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Create your own materials collection - Sketchup Pro Tutorial
From the course: SketchUp Pro Lunchtime Lessons
Create your own materials collection
- [Instructor] Do you find you're importing the same texture images over and over to your models? Would you like to add them to your materials library so they are available every time you open a new model without having to import? There is a simple way to accomplish this on a Windows computer. In the exercise file model, there are pictures of various metal textures which I use often when modeling. I want to add the images to my materials library, so when I'm in any SketchUp model on this computer, they're listed. We will create a library of the textures in this model. The trick is to have only the textures you want in a particular library inside your model. We are going to create a library of metal textures, so we need to delete this veneer texture that comes with the SketchUp program. Click on the group and delete it by hitting delete on your keyboard. Open the materials toolbar in the default tray on a Windows…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.
- Axes.zip
- Paste_in_place.zip
- Layout_Dims.zip
- Layout_Scenes.zip
- Roof.zip
- VCB.zip
- Polar_Array.zip
- Circle_Tool.zip
- Smoove_tool.zip
- Shortcuts.zip
- 01_12.zip
- Create_Stairs.zip
- Adv_Files.zip
- Align_Axis.zip
- Collection.zip
- Follow_Me.zip
- Fade_Model.zip
- Inferences.zip
- Move_Tool.zip
- Adv_edges.zip
- Tape_Measure.zip
- Match_Photo.zip
- Textures.zip
- Printing.zip
- Scrapbooks.zip
- Export_to_CAD.zip
- Find_Components.zip
Contents
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Locking axes (Shift vs. Arrow keys)6m 1s
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Paste in Place6m 32s
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Dimensioning in SketchUp LayOut6m 18s
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Scenes in SketchUp LayOut9m 21s
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Extension: Roof8m 41s
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Use the Measurements box (VCB)7m 17s
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Polar array6m 30s
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A circle has 24 sides6m 38s
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Smoove tool12m 19s
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Create your own shortcuts5m 59s
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Find components quickly3m 17s
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Viewports in SketchUp LayOut7m 36s
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Exporting a model to CAD4m 36s
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Three quick ways to create stairs7m 34s
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Create your own materials collection2m 30s
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The Follow Me tool4m 12s
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Advanced edges4m 52s
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Aligning objects to axes2m 27s
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Three uses for the Tape Measure tool6m 53s
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Match photos10m 19s
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Make unique textures6m 10s
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Print to scale3m 23s
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Scrapbooks in LayOut10m 19s
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Making the most of inferences9m 3s
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Advanced Move tool8m 28s
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Fade models in Edit Mode3m 37s
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