Solar Roller Shade Design

[Cleo Marthel]

I want to make a rendering that will show the client how solar roller shades will look for her back porch area. I don’t see a pre-made design of a solar roller shade in the modules. I’m not good at creating my on window treatment design from scratch. Do you have any pointers on how I can create it?

[Merlyn]

just use a rectangle filled with a pattern that replicates the solar material. you can add an ellipse at either end of a small rectangle at the top for the housing; some shades also have another rectangle at the bottom. depends on the type you've selected which pattern and transparency would work best. you can also use the fill effects if your shade offers a sample, use the same as you would fabric to fill the rectangle.
example attached in jpeg and .mms file

[Debbie Green Sutherland]

Perfect! Looks just like a solar shade. All the solar shades we installed had a weight bar along the bottom, so adding a small rectangle at the bottom like Merlyn suggested would work like a charm.

[Cleo Marthel]

Oh, okay! That is so simple. This is awesome! Thank you so much!