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22nd March 2016, 09:34 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Photos into Sketchup
I have done the search but can't find what I am looking for or maybe I can but don't understand the answer. If I was to design a bench in SU can I insert photos of existing components, (say a tool box) that could be inserted into the drawing.
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you can import .jpg files, along with many other file types. But it will just be a two dimensional image inside a three dimensional virtual world.
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If you're just after an example of how an existing component might fit with your bench, there's also a lot of models of stuff other people have created in the Sketchup 3D Warehouse that you can download and import into your project. There's a fair few decent models of popular brands and items on there.
As Kuffy said, you can also import an image and apply it to a face in sketchup, then resize it to the right scale to suit. If you like watching videos to see exactly how it's done, here's a youtube vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOB7fBrEjwY
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