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    • A Offline
      alz
      last edited by

      What's the way to remove a material from a face (defaulting back to its original blue-blank face) ... without deleting the face and redrawing it?

      On a side note -- this came up when I realized you could instance color components if they didn't have any materials associated to them. For example, make a cube, componentize it, then duplicate it. Color one red, color the other green. Modifying the geometry of one, modifies the geometry of the other, yet they are visually different. (cool!)

      This technique is not possible on faces that already contain a material. (What I was looking to do was color shade all a component's materials to individualize the component but keep it's relationship to similar components).

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        LOAFIN ANDY
        last edited by

        Try the free 'Remove all materials' ruby script from Smustard, which removes all materials from selectd geometry.

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          plot-paris
          last edited by

          or you can just use the "set to defaul" as a colour. you can find it at the right hand side of the colour window. just select all geometry of the component, then choose the default

          colour and paint it...color_window.jpg

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            remus
            last edited by

            The other method, which will remove the material form the modle entirely, is to right click the material in the material browser and hit 'delete material.'

            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              plot-paris
              last edited by

              now you mention it... is there a posibility to delete several textures at once?

              because selecting more than one at once is not possible. and if you import some highly coloured components but want to keep the design simple, it is quite a job deleting all the unwanted textures. 😞

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                remus
                last edited by

                Use the 'remove materials' ruby andy mentioned an then go to window->model info->statistics and slect the purge unused. That should do it.

                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                  twharvey
                  last edited by

                  You can also purge unused textures by using the Model Info button, then go to the Statistics page and click on Purge Unused. I alwasy do this when I'm finishing up a model, especially a complex one, just to clean up stuff and minimize the file size.

                  Tom

                  Tom

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                    alz
                    last edited by

                    All very good info!

                    I forgot about SMustard's remove-all script. And it's good to know about purging all from one location (Statistics)

                    Thanks again!

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                    • plot-parisP Offline
                      plot-paris
                      last edited by

                      but if I just want to delete some of the textures? for example I have a nice textured model and add components (people for instance) which I want to appear in very reduced colours. now I have to delete only those component's colours, not the ones of my model however.

                      does the ruby script work here as well (by selecting specific textures) or should I keep my fingers crossed for SketchUp 7 (the universal cure for every problem πŸ˜‰ )

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                        remus
                        last edited by

                        The remove materials script (the one that ive got, anyway) only removes materials form seleceted geometry. If in doubt, do a quick test in another model.

                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                          sunary0
                          last edited by

                          you can do it manually and if you can't find it you can purge

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