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Applying and Customizing Colors and Materials
SketchUp designs come to life in a new way when you start adding colors and materials. In this chapter, we will discuss all things materials, beginning with the Paint Bucket tool and SketchUp’s built-in material collections, enabling you to experiment with adding color right away. We will also talk about editing materials directly in SketchUp and introduce creating and working with custom materials. Knowing how to apply seamless custom materials is especially handy for showcasing precise finishes, and this chapter shows how to approach this concept effectively. Lastly, we will share best practices and extensions for working with materials.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
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