Your very welcome. I'm glad I could contribute here at sketchucation, it has been invaluable to me. @unknownuser said: When I have time to spare I like to look at new software as well, and hate running into these kind of dead-ends yes it seems to be the nature of the beast to keep searching because no software ever seems to work exactly the way we'd want or expect it to. (some more than others) But I think that software should at very least operate the way the author wanted and expected, when even that is not acheived reliably its called beta in my books and there's no way anyone should be expected to shell out for it. Should be an embarassment to even ask payment for it! My opinion & I'm not necessarily pointing fingers, its more of a general statement obout the software industry attitude as a whole.

@mukul.ar said: Something which sketchup does by means of Artisan and the bevel/round corner plugins... This is no SubD modeling... no quads, no SubD-levels or base mesh, only one way...

@irwanwr said: have you tried to ask in the Kerkythea's forum? i use Kerkythea too, but obviously not as long and as well as you do. if you don't mind i'd like to ask about those people on the image. are they 2D or 3D components? I tried Kerkythea's forums and got a half decent tutorial, but it led to my machine crashing. The image you see above was about half way through my post processing in Photoshop, so the figures are actually shopped in rather than components. You can see the finished image at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=41658. In the end, I warped the chainlink in place, but would still like to resolve the issue properly.

@marked001 said: thanks for the help guys, i've actually gone back to a white studio background now.. and i've got one more question. I've got everything setup and looking good in the interactive rendering of the viewport.. but then when i render in darkroom.. lighting, etc is different and not looking anywhere near the same.. camera, f stop, etc are all set the same.. any ideas of what i'm doing wrong?? There can be differences between IR and the darkroom, usually differences are not that dramatic. Without knowing exactly what's going on, it's hard to give definite answer. For example if you use progressive BSD (biased rendering) in IR with ambient occlusion & light, result can be different to the darkroom with TR2 (unbiased render) or vice versa. I think we better continue in detail in Thea Render forum. http://www.thearender.com/forum/

@notareal said: Everything is fine with the site.

@unknownuser said: You have also a very cool program more easy than Inkscape and free Expression 3 ! (program is in English [image: attachment.php?attachmentid=1879&d=1083069896] can you export your file as a DXF in Expression 3?

is there any way to view the objects on an iphone? THAT would be great! I searched the website but couldnt find anything.

Even though this is a Sketchup forum, I'm allowing this as it has some SU relevance, however I cannot see the images.

@gaieus said: Those are good materials. Have you installed and are you applying them in Kerkythea? Pete: don't tease him! Yeah, I installed the .map.zip and installed the library, then applied the texture. I guess it's just the settings from more experienced modellers I'd like to know. And Pete: Funnily enough, you are actually dead on! The project is a very small corner lot in Manila, where the client wanted to have two floors of economic programme, then two floors of residential occupation. The total floor area available is very small, compromised further by Filipino building regulations that stipulate a 2 metre setback on the ground floor, and a 1 metre setbak on the first floor. Due to the compromised size, rather than trying to figure out how to separate the two programmes (a gym is now located on the ground floor) - it was much more interesting to literally put the hair dressing/massage/beauty programme alongside the 'internet cafe' as a result of the design process. The building is geared towards economic and social intensity. The facade is wrapped in a chainlink fence, which acts as a safety barrier, allows maximum views and sunlight, and fulfils the client's request for prominent advertising on the corner lot. Fabric adverts are simply wrapped around the facade and cable tied back (I'm a sucker for simple details!). The fence allows plants to grow up it, turning the corner into a sort of green fuzzy screen, punched out by advertising. The barrier also acts as a crucial safety feature, putting a barrier between flying debris in typhoons and residents, an annual occurance. Cheers!

I am affraid there is no magic method! Only training again and again! The other solution is to give your files to some specialists if it's a time's problem! Of course this last solution will be maybe not free Except if you have good specialist friends

Thanks for that (not the cheesy jokes, the suggestion of 'profile builder')

Try the Eon forums for a response. They might be able to find the cause of the crash.

@ilay7k It's more also for Modo, or Blender but why not!

just downloaded it, thanks for the suggestion.

http://eagleup.wordpress.com/installation-and-setup/

@unknownuser said: @utiler said: Hi guys, I confess, I don't when the difference... can someone humor me? From a user's point of view (and grossly generalizing): unbiased renderers have relatively few options and are quite easy to use. Downside: they're slow. biased renderers have many options and are relatively hard to use. Upside: they're fast. Both are quite capable of producing goodlooking results. Cheers, Stinkie, love the hat!! And thanks to you other guys for the input....

Take a look also about this one! A very easy UI! http://www.neuro-systems.com/ a French Company (in English Substance 3D SUBSTANCE is a realtime 3D application for producing photorealistic Evolutionary Art. http://www.neuro-systems.net/documents/substance.html And this evolution one from the above NARS is the acronym of NeuroSystems Augmented Reality Studio. It was designed for designers, architects, photographers, marketing professionals and communication, but also for amateur and professional artists from all over in order to showcase their creations and projects with extraordinary simplicity for imaging software synthesis. With a few clicks, it can transform 3D models (completed or not) accomplished and compelling photorealistic images, adjusted in real time to create a high added value. It can also easily integrate these projects in a real environment from a video source or digital photos thanks to its photorealistic augmented reality technology. Curiously NARS is not on the English Section? less 49 € with VAT ! http://www.neuro-systems.fr/documents/nars.html [flash=420,315:2pfvzqb1]http://www.youtube.com/v/odKePqcfDDE[/flash:2pfvzqb1] [flash=420,315:2pfvzqb1]http://www.youtube.com/v/5csgl4UDbZM[/flash:2pfvzqb1]

@cadvillain said: Thanks for PlayUp Nintari. It is a useful step in my work-flow. A couple of questions for you: Would CryEngine 1 (Far Cry) .cgf export be possible and easy to add to PlayUp? If possible but not easy, could I help to get it implemented in some way? (Research the format specifications, for example) All the best. CV Hey CV, Supporting a new engine is generally not a minor undertaking, so I've made it a point to stick to engines that are free, current and popular. At this point in time, CE1 is now pretty old and not very popular, so it really isn't worth the level of effort it would probably take me to support it. For the sake of experimentation though, you could try to setup the CE2 export settings in PlayUp to point to the CE1 information and see what happens. Why not upgrade to CE2 or CE3? Best, Nintari

wow.. im getting speachless..

Version 2 is released!