Textures

Textures are used to represent the external surface of building constructions in the rendered views in the Visualisation Screen.

Select the texture file and the real-world width and height represented by the texture. Textures are associated with materials and used to render the model in the Visualisation Screen.

Note: If an image does not appear under the Image header this means that the selected file is not installed.

Adding your own textures

DesignBuilder comes with a library of textures but you can also add your own to the library. To add a texture to a model you should first get a list of textures and then click on the Add new icon. Then in the texture dialog, enter a name, the width and height represented by the texture and click on the browse button to bring up the list of texture files. In the texture file list click on the Add button to add a new texture file. Then select the texture file you've just added.

The texture file you've just added will be stored with the dsb file so that it will be available if you copy the model to another computer.

Texture data can be accessed:

• from the Components tab on the opening screen (to view/edit library components if no file is open),
• from the Components tab in the Navigator panel (to view/edit model components if a file is open),
• by double-clicking on the texture icon in the model data,
• by clicking on the Edit button when selecting textures from a list.