How do I wrap a texture around a sphere with SketchUp 7 ONLY? (no other software)

[yosh...@yahoo.com]

Hello.  I know you can wrap a texture around a sphere with Anim8or, but since my computer crashed back in December, I don't have it anymore, and my dad won't let me download anything more onto the computer.  So is there any technique to wrap textures around spheres without additional software or plugins?

[jjasp...@gmail.com]

Can't you just do it in Sketchup in the first place?

[jjasp...@gmail.com]

edit: is this what you mean? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHsRRLCAOm8

[yosh...@yahoo.com]

well, when you apply a texture to a sphere (such as a planet map), it kinda appears in tiles.  i want to know if i can actually wrap it around the sphere to look like a planet.

[yosh...@yahoo.com]

no, that's not what i mean.  i mean like a planet texture on a sphere.

[jjasp...@gmail.com]

That I know of, Sketchup wont do that automatically (I could be wrong, though!). I know you can always adjust each "tile" manually, but that's a lot of work.

[Brad.Curnow]

This can be done.

You need a plugin called 'UV Tools' - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10404

There's also a updated version that will do more than you need -
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23725&start=0

Best of luck :)


BC