U g I n f o r d e s I g n e r s

V-Ray for SketchUp
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. Right-click on one surface, select 
Texture>Position to adjust the texture 
rotation and scale.
01
.Assign materials to the objects by using the 
paint bucket and Material Editor in SketchUp. You 
will notice the texture mapping is not to scale 
and not properly oriented by default.
Open file: 
. Render the scene directly after opened and you will get the 
result as left image with only reflection material applied to it. Image to the right is the result of 
applying textures map.
Texture-Mapping_01.skp
Texture Mapping
For most of the time we can
'
t just use reflection and refraction to create a material for an object. For 
example: stone, wood, painting, package, sticky back paper
and
textile
. 
We
must
use
some
texture
maps
to
create
these
materials
. 
Below are some examples of using texture map for rendering.
Texture Mapping
V-Ray for SketchUp
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. Select SketchUp Material to add to V-
Ray Material Editor.
07
. Open the Material Editor and add a new 
VrayLinkedMtl from the Scene Materials.
06
. Using the selection tool, select all the 
geometry to be updated with the adjusted 
texture. Once selected, select the paint 
bucket and apply the texture to the 
geometry. 
05
. Select the eye dropper tool from the 
Materials rollout to sample the adjusted 
textures.
03
. Scale and rotate texture map as 
desired. Right-click and select done.
V-Ray for SketchUp