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    • S Offline
      sketchy
      last edited by

      What shape perforation are you looking for? Have you tried scaling some of the fencing materials since they have a mixture of translucent and opaque?

      I'm not sure if you are trying this but it doesn't look like a texture can cast a broken shadow.

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        Edson
        last edited by

        @sketchy said:

        What shape perforation are you looking for? Have you tried scaling some of the fencing materials since they have a mixture of translucent and opaque?

        I'm not sure if you are trying this but it doesn't look like a texture can cast a broken shadow.

        sketchy,

        the shape doesn't really matter as this is going to be seen from afar. what i need is something that would look metal-ish and would allow some light to filter through.

        no, i have not tried to scale fencing materials. where could i find them?

        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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          alpro
          last edited by

          Edson, sepo posted a perforated steel texture on the Podium forum that might be helpful. http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/supodiumforum/vpost?id=2093378
          Scroll to the bottom of the page.

          Mike

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            Charlie__V
            last edited by

            Edson,

            Like any of these?
            http://www.jamesgilbertandson.com/perforated.html

            Charlie

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            • EdsonE Offline
              Edson
              last edited by

              thanks, charlie and alpro. your tips will surely help.

              edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
              http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                sketchy
                last edited by

                I think these come with the materials bonus pack:

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                I tried to upload but for some reason the forum doesn't allow .skm file extension. Seems odd since this is a sketchup forum. Could any moderators explain why this is?

                I think you will need to create actual geometry with holes in it to cast a broken shadow. The translucent materials cast no shadow. And a mixture of translucent and opaque casts full shadow.

                Perhaps try a regular metal texture on a surface with many holes. I think this may be the only way to get the effect you want. But I could be wrong.screen.jpg

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                • jujuJ Offline
                  juju
                  last edited by

                  Sketchy, you could always include the SKM file in a ZIP archive - the forum supports that file extension at this time.

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                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    SKM is in fact a zipped format sou you can even rename it zip and post it like that.

                    But I'll take care of this and add the extension. Thanks for reporting the issue.

                    Gai...

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                      sketchy
                      last edited by

                      Well looks like that worked Gai. I suppose you need to put these in your materials folder (I also have a subfolder named fencing) and changed the .zip to .skm

                      thanks for working on the file extension change Gai


                      Fencing_Iron.zip


                      Fencing_Iron2.zip


                      Fencing_Diamond_Mesh2.zip

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                      • EdsonE Offline
                        Edson
                        last edited by

                        thanks, sketchy. it is very kind of you.

                        the attached image shows what is included in one of those folders.
                        Picture 6.png
                        should i change any of them to .skm or the actual zipped file?

                        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                          bellwells
                          last edited by

                          Edson, I may be too late but this might work. It's a metal perf. material I have that is a little transparent. It gives the illusion of being able to see through it. This is a SU5 file.

                          http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/ProUser/Perf%20Metal.skp

                          Ron

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                          • EdsonE Offline
                            Edson
                            last edited by

                            thanks, ron, still on time, yeah. i am working on a competition and intend to use these sheets for sun shading.

                            edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                            http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                              jwbrockman
                              last edited by

                              Here are a couple I have. The round punched texture was found on the old sketchup forums, but I can't remember who posted it. The wire mesh is one that I made for a project last year. Both of these have transparency in the surface but will cast a solid shadow. The only way around that as far as I can tell is to actually model all of the perforations in your surface. Hope this helps anyhow.


                              perforated metal.skp

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                                sketchy
                                last edited by

                                I think you just want to change .zip to .skm

                                But I have never done this before so give that a try. Or just download the entire material bonus pack. There are some goodies in there.

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