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Creating Textures in Google Sketchup Make

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Download free custom hatch patterns from CADhatch.com here and use the following instructions to use them in your Google Sketchup drawing. Somke of our patterns are also listed in the Sketchup 3D warehouse

1 Pick Paint Bucket from the Tools menu

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2 Pick "Create Material" button

3 Tick "Use texture image"

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4 Browse to the TIF image saved on your computer

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6 Custom Pattern is added to swatch list

5 Modify Desciption & colours to suit

7 Use fill tool to drop pattern inside a shape (in this example the pattern is not showing)

8 Pick Edit Tab

9 Change Scale to suit

10 Automatically updates the Google SU pattern

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