To add detail and realism to your models sketchup enables you to paint materials on faces.
Adding siding sketchup.
Materials are essentially paints that have a color and optional texture defined within an image file.
Color options are as follows.
These are organized according to color palette but they can be mixed up however you like.
In this sketchup tutorial you ll learn how to import your favorite sketchup textures and turn them into new materials that you can use in your models.
Sketchup has a pretty nice array of materials built into it but it probably doesn t have everything you re looking for.
For example in the following figure the roofing material has a blue color and a texture that simulates metal roofing.
Sketchup 2019 for layout part 6 adding exterior cladding and roof duration.
Sketchup 3d siding with the s4u to components plugin duration.
How to import sketchup textures create custom materials.
James hardie siding and shingle materials.
Colors are taken directly from hardie s website and are as accurate as possible.