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    • J Offline
      j_forrester
      last edited by

      Hi guys,

      I have contoured a site using the sandbox tool and now want to drape a jpeg onto it. Is this possible?

      Many thanks inadvance

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        pav_3j
        last edited by

        yeah this is posible, however you do not want to drape the image, you need to project it.
        this is a very simple procedure:

        1)file/import/(selecty your image)

        2)click to place the image in the modelspace, and drag to resize accordingly

        3)position the image above your terrain, face upwards (ie blue axis line perpendicular to the image face)

        4)context click the image and 'explode'

        5)context click/texture/projected

        6)with the paint bucket tool selected, hold the "alt" key while clicking the image
        (this will sample the image)

        7)last step! release the "alt" key and use the paint bucket on your terrain.

        voila!

        hope this is helpful, if not please to say!
        all of this is under the help menu as well, probably in more detail too!

        happy modelling

        pav

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        • TaffGochT Offline
          TaffGoch
          last edited by

          SketchUp is fully capable of doing so. (Wrong term though -- SketchUp uses 'drape' to describe something else. If you're searching the Users Guide, you don't want to search on that term.)

          You want to 'project' a texture onto the terrain surface. This is described in one of the Google video tutorials here:
          http://sketchup.google.com/gsu5vtvideos.html
          (#12, "Using images as signs")

          I've produced several textured terrains with projection, including a tutorial:
          http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=2ff3fe050d0f83a549a70958796b8e8&num=50&scoring=d

          Hopefully, one of these models provides the help you need.

          Regards,
          Taff

          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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