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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
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        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.

          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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          • GaieusG Offline
            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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                • B Offline
                  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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