Adding Siding To Framing In Sketchup

Open the default tray by navigating to window default tray and select show tray once the tray is open go to the materials tab.

Adding siding to framing in sketchup. I figured some may benefit from my work flow. Do you like these sketchup tutorials and videos. If you click on the dropdown menu and select in model only the materials that are currently being used in your model will show up. The siding and grass are also materials that have a color and texture.

Before i get started i want to thank all my supporters on patreon for your support specifically my two new supporters mark jefferson and david murphy. For example in the following figure the roofing material has a blue color and a texture that simulates metal roofing. To add detail and realism to your models sketchup enables you to paint materials on faces. Materials are essentially paints that have a color and optional texture defined within an image file.

So zoom in here and off to the side somewhere draw a rectangle that s two inches by two inches. Modeling framing in your sketchup models with house builder and 1001bit tools. The first is the simplest you can just build the framing yourself by modeling 2 4 s top and bottom plates. Whatever the purpose this video will show you several different ways to create framing in sketchup.

T this extension is no longer available or is currently being updated t please try again in a few minutes t view the developer s other. Then press l for the line tool and draw a line that goes this way hold down shift snap to the midpoint. You are what make this channel possible. I was adding some 3d siding to the building and did a screen record of the process.

This is the quickest and easiest way i ve found to do 3d siding. To do that just type 2 2 enter.