@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..

Hey looks great, i don't care about the fire hydrant but i do think the tar mac is to black make it more gray or dusty.

Thanks for comment guys! Nomer, the cause of the noise, it's the small number of reflection subdivision (8 by default), witch I forgot to bump (@20 usually). It's a wooden material with IOR 1.3 and 0.8 refl. gloss. and 0.8 highlight glossiness.

hahaha very nice... i really like the way you express your creative ideas. im already a fan of your rendering skill, but more appreciative with your ideas.. excellent.

ande, the rendering and light level is ok. im just not a fan of the composition though. hope you dont mind if i say some friendly remark, to push you further. that tree located on the third portion of your composition became your focal point. and its not really the most important thing here. perhaps you should be careful more on the landscape. especially avoid on just randomly placing plants everywhere. check also your background horizon. its a bit high comparing with your model's horizon lastly, perhaps try to add contrast of texture.. your texture below (are all rough textures so its easy really for them to fight together. i know this is one of your exterior and im one of your fan in terms of your interiors. but i know you could improve further and definitely you will even pass the caliber like FA (jsut the thread you have written on the other forum). on the other hand my compliment in you in maximizing those 3d trees other than xforgs.

Do you get the same great service as the airlines? certainly looks like the concept of personal space is similar. Wow it could be like the 50's and cement Tipis. You'll be driving down the highway and there's a jumbo jet motel! Only getting it to the site is an issue...

I recommend cheating the perspective a little bit to make the image more dynamic. I would pull the bamboo plant forward so the leaves are larger in relation to the camera and so they overlap the face of the left hand cabinet a little. Then I would light the leaves so they pop forward from the dark cabinet with a lighter yellow green tone. Don't worry about blocking circulation or access, in the real world you can always move the plant back where it was once you have created the image. What I am trying to do is increase the illusion of depth.