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    • EdsonE Offline
      Edson
      last edited by

      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.

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

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        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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        • EdsonE Offline
          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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                    • 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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                                • S Offline
                                  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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