SketchUp automatically applied a texture to the backfaces

ken28875

Hello,

I had this problem before but it somehow disappeared.

It now appears again. SketchUp will automatically applied a texture from the model to the back faces of any geometry I create.

I used Remove All Backface Materials from Thomthom's Material Tools, but it did not work.

Any suggestion on how to fix this?

Thank you!

_KN

JQL

That's strange. It applies to the back but not to the front?

Can you share a model?

ken28875

@jql said:

That's strange. It applies to the back but not to the front?

Can you share a model?

Hi JQL,

It does apply to the front faces, but also add the texture to the back face without haveing me to click on it.

Ok, I just found out how to fix it but don't know the cause of it. This issue happens with components. So when I explode the component, the problem is gone. SketchUp uses the normal colors for front and back faces without automatically applies a texture used in the component.

Best,

_KN

Dave R

Does the material have Opacity set less than 100. If opacity is set to anything less than 100 the material gets applied to both sides of the face. This isn't a bug and it makes sense when you are applying a material that should be transparent. It does look strange when the material is a brick pattern or something else that normally isn't transparent.

Dave R

Weird. Can you share the material? Or a model in which it happened?

ken28875

@dave r said:

Does the material have Opacity set less than 100. If opacity is set to anything less than 100 the material gets applied to both sides of the face. This isn't a bug and it makes sense when you are applying a material that should be transparent. It does look strange when the material is a brick pattern or something else that normally isn't transparent.

Hi Dave,

The material has 100% opacity.

Don't know why, but the problem happens only inside the component. When the component is exploded, the faces are normal, showing the correct colors of front/back faces.

Thanks,

_KN

JQL

If a component has a material applied that material always overrides the default material both on back and front faces.

pbacot

I like JQL's answer, but it seems too obvious. Still I had this one bugging me before and it took a while to see the problem and fix it.

JQL

@pbacot said:

it seems too obvious

Sometimes it's in front of us and we don't see it...

ken28875

@jql said:

If a component has a material applied that material always overrides the default material both on back and front faces.

Thanks, JQL, you may be right. Have a good weekend!