Elements for australian market

[Shawn]

I recently purchased the hardcopy of TFP Home & Landscaping via the internet and thought that was a bunch of auatralian content included.
How can I get/download/buy some more local product content.
Specically I'm looking for Colorbond roofing (I can't seem to modify the Metal roofing colours included in the program), Boral, Austral etc bricks and numerous other items.
I had been using 3DHAD from Versions 4 to 8 over the last 9 years and have always just put up with the inclusions.
Can anybody help me?
I really like the speed with which I can sketch up a floor plan for my clients and project a 3D or elevation often while we're just chatting about ideas. They are always impressed!
Thanks,
Shawn
South Coast NSW

[Allan Chesney]

Hi Shawn,

Welcome to the Forum - good to have another Aussie on board!!

Most, if not all the Colourbond colours are there but you have to add them.  On the Properties/ Appearance / Materials dialog, find Metal or Roofing and right click in the lower section and select Add Material. Click Select and you will go into the textures list. Switch to Thumbnails and scroll down to Corrugated-... etc - All names start with Corrugated followed by the colour name - some with the current name or earlier names for the same colour.

Image may be easier to follow if you have not done this before.

For other products you can often get the textures from the manufacturers website - they often have the colour chips.  Midland Brick in Perth (related to Boral) have on their site and images are perfect size for instant use - Boral has too but the images are rectangular although they will proabably work too. Unfortunately they are in a Flash display so you may have to use screen grabs to get them and crop in a photo editor.  Double them up to make them square if they do not tile correctly.  For some products I just visit their display and take my own photos. They come up well.

By the way - have you tried the dynamic cutaway with you clients?  It can be quite dramatic to look inside too - probably better than elevations.

Regards,

Allan
Perth - Western Australia