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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.

                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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                  • S Offline
                    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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                          • J Offline
                            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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