thanks for the comments! baker- as james said, just the 2d components you can find in sketchup, change the material to a transparent white and take edges off

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Here's another go at the wc-ish style. [image: y5PW_Strip-Mall-v8-out-wc-800.jpg]

I have nvidia at both work and home - the one at home just happens to be a "better" model. I'm looking at replacing it though with the latest, if I can ever figure out which one would be the best (all this stuff is greek to me).

In the end the same results can be get with any program indeed. But in my experience VRAY is the easiest and above all the fastest render engine.

indeed, texturing is very imporatant, unfortunately im rubbish at it. must try harder. back on topic: howd you do the coffee spill? ive been thinking aobut it for a while but cant think of a good way to make it look fluid.

i know this is an old post but a question just ocurred to me: no edges, edges by material or hidden edges? regards.

Sorry it is on hold. The nature of the business eh? Good to know you will complete it for yourself, I look forward to more images.

Very nice. Showing the door opening direction as a graphic on the floor is a great idea. Probably obvious to you clever folks, but I hadn't figured it out.

Wow, first time seeing this...really impressive. I love the creative feel to the overall setting. This is quite refreshing to see, let alone know its being built, as I've grown numb to the cut and paste architecture that has taken over. Great job.

That's great modeling, but even more, it shows incredible anatomical knowledge and artistic sense.

Thanks a lot Tom, credits go to You also for this amazing tree on all the images.

Thanks for the kind words. Tina, his job has moved into Revit now. I have all the existing and half of the new addition in Revit. If I do a final rendering, if the client wants it, it will most likely be done in Revit, my first Revit rendering if I do so.

Dylan, I very much would enjoy living in a house like that. Very nice. And learning some new tricks here too... bonus. Thanks.

Syburn: I've got quite a few marker-style renders on here (don't think it was me you were referring to though ) Let me know if this is the kind of thing you meant ... [image: hvhm_X7045Acomp.jpg]

Thanks, Jackson. I've received a lot of kind comments on this, for both the project and the renderings, since it appeared in AIArchitect in late July. Some people have suggested that I could parlay this into an independent practice of my own, in fact. Haven't quite figured out how to do that yet, but it is a nice thought. --Lewis

Thanks remus, most of my work right now are furniture modeling and a lot of them are chairs so I am very skilled in modeling them. allanx

GREAT! I'll just have to go get that one too! Should I just open a seperate account just for purchasing "Ross's styles". ugh! PS. I love it!

Nice panoramas, indeed - though they download a little bit slowly (sure higher resolution is needed for nice, detailed zooming...) There is a "virtual tour" of my city but made in Java - and if you turn on the "Info" layer, it gives a nice interactivity to it as well (for some reason, in my computer the text popups are popping under...) With the same Java technique was the virtual reconstruction of the Roman Baths (Bath, England) presented so it is also a good technique for 3D modelling (unfortunately the wensite is currently not available foör the domain it was hosted at has expired but I hope we can "revive" it soon...)

Regarding the stairs... two words; Fire Pole. Nice images, nice plans and nice design.

Just for fun (I lead a quiet life) I decided to overlay the Podium render on the SketchUp image export. The attached image is the result. I used Xara Xtreme vector illustration software to do the compositing. The resulting image was then opened in Microsoft photo editor and slightly sharpened + given a light sandstone texture. I think the result looks fairly presentable for the small amount of effort involved - looks like a tight watercolour eh? Regards, Ross [image: iI0G_custom-gradient-sky-test-podium-overlay.jpg]