MULTI-COLORED VERTICAL SIDING

[DenisonDrywall]

How do i make multi-colored vertical siding like this picture? and be able to change the colors of the siding per project?

 

Thanks,

Jennifer

[robdyck]

2 Options:

Make a custom material that can be saved for future editing and use.

OR

Use material regions for the individual pieces of siding. These can be individually painted at anytime using any material.

[Chopsaw]

Lots of different ways to approach that I suppose depending on the exact results expected.  If you only need a rendering as good as the one you posted a material could be created in photo editing software allowing you to create several versions and edit the colors.  Or as Rob just pointed out multiple wall material regions. However if you want some realistic profiling to the siding you would need to use polyline solids.  If those siding profiles need to show wood grain then you are in for extra work again.

[DenisonDrywall]

thanks. that's going to take some practice to make it look/scale right. :-)

[Chopsaw]

3 minutes ago, DenisonDrywall said:

thanks. that's going to take some practice to make it look/scale right. :-)

 

Also you will want to check your local restrictions.  Some jurisdictions will not allow that type of creativity unfortunately.

[rgardner]

1 hour ago, robdyck said:

Use material regions for the individual pieces of siding. These can be individually painted at anytime using any material.

Make up a section of about 4-6 wide in the pattern (just like shown above.) Make it from foundation to eave and just multiple copy across the face of the house.  It will automatically cut for doors, fenestration etc., so you will not have to resize it.  Then you can use the material painter tool to change all of color brown 2 to color blue 2 for example and all with that color would change,