How do you smooth curves in Sketchup?

To smooth edges with the Eraser tool, hold down the Ctrl key (Option on the Mac) while you click or drag over the edges you want to smooth. Use the Soften Edges panel. Located on the Window menu, this panel lets you smooth a bunch of selected edges all at once, according to the angle of their adjacent faces.

How do I apply a texture in Sketchup?

To create a new material that’s a texture, follow these steps:

1. In the Colors panel, click the Textures Palette tab (the one with the brick icon).
2. Select the collection where you want the new material to appear.
3. Select Color > New Texture.
4. In the dialog box that appears, select an image file for your texture.

How do I fix texture in Sketchup?

Follow these steps to move, scale, rotate, or skew your texture:

1. With the Select tool, click the face with the texture you want to edit.
2. Choose Edit→Face→Texture→Position.
3. Edit your texture.
4. Click anywhere outside your texture in your modeling window to exit Texture Edit mode.

How to project a texture on a curved surface in SketchUp?

Steps Open up the project in SketchUp that you want to project the texture on. The image here is a lathe design created in SketchUp and it’s what will be used to demonstrate the solution. Create a rectangle next to your project. Make sure that it is in the position that a projector (it there was one there) could project through it.

How to paint a curved surface in Photoshop?

If needed, right-click on the image and go to Texture > Position to manipulate the texture. Use the Paint Bucket tool to sample that texture (hint: modifier key) and apply it to the remainder of the curved surface you wish to embellish. Go back to View > Hidden Geometry to turn that mode off. Admire your handiwork.

Can you paint a textured face in SketchUp?

A well-textured SketchUp model is not unlike a well-crafted wine label, inviting you to explore its contents. If you’ve already mastered the application of textures on flat faces, take a look at the two short videos below where I demonstrate the process of painting and projecting textures on more complex, curved surfaces.

How to make texture wrap around cylinder in SketchUp?

5 We will now make the texture wrap around the cylinder: Click the Paint Bucket tool in the SketchUp toolbar. Position the pointer over the cylinder and press the Alt key (Windows) or the Command key (Mac OS) to change from the Paint Bucket tool to the Sample tool. The cursor will change to an eye dropper.