sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    Can't get the color white from both sides

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Newbie Forum
    sketchup
    14 Posts 4 Posters 439 Views 4 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Is this a 3D shape you are talking about? Is the "gray" really gray or is it blue?

      The face on the right in this image is the default back face color. The box has a white face toward the camera and gray faces due to shading on the side and top.
      blue grey.png

      which are you seeing?

      If it is really the shading thing, you can eliminate it by going to the shadow settings and ticking 'Use sun for shading' and then set the light slider all the way to the left and the dark slider all the way to the right.

      blue gray 2.png

      If it is really the blue face you're seeing you can edit the back face color to be white also but I would advise caution, this would make it difficult to identify and correct exposed back faces and could lead to sloppy modeling.

      Etaoin Shrdlu

      %

      (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

      G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

      M30

      %

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • KrisidiousK Offline
        Krisidious
        last edited by

        Dave has a good point... If you're going to export this model ever to any rendering program you may hate yourself afterwards. backfaces tend to not render or render transparent etc. etc. Also when you try to paint surfaces in SketchUp it will only paint front or back at any given time. not both. so if you draw a model with all the same colors and try painting some geometry some will get paint and others with backface will not. then you'll have to paint again.

        By: Kristoff Rand
        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • jeff hammondJ Offline
          jeff hammond
          last edited by

          @dave r said:

          Is this a 3D shape you are talking about? Is the "gray" really gray or is it blue?
          .

          [just a note-- it's possible he's using one of the architecture templates which does have white/grey faces by default]

          dotdotdot

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            Thanks for that Jeff. I haven't used any of them for years and had forgotten about the backfaces being gray in those templates. I don't use the blue either.

            Etaoin Shrdlu

            %

            (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

            G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

            M30

            %

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • jeff hammondJ Offline
              jeff hammond
              last edited by

              @dave r said:

              Thanks for that Jeff. I haven't used any of them for years and had forgotten about the backfaces being gray in those templates. I don't use the blue either.

              ha.. yeah.. i remember a model you posted here a year or two ago and you were running some greenish-browns at that time

              dotdotdot

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                I use a green color that I would never intentionally use in the model. For me the green is easier to pick out against the white background and white or gray faces than the default blue is. I can even pick out a tiny hole that displays only a few pixels across. This makes it easier to see and fix visible back faces.

                Etaoin Shrdlu

                %

                (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                M30

                %

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  i;ve never really had my colors set up to my optimum liking i don't think..
                  maybe that can be my assignment while i'm waiting in the dentist office for my daughter today ☀

                  dotdotdot

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    There you go. Better that reading back issues of the Highlights magazine.

                    Etaoin Shrdlu

                    %

                    (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                    G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                    M30

                    %

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      LOL

                      (and yes.. i know exactly what you're talking about)

                      dotdotdot

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • KrisidiousK Offline
                        Krisidious
                        last edited by

                        I use hot pink for backfaces when I cannot have any outward. you know it a mile away and you must destroy it!

                        By: Kristoff Rand
                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          I used to use a strong magenta color but switched to the green because it is easier on the eyes. I often change the back face color to black, dark gray or brown when exporting images without edges so the backface color doesn't show.

                          Etaoin Shrdlu

                          %

                          (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

                          G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

                          M30

                          %

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • smarqueS Offline
                            smarque
                            last edited by

                            Many thanks to Dave R, Krisidious and Jeff Hammond for the in-depth answer.
                            It was a shadow thing. I followed your advice and my problem is solved. I had 2 vertical section cuts through the same room in a house model, each facing in the opposite direction and each one captured on it's own scene. All the parameters for each scene were identical. As I would toggle between the 2 scenes I would get "white" walls / "gray" (shadow / shading) walls effect. It was rather daunting.

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • 1 / 1
                            • First post
                              Last post
                            Buy SketchPlus
                            Buy SUbD
                            Buy WrapR
                            Buy eBook
                            Buy Modelur
                            Buy Vertex Tools
                            Buy SketchCuisine
                            Buy FormFonts

                            Advertisement