Advanced Techniques

Texture Materials can be manipulated in numerous ways in SketchUp Pro. Editing a Texture Position, including location, scale, rotation, skew, and perspective warping, or projecting the texture onto a curved surface can improve the realistic feel of a SketchUp Model. At the beginning of the chapter, we mentioned that it can be difficult to scale, position, and project texture Materials. While it can be difficult, it is not impossible. Let’s jump in and take a look at ways to manipulate texture Materials in SketchUp Pro.

Texture Position

Individual Faces that have been painted with a texture Material can be edited with Texture Position. Texture Position can be activated by selecting the painted Face and right-clicking and selecting Texture | Position. Texture Position opens a contextual edit space that allows for the individual texture to be edited using the Texture Position Pins:

Figure 8.81 – A Selected Individual Face is...