New to sketchup. Help adding logo to boat hull
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Hello, I am very new to sketchup and I have a boat model I downloaded. Its plain in color but I'd like to give it a U.S. Coast Guard paint scheme. I need to add the Coast Guard logo to the hull. How do I go about doing this due to the fact there are a lot of angles on the hull? Keep in mind I'm a Noob so I might need it explained in detail. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys and girls.
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Hi Niko,
Here's a tut, if what I'm thinking is the same as what you want. Hope it helps.
Tutorial projecting a material into a curved shape.skpultimatez
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Did you post a link? I didn't see one. Thanks.
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Niko, just click the attachment. OR, try this link:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=45107 -
hmm...I don't know if I'm doing it wrong but I get as far as push/pull the rectangle and deleting the excess and then I'm left with a rectangle left on the hull but It won't let me apply texture to it.
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Hi Niko,
Is your hull grouped?
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Would this help?
[flash=640,505:1azj9cn2]http://www.youtube.com/v/HHsRRLCAOm8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b[/flash:1azj9cn2] -
Also remember too that you need to have hidden geometry 'off' so that you apply the texture to the 'surface' not the 'faces'...
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I have seen that tutorial video and it didn't help me too much. I don't know if its just me and my lack of skills but...Yes my geometry is off but I still end up with one triangle painted when I import and position the texture. Am I supposed to import as a picture or texture? And what did you mean by is my hull grouped? I'm very "dumb" still when it comes to this.
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uncheck view>hidden geometry before you apply the texture. with hidden geom showing the texture applies to which ever triangle you click on.
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After push/pulling into the hull and deleting the unneeded parts this is what I am left with. I have a nicely positioned rectangle on the hull where the logo should be but it won't let me place it with the paint bucket or import image as texture option and positioning manually as you can see in the picture. Any ideas?
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ok, so I got paint bucket to work but as you can see, I cannot get it to select just the rectangle. The logo is however positioned nicely inside it but the also on the rest of the hull.
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All i can say is that ur intersection didn t went well,check that intersection and see if the perimeter is open,if it s open close it manually .
If there is no problem,u could share the model or just some part of it.I would try to see what s the problem.
On the other hand if i look better seems that the intersection is made outside the group ..try to intersect the cube and the hull inside the group. -
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I could send the model if you want. I'm not sure what that means is the hull grouped. I didn't make the model.
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If it's not too big, you can attach it under the text area where you type your post.
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Edit>Cut the 'frame' edges and edit the hull then Edit>PasteInPlace to add the 'frame' onto the hull and divide the surface - click the surface inside the frame to see it's now separated from the rest.
Ensure that hidden-geometry is 'off'.
I'd also cut/paste-in-place the face with the logo's image on so it's in the same entities as the hull...
The texture of the logo is already set as 'projected'.
Open the Materials Browser and use the eyedropper tool to select the logo texture and then immediately use the paint-bucket to add it to the framed section of the hull...
Repeat the process for the other side with mirrored frame and rotated logo image face etc...
Erase the original logo face[s] to tidy up
Done...
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OK, mine is done, too - and yes, it was grouped. Also, the whole model is rather messy if you do not mind me to say. Click on the boat (you will see it is grouped from the big bounding box that surrounds it), right click and hide. You will now see a whole bunch of lines that are simply not used in the model. Either cut > paste in place inside the group or maybe even delete them as useless.
Let us know if you can now project the logo correctly or need some more guidance.
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Thanks guys. I have to do some things today but I'm going to give it another shot a little later and I'll let you know how I make out. I appreciate the help.
Niko
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