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

    Plugins to add random textures to random components?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Extensions & Applications Discussions
    5 Posts 3 Posters 30 Views 3 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.
    • J Offline
      Jorgensen
      last edited by

      Hi all

      I’m looking for a way to create a trustworthy looking brick wall.

      I have modelled a brick wall using several components, and I’m now looking for a way to texture it.

      I have found some random tools, that lets me select a random selection of already selected components, and then manually select materials to the selected components.

      What could be nice for this, would be a plugin that

      • let’s me select 3-10 different materials
      • assigns the material in a random order
      • to the selected components

      Or there might be an even better way to achieve what I’m looking for?

      Best regards
      Jorgensen

      sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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

        You could create a bunch of brick textures if you want but I would skip making the brick components and then use a texture made from a photo of a large wall. This is from one of my brick textures. It's quite a bit larger than I show but I can pick out different sections of it as needed. Can't get any more "trustworthy" than that.
        Screenshot - 8_26_2025 , 3_45_33 PM.png

        Etaoin Shrdlu

        %

        (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

        G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

        M30

        %

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • J Offline
          Jorgensen
          last edited by

          Hi dave

          i totally agree - using a texture, gives the most "trustworthy" realistic result.
          the challenge is, that i'm experimenting with different kinds of brick details, so i don't think i can use a texture, as i normally would do.

          image.png

          sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Rich O BrienR Online
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            If you want to swap out textures you can try MatSim by fredo

            Link Preview Image
            SketchUp Plugins | PluginStore | SketchUcation

            SketchUp Plugin and Extension Store by SketchUcation provides free downloads of hundreds of SketchUp extensions and plugins

            favicon

            (sketchucation.com)

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • J Offline
              Jorgensen
              last edited by

              ah thanks rich - ill give it a try 🙂

              sketchup pro 2016 16.1.1449 64 bit | windows 10 pro | i7-3770k @3.5 GHz | 16gb ram | gtx 780 ti / gtx 980 ti | nvidia driver 368.39

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

              Advertisement