I think that I got it all sorted out. I have put it onto the Gallery. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=14123

Craig, thanks for replying. I've downloaded the latest version via the link you gave but still the same problem. I've posted it to your forum. I did find that if I temporarily moved all my plug ins out it did install so there must be a conflict with other plug ins. This issue has been reported on your forum which the new version was intended to fix. One thing however, what is the new version number? I still get VE-Ware59 as the installer the same as before. Kenny

Another heads up. A few people were asking if it was possible to use Al Hart's plugin to generate actual 3D trees in addition to the billboards. I'm not sure whether that is possible, because of the Terms of Use of the original tree generator. However there is a little freebie called Arbaro that runs entirely in Java....so it runs from a folder on your desktop (any OS) by double clicking the arbaro.jar file. The results, though, are worthy of anything produced by XFrog or Onyx. It outputs in Pov and Obj formats. Here is a link to a gallery page showing the results...the download link is near the top of the page. And attached is a render of a model converted to 3ds, imported into SU (agonisingly slowly) and rendered in VRay. I needed to reverse the normals on the leaves prior to import, for some reason, but the whole model is separate groups, so that was no big deal. [image: k8Gl_blacktupelo.jpg]

holgster- that seems to fix the problem. "texture anti-aliasing" was unchecked for the "final" settings thanks! [image: SSSP_buildingonly.jpg]

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Burkhard, It's the other way round - there is a SKP Importer for Archicad that can be downloaded from the Graphisoft site. The version I have tested is meant for version 11, I don't know if it works with 12. Models imported with it needed quite a lot of cleanup, but it is a nice way of creating custom doors and windows as SU hole-cutting components are imported as windows or doors (if they touch an edge) into Archicad. Anssi

Which OS are you on harry? IF its vista, try running sketchup as an administrator (right click the SU icon->run as admin)

I am not sure what you mean with the first part about shadows. I did understand the second part. Podium comes with presets. There are more on the Podium forum. Soon we will have even more.

'fraid not. Still on XP at the moment. I'm going to be working on the problem today. I'll try and report back if/when I find the issue. What frustration I'm having w/ Maxwell early on is that the error messages are pretty unsatisfactory. Might as well be "Render Failed: Guess again" -Brodie

Oh, well here's a couple thread about that.. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11338 http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=4845 I don't know if they have what you need.

Damned I have not found the trick for use the Section Plan for adapt it to the clear cylinder Just the Rotate of the Proper Animation works fine (Enable Menu Plugins Start animation observer before launch the "Play animation) rotest.skp

THANKS for the link

Got It,,Thank You..Mint Julips on me..

Ooh, very cool! I just got Ulead studios, I didn't know it could do chroma key, coolio!

Thanks ilay7k I'll check it out

I too began to study Modo last year for the similar purposes, but have stopped in the absence of the translator, I wait till now... Developers have made the good import-export translator for Rhino, can try through it? From it like easier to send in SU?

@chrisglasier said: But if they are imported some other way, is there some nifty way to refer to them? I guess there has to be an observer which checks if an instance of a component is added. @chrisglasier said: I don't know much about observers. I guess they can "see" changes in xyz's, rotation and so on but can they also log logical relationships to other components. (design criteria type thing). An observer will tell you that an object has been moved (transformed), but that is all. The AI has to be coded to react on such an event. It is the hardest thing, I think. Tomasz

Oh, the atmosphere thingy is good. A job well done. Thing with Maxwell is that it's buggy, too buggy for it's price. And bugs don't exactly get squashed swiftly, either. If I had known this beforehand, I may have gone with Fry. That's not to say Maxwell is bad, though. When it delivers, it delivers quality. But those bugs ... And the Studio ... I dare anyone to spend a day 'planting' high poly trees (while using cautious settings to not strain the app!) and count the amount of crashes they get. I once had over 60. Thing is, of course, that the ability to populate a scene with trees and what not is, at least partially, wherein Maxwell's appeal to us 'poly limited' folks lies ...

You could try this. The diffuse image was taken from this site : http://www.kavewall.com/fire-smoke/index.htm I just cropped the image and made a clip map out of it. Hope this helps. Material file. [image: TLWp_flame.jpg]

Thanks Majid, nicely UV-mapped ! Did you post it on KT's forum ? [image: 0giy_temp_bmlt.jpg]