Chapter 7- Painting with Colors, Textures, and Photo-Matching

What is a texture file?

A file that has color and pattern

How do you purge unused materials from the model?

Click the Details arrow and choose Purge Unused.

What do fixed pins do?

Enable a texture to be positioned and manipulated.

What do free pins do?

Enable a texture to be warped.

How can you make a paint swatch with RGB numbers?

Input the numbers in the RGB boxes.

What is the house icon in the materials browser for?

It shows which materials have been loaded into the model.

What is a seamless pattern?

One where the edges blend seamlessly, making tile repetitions not obvious.

What is photo-matching?

Painting a photo three-dimensionally onto a model instead of on just one face.

What is the difference between purging and deleting a file?

Purging removes it from the model; deleting removes it from the software.

What happens when you click on the Edit texture image in external editor icon in the Edit dialog box?

The texture opens in a digital imaging program that has been mapped to SketchUp.

True or false- Multiple textures and large imported files will slow SketchUp down.

True

Can a texture's tile size be changed?

Yes.