[Tutorial > Modeling] How a Pro Builds a House in SU pt 1

Rich O Brien · 28 Jul 2011, 20:39

See here to see the colour of front and back faces

Rich O Brien · 28 Jul 2011, 21:11

that's normal its just shading to give impression of illumination

Gaieus · 28 Jul 2011, 21:21

Well, that's just because of the shading I guess. Basically (if you have problems with face orientation), just set the two kinds of faces to something strikingly different. I think Dave uses some irritating magenta or what so that he cannot bear it too long and reverses back faces quickly.

Rose123 · 28 Jul 2011, 21:23

Thanks, Rich. I've played with those settings, but even so, it still looks like the outside faces take on different hues by default, such as below.

To clarify; they're all "fronts" or "backs," but still take on slightly different hues.

Rose123 · 28 Jul 2011, 21:33

Re: [Tutorial > Modeling] How a Pro Builds a House in SU pt

Hi, very nice tutorial, but I have some questions I'm hoping someone can answer.

I've gotten to step 5, where I've scaled the imported drawing and erased the line. Why can't I just trace directly over this plan now? Is it because I won't be drawing on one plane?
About step 6: "right click on your plan image and choose "use as material" and apply the material to the rectangle." How, exactly, do I apply the material? I select/copy, but can't seem to paste it to the rectangle.

Thx for any advice.

edit: Ok, I got the paint bucket to work. Apparently it "paints" the plan at the correct scale, and repeats it multiple times depending on how big the rectangle is. So I suppose I can just trace one of the patterns and then turn off the paint layer.

Rose123 · 28 Jul 2011, 23:41

Ok, great, thanks, that's what I thought (SketchUp is trying to replicate the effects of light).

stephen1766 · 29 Jan 2014, 11:48

I am following the guide. I imported a image plan. I draw a line, group line and image, then use measurement tool to scale the image. Okay so far. How about my image plan do not have 1:1 ratio for X-Y axis. Could I scale both horizontal and vertical seperately ?

syburn · 28 Mar 2014, 15:42

Whats happened to ""üse as material"" in SU 2014?

Odd....

pbcsd · 30 Apr 2014, 17:04

I see the "use as material" selection in 2014, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to apply it to a rectangle I just drew next to the plan? There doesn't appear to be an "in model" materials list either.

Help!

Krisidious · 30 Apr 2014, 17:46

You can open the material browser window.

Go to the top of SU and hit Window>Materials.
Then the Material Browser will open.

about a 1/3rd of the way down you'll see forward and backward buttons and a home button. hit the home/house button. this will show you all of the materials that are 'in' your model.