Inserting a picture and resizing/defining it

Humber

Hi!

Just started using Sketchup 8 again though I've never been a pro.

I want to insert a picture of my choice on some panels. Kind of like a wallpaper. You can see how I want it to be, but I also need to delete the remaining picture that is standing out of the shopwindow.

How I want it to be/look:
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Dave R

I assume you've imported the image and are using it as an image. Explode one of them and use it as a material on the faces. You may need to move the material on one or more of the faces to get it to be in the right position.

Dave R

Actually here's a simpler way, I think.

I imported the the image as an image, set it up and rotated to the angle on the left end of the screen. I thin exploded the image, divided it into sections with vertical lines (fold lines) and then rotated the sections just like folding up a piece of paper. No need for the extra copies of the image nor any manipulating of the material after applying it.

Humber

Skjermbilde 2012-08-06 kl. 01.42.42.png Well, OK. Let me rephrase it then. What I want to do is dress up the panels inside the shopwindow with one of my own pictures from the harddrive. As if you would right-click it, press "Add Photo Texture", choose something random and then have it inserted to the wall, almost like a wallpaper?

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Dave R

I understood what you want to do. Let me try again to tell you how to do it.

Go to File>Import. Choose your file type and select Use as Image. Drag out the image in SketchUp.

Stand the image up. Size it to the overall length of the screen panels. Do this using the measuring tape clicking on one corner and then the one at the other end. Type the desired length and hit Enter. Then right click on the image and choose Explode.

Figure out where you want to divide the image and draw vertical lines for the folds.

Select a panel by double clicking on it with Select. Get Rotate. Place it at the end of the fold line. Rotate it to the desired angle. Repeat for the other end.

Select all of it and make it a component. Done.

By making it a component you can easily keep it for later use if you need it.

Like most things in SketchUp there's more than one way to do this. This method works and it's pretty straightforward.