The tree is the default Google high poly tree, with a sweet grass texture from the MXL library. I adjusted the levels on the image, as it was showing up very dark.

Welcome, Leonardo, to this forum. Wonderful Sketchup scenes and beautiful renders.

Hi Pete. Just saw this thread and thought I'd add my non-solicited 2 pennies. I think they are all great starts-- some better than others. A hundred years ago, in design school, we would structure design projects similarly. Ideate on a sofa or chair, and provide 30-50 iterations. Now, select 2 or 3 of the favorites, and begin the refinement process. Consider creating 10 variations (refinements) for each of the selected favorites. This refinement process is very important to the final overall success of the design. Usually, somewhere around 8,9 or the 10th variation, something starts to really click. God is most definitely in the details. Hope this helps some. Your work always rocks! Chipp

Nice work there. I'm not sure but I wonder if you're thinking of the original thread which was posted in the SketchUp forum.

no..i had figured it out.. and now i cant remember what it was... haha.. i think the image map in the sketchup file was rotated 90 degrees...but the image linked in the mxm was not....'something' like that.. it was all user error

thanks phil...good point. hopefully in actuality, the components will be similar in color and blend and not make it so complex.... updated these a bit and added a couple of options for a smaller sign as well.. have to wait now for the powers that be to meet and discuss.. [image: terrainsignageaop109100ht5.jpg] [image: terrainsignageaop209100nw3.jpg] [image: terrainsignageaop309100tt3.jpg] [image: terrainsignagebop109100tm7.jpg] [image: terrainsignagebop209100ac8.jpg]

@roger said: This deserves a caption. "C'mon help me find the lawnmower, I know it is out here somewhere." Yeah, I'm sure you can imagine the geometry on that! There's a staggering of different types of tall fountain grass that were requested. The largest is 4' high. I tried 2d follow me components first but they're in big groups and didn't look right from multiple angles so I had to find and alter all 3d components. Pretty cumbersome even before you flip shadows on. -Brodie

That is fantastic! Love the way you use 3D and 2D and make it all work [don't overdo it , it is pretty much perfect right now]

Cheers, it sounds good coming form a master i should probably get round to finishing it at some point though

Path Tracing Progressive should primary be used for exterior scenes only lit by the sun... For scenes where the lightning is more complex you should use one of the PM presets or the unbiased methods (MLT, BiPT, MLT/BiPT)...

nice... really cool model and really really cool mood with the coloring and the sky..

@unknownuser said: I'm sadly, not into water, as I once had my man dangler and brain sacks nearly eroded out from between my legs when I was once riding featured device. There's a really nasty mental image with that. I too have to go purge my Brain.

We all learn from each other all the time! Have a look at this temple in Poseidonia / Paestum (nowadays Italy). My columns is definitely more slender but this temple is also (about a century) older: [image: paestum.jpg]

@pbacot said: This is looking interesting. that first image made me think. how about architect's and engineering scales that can be manipulated and used in SU! And then we can do some calcs on working models of slide rules etc. I bet one of the Ruby gurus could write a plugin to animate the slide rule, accept inputs and display the results via the scales. We'd have SketchUp: The calculator.

@tobobo said: Thats very strange... Sorry, I edited your quote when I posted. And I did not even edit it properly... Bad habit of mine I guess. The cone is off BTW. It was only on for 10 days or so until her incision healed. No babies for this pup. Thanks Coen.

Another good eyes! You are right about the vent, but it was the client idea with those materials on the floor...but I admit that I could find a better combination. I will modify this scene in my free time, and I will post the result. Thanks for comment Daniel!

You're all very welcome. I'm glad that you found it helpful

I have a model with more than 1.2 million polys and it's only 6-7 Mb. Anyway, glad you could fix/recover it. It's a nice, interesting and funny one!

As long as the room has a front entrance you don't have to worry about ADA ramps, which always must be shallower than the slope or steps for proper sight lines.

@alex luu said: oh, nice design nomer! and the lighting is great! very realistic^^ haha thanks alex.. edson ask him. he is a pure vietnamese and open design all these modern buildings here..