Sketchy Textures
![Sketchy Material Dialog.jpg](https://wiki.renderplus.com/images/b/bd/Sketchy_Material_Dialog.jpg)
Sketchy Textures is a tool in SpaceDesign which creates textures and materials from standard patterns and SketchUp Sketchy Edge Styles.
Here is how to create a Sketchy Texture:
Contents
Process
Load Sketchy Textures Wizard
- Load the Wizard from the SpaceDesign toolbar: (
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Select a pattern to use for the texture, and click Create Pattern
![Sketchy pattern 1.jpg](https://wiki.renderplus.com/images/thumb/0/08/Sketchy_pattern_1.jpg/300px-Sketchy_pattern_1.jpg)
- Select a pattern, and click Create Pattern. (Here we chose the Brick Pattern.)
Select an Edge Style in SketchUp for the Sketchy effect
![Sketchy pattern 2.jpg](https://wiki.renderplus.com/images/thumb/c/c6/Sketchy_pattern_2.jpg/300px-Sketchy_pattern_2.jpg)
Load the SketchUp Styles window and select a Sketchy Edge Style
Zoom in or out to get the line width desired
![Sketchy pattern 3.jpg](https://wiki.renderplus.com/images/c/c6/Sketchy_pattern_3.jpg)
- Zoom in and out on the SketchUp drawing window to get the line thickness you want. (Zooming out makes the lines thicker.)
- The pattern will be trimmed just inside the pattern
- Modify the Sketchy Style as desired. (Here we changed the color).
- You may also experiment with rotating the pattern, or adding other effects.
Save pattern as an image
- Enter a name for your new pattern.
- Select Tiling mode desired.
- Click Save Texture Image to save the texture image
- The pattern will be trimmed and saved.
- The new image will be displayed on the dialog.
Load a model in which you want to place the texture
- Leave dialog up or reload it.
- SketchUp will expect you to place and size the material.
- Your new Sketchy Texture may now be used in a model.
- Or you can use it to create Sketchy Shadows .