Hi Shawb,

OK, got it. The 'Unique Texture' option doesn't appear if you have the 'Face Style' view set to anything other than 'Shaded with Textures'. I had mine set to monochrome.
Makes sense now.

Apologies. I can now play around with this

Cheers,

G_O

Hi,

I've taken a look at my model and I'm only selecting one face but the option is missing. I have included a screenshot here.

Thanks.

G_O

Hi Shawb,

Sorry to be dumb, there doesn't appear to be any 'make unique texture' options when right-clicking any of the faces on my model.

Cheers,

G_O

Hi Shawb,

Brilliant. Thanks for that, exactly what I wanted.

Cheers

Hi,

Is there anyway to to see the shape of a face when amending its texture? Maybe I've missed something, but when editing a texture in Photoshop you only see the original square texture. I have a wing that I want to amend the texture of and it would be really useful to see the actual wing shape as I do this.

Hope this makes sense.

Regards,

Chris.

Hi,

Thought I'd try some animation in SketchUp so I downloaded some animation plugin from someone called Fredo. Thing is, I haven't a clue about using plugins as there doesn't seem to be any straightforward instructions on how to install them into SketchUp (I tried and I think I've installed it but I can find the menu for it in SketchUp)

Can anyone give me a few pointers here?

Cheers.

Hi,

Sorry, been away from Sketchup for a few years and have forgotten how to resolve the problem outlined below.

After I have made a 'unique texture', opened it in Photoshop and saved the texture, the edited texture isn't then applied to my model in Sketchup. Could this be something to do with where I save the texture to after editing it in Photoshop?

Thanks for listening.

Chredge.

Hi Alan,

Thanks for your >ahem.< 'reply' (isn't it impossible to have anything against scousers?)

Anyway, nah, not got the Build-Edge plugin. However, Sketchup is loading with two renderers, could this have something to do with it? How do I stop the renderers from loading with Sketchup?

Regards,

Ginger_Overlord

Hi,

Hope you can help.

I have been using Sketchup for a few months and everything has been running fine. I have built and textured a model without any problems and I am now dabbling in rendering and lighting.
The problem is, just lately, whenever I create a new material within my scene Sketchup crashes. If I start Sketchup without loading my scene and create a new material everything is fine.
Could it be that something within my scene is stopping me from creating a new material? is there a limit on materials? Could having too many unique textures be a problem?

Cheers,

Ginger_Overlord

Hi,

Thanks for your replies.

I've tried hidden and un-hidden.
The model is within a component but I double-click this in order to edit it (is this right?).
There is a mixture of curved and flat faces, I'm attempting to edit a flat face.

I'll attach my model in my next post if you are still stuck for answers.

Cheers,

Ginger_Overlord.

Hi,

Just trying to texture a model (having returned to Sketchup after a couple of years) and I'm unable to find 'make unique texture'. When I click on a face on the model the option isn't there! Where is it?

Cheers,

Ginger_Overlord.

Thanks for your replies guys,

The 'make a component' resolution managed to do the trick although it was tricky getting the axes correct in order for the object to attach to the surface with the correct orientation.

Thanks again.

Ginger_Overlord

Hi,

I have an object that I need to place flush onto the face of a surface that is angled. How do I copy the angle of the surface onto the object that I want to place onto it?

Regards,

Ginger_Overlord

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Those links didn't really explain what I need to do in order to get my (textured) model loaded in PS. What I did learn is that I need to install Daz, load my model into Daz and export it from there. Is there no easier method? Yes, I could install Daz but it just seems to be a long winded way to go about things. Is there no sraight forward method to load .skp files straight into PS without the need to install this and that?

Thanks.

GO.

Hi All,

Managed to convert my .skp to an .obj file and import this into PS CS3 successfully but there are no textures on the object

How can I convert my .skp into a format that PS will except? (textures and all)

Thanks again.

GO.

Hi All,

Been trying to export my model so that CS3 will accept the model for animation. I export the model as a .KMZ file (to my desktop) but when CS3 loads the model there is nothing there.

Any help is greatly appriciated.

Regards,

GO.

Hi Gaieus,

Good work!

All i need now are some enemy ships, some explosions and a sprinkling of asteroids.

Regards,

GO.

Hi,

Just an update.

After messing about with Podium and adding textures to my ship here's what I have so far...

Any help, advice, offers or tips are greatly welcome.

I just want to try and animate it now

Thanks again for all your help.

Regards,

GO.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

Are there any other animation programs I can import Sketchup models into?

Regards,

GO.

Hi All,

I want to have a go at animation. I have a spaceship I have created and want to produce a short animation showing it flying around doing lots of spaceshipy things. Where do I start, what's the best program to use and/or the best plugin to have?

Regards,

GO.