Needed badly: perforated steel sheet images
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i am testing a solution for a sun screen using perforated steel sheets but do not have any images that i could use as texture in my design.
would any of you out there be kind enough to provided me with some images?
thanks.
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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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@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?
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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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thanks, charlie and alpro. your tips will surely help.
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I think these come with the materials bonus pack:
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.
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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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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.
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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
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thanks, sketchy. it is very kind of you.
the attached image shows what is included in one of those folders.
should i change any of them to .skm or the actual zipped file? -
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
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thanks, ron, still on time, yeah. i am working on a competition and intend to use these sheets for sun shading.
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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.
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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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