in a folder inside 'Materials'.
If they are images [jpg/png/etc] you'll need to add them to a new Material as its Texture file.Can you give a little more information so we can be more help ???
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Yes they are all SKP files, and I downloaded them from Warehouse site, and into the material folder in SketchUp. So you are saying that I should creat a sub folder in the "components" folder, (example - BikeParts), and put all the files in there?
Is this a program that will work good for me to create/design recumbent bike frames, or is this primarily for architechture?
If anyone knows of some sites that may have more bike parts, please let me know.
Thanks
Steve -
Yes sketchup works great for modeling bikes. I have done a few so far. When modeling some of the smaller parts it helps to scale them up at least 10X.
Can you post a link to the bike parts you found in the wearhouse?
Cheers
S
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Yes, here is the link that I got my bike parts from. If you know of any please let me know. Or if you know of any recumbent designs, let me know also.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=bicycle+parts&styp=m&reps=1
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Thanks for the link but its pretty vague.
I dont have any info on recumbents I have only done burly hardtails.
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You just have to go to the link I sent you, and go through each page to pick out what you want. That's all I did. Those are the only bike parts that I've found.
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