Thatch roof

killerspec

Any chance someone can point me in the direction of a tutorial on how to make a thatch roof in sketchup 8 (free version)
I am trying my hand at modeling and as much as I have a good bit down my roof for the lack of a better word crap. The edges need to be rounded and I wanna make a window in the thatch part.

Please help as I am lost and have searched long and hard yet no avail.

Many thanks

Matthew

Krisidious

Artisan or Subdivide and Smooth will both give you the effect you're wanting.

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Krisidious

I think you can use the Snow Process of Solo's to get the effect, just use a few more "creases" in the SDS UI...

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=33942&p=299289&hilit=snow+roof#p299289

killerspec

@krisidious said:

I think you can use the Snow Process of Solo's to get the effect, just use a few more "creases" in the SDS UI...

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=33942&p=299289&hilit=snow+roof#p299289

Thanks a million for the suggestions Kris!!!

Alan Fraser

Most of the work will probably be needed to be done in Photoshop...or whatever image editor you are using. It also depends on whether you mean an 'English' thatched roof or a Polynesian/Caribbean one. If it's the former, you'll need to find a suitable thatch texture on the Net and make it seamless; then also find a suitable 'cut-end' texture for where it curves back underneath towards the wall.
If it's a tropical thatch roof, you'll need the same general thatch texture but also another one in transparent png format for the fringe of the roof. The actual geometry for both roofs can be left fairly simple. This Tiki Bar is little more than a fringed umbrella.