Material not well applied in 3d curved imported from autocad

[sjgb]

Have some trouble applying materials in Sketch up to a 3d curved solid imported from autocad, faces in the model seem to subdivide and the material applies to each subdivided face even if having the solid as a component in Sketch up. Is there a way to make the material applies to the hole component? I attached a picture of it. Can someone help me?

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[Dave R]

Have you tried projecting the material?

[Gaieus]

Hi sjgb,

A similar problem in another thread:

1. start with softening the lines with the Ctrl+Eraser;
2. then go to View > Hidden geometry to turn on the softened line;
3. now paint one of the facets with the texture you want to use;
4. right click > Texture > Position - and just hit a single Enter (no need to really position it);
5. now turn off hidden geometry;
6. now select the Paint bucket tool again but at the same time hold down Alt (the paint bucket tool will turn into an eyedropper i.e. "sampler");
7. sample the already positioned material and paint the whole surface.

[sjgb]

Thank you for answering, that just worked out perfect!!!!!!!! Thanks