BHunter Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 How do I import some textures (DuPont Corian)from skp into VW? Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Please include your version of Vectorworks and computer specs including OS in your signature. Quote Link to comment
cad@sggsa Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Good day Bob Not knowing what DuPont Corian or skp is, but. Save texture to PC. Double click on Resource Browser. Create Resource window pops up. Select Renderworks Texture->Create. Edit Texture Box: Give it a name, under shaders -> Color select Image color and Import an Image file -> choose the file you saved. Set all other options as you wish. This texture will now appear in the Resource Browser under Textures. Quote Link to comment
billtheia Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I believe that skp refers to Sketchup files. I think that Bob is hoping to bring materials into VW from Sketchup. I'm pretty sure you can't do that, Bob. I'd love to be able to bring models in from Sketchup, INCLUDING all materials. Exporting to Sketchup with materials would be nice too. I think that your best bet would be to grab an image of the color you want from the corian site http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces_Commercial/en_US/products/corian/corian_colors.html and then create a new renderworks texture using that image with reflectivity set to "plastic." I did this quickly in the attached image, using their Bronze Patina color. Quote Link to comment
pgym Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Sketchup materials can be extracted by changing the file extension from .skm to .zip and unzipping. The texture is located in the "ref" folder. Quote Link to comment
Thomas Thomassen Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Alternatively one can try to convert the .skp to .3ds from SU's Export function. That worked for me. Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Also, Sketchup exports to "Collada" files, with the .DAE exchange. They appear to be similar to 3Ds files, in that they include alongside the file a folder (with the file name) containing all of the texture images used in the model. Quote Link to comment
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