Where to find and install insulation pattern fill
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How do I load that insulation pattern fill material known in Autocad as 'batting' into SketchUp/Layout? That squiggly line used to depict quilt insulation.
I've found several images on the web; is it possible to simply download and save one of these straight into the SU materials folder on my Mac? Thanks -
@cooke said:
How do I load that insulation pattern fill material known in Autocad as 'batting' into SketchUp/Layout? That squiggly line used to depict quilt insulation.
I've found several images on the web; is it possible to simply download and save one of these straight into the SU materials folder on my Mac? ThanksIf it's tileable you can import as material or import as image, scale to size and explode the image. The second option will create a material with correct scale whilst on the first option you have to edit the size of the material.
You should also learn about texture position on sketchup faces.
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Also see the SKALP plugin, it handles AutoCAD patterns and such and has a built-in pattern designer/editor.
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Try this one.
Learn the context-menu Texture tool for Positioning, Rotating etc on a selected face...
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Thanks for your useful suggestions. I will delve into these at the weekend. Presumably they involve loading the pattern into the materials library for future use in SU and Layout?
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I loaded TIG's .skm file into the SU materials library, which worked just fine in SU. However, it didn't appear in Layout. So I located and saved the .skm file to the LO pattern fill library on my Mac, but it appears that LO will not open this file type.
I had had a notion that SU and LO drew on the same Materials Library, which doesn't seem to be the case (on a Mac at least).
Any suggestions for inserting the batting image into the LO pattern fill library please? -
You cant use Vector mode to render sketchup materials on Layout. On LO's model tab check wich render mode you have and choose Raster or Hybrid
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If you want the equivalent texture-image in LO then you can't use the SKM.
But in the SKP Materials Browser use the pop-out menu to export the Material's texture-image file.
Then use that image file in LO.
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