IanBro Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm using Home Designer Pro 16. Want to import additional brick colors. Currently have them in JPG format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawB10 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Right or Left click on the file, then drag it to the Homedesigner Pro 2016 data - textures folder on the C drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Open your Library Browser . Place your intended texture files where LawB10 said (or at least a location you can have them parked, once there do not thereafter move or rename those). Right-Click on the word "User Catalog" and select "New Material". That gives you a browse dialog that you use to navigate to your saved textures. Select one, Give it a material name, sest its vector view pattern if any and then repeat the process for each new material you intend to add to your Library Browser. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 On a similar note, would it be possible to photograph a section of brick and somehow use that to add material to walls? None of the default bricks match my house. Thanks Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-01202/importing-custom-materials.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Eric The help section for adding a custom material doesn't specify the file type. I tried to add the brick.jpeg but it didn't see it so I'm assuming a JPEG is not an acceptable file type. Alan Edit Actually it does add it to the Materials folder in the User Catalog but when I try to apply it to a wall that file doesn't show up as being selectable. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That's an acceptable file type. Are you sure you were in the correct directory? Did you try typing in the complete filename instead of choosing from the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That's an acceptable file type. Are you sure you were in the correct directory? Did you try typing in the complete filename instead of choosing from the list? Eric No I just chose it from the list -- the only choices I have are Library Materials and Plan Materials. I don't know where the Library Materials are located to find the actual file path. The other odd thing is I can open an elevation view, click the material and paste it onto the wall. However when I go to the doll house view it shows up as a small object and it's angles through the wall. The size is what I set in the material definitions window and I used the actual size of the photo I took 11" wide X 4.5" high. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Just picked a random image from the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Post the brick image file and I'll try it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I was in that window but I didn't know what to change to make it look right on the wall. I have two images -- one for just one brick that is 7.5" long X 2" high X 4" deep with 7/16" mortar. The other is for a section of the wall. Thanks Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katalyst777 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Those aren't going to look good tiled across a whole wall surface, so you may be better off using a brick from the Library Browser and just blending it to be a darker color, or find a better material to bring in that will look good tiled across a large surface (if using a Google image search, try searching for "seamless" brick textures.) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Kat is correct, But it does not look too bad, as long as you look from a distance. I just guessed at the size of the image -- 10"x10", which needs to be adjusted. I've never done this, so don't have much to contribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 The issue with modifying an existing brick -- in my case Mixed Brick is that mine is darker but also has dark brown brick mixed in. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Kat is correct, But it does not look too bad, as long as you look from a distance. I just guessed at the size of the image -- 10"x10", which needs to be adjusted. I've never done this, so don't have much to contribute. Eric What values in that window did you use to get that effect because all I get is what's shown on the screenshot the pattern fitting the whole wall? Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Look at post #9. I changed the Scale to be 10" for X and Y from the default of 20. The 10" was just a guess from looking at the image, with a single brick being 7-1/2" long. I'll bet you have Stretch To Fit checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Okay I took Kats advice and found a site called TextureMate http://texturemate.com/content/seamless-brick-1-free-texture-pack and they had one that was pretty close and it renders fine. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Look at post #9. I changed the Scale to be 10" for X and Y from the default of 20. The 10" was just a guess from looking at the image, with a single brick being 7-1/2" long. I'll bet you have Stretch To Fit checked. Eric I used 7.5 in both axis and I think it looks okay. I'll play around with it some more. Thanks for yours and Kats help Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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