Which version of Vray are you using?

I forgot to mention I have a dual core. If I add anything refractive it slows down render time....but I'm not using vray anyway, so my render time comment is wholly irrelevant.

you could reduce the reflection mutliplier.

what are the error messages you are seeing - either in the vray error log or in the ruby console?

You could make a double sided material that is Transparent on the back-face and opaque on the front-face. This will allow light to pass through without being to see out. I've done something similar (actually the reverse) for the ceilings of units so that I could get a sense of lighting by windows by look at the unit from above.

I didn't realise you could read them with a text editor, I assumed they were some form of code. Which is seems many of those I downloaded are. I also think I now realise why they don't work. In many cases the directory path from the original location is set within the vismat. So naturally when I try to use them the location is different and the vismat or Vray can't find the relevant bitmaps. Luckily many of these textures include the necessary bitmaps, so it seems as I use them I'll eventually build my own library. Thanks again for your help Andy, Regards Joe.

no, the dongle is required in order to use our GUI or render.

we would like to examine the scene file and fix the issue if you are able to send it to us, but to work around the issue, you might have luck if you go to system preferences->general, and check the box for "close windows when quitting an application". This ensures that opened docs are not reopened when the app is opened. Alternatively, we only attach or plugin to the most recently opened model, so you may have luck opening another su file by double clicking it. The problematic scene file should still load, but we won't attach to it, process it, etc. You should then be able to close it without an issue. We have resolved some issues that would cause complex/large scenes to crash in this manner on OSX in a nightly build. If you are interested in testing your issue out in one of those builds, send me a PM.

hehe, I'm just thinking back to numerous posts "why doesn't my ies light show up" because they got some very low power ies file that won't work without 1m intensity. Just saying - OP needs to figure out the basics of artificial lighting in a scene before venturing down the ies maze...

still stuck... can't seem to figure out how to access the material id's on the mesh proxy once its in sketchup

I found this article which has some good tips. http://www.workshop.mintviz.com/tutorials/vray-animation-optimisation/

wow...i feel good that my frustration is shared by other more users as well. i wasted many hours fixing instead of enjoying vray 1.49.01. also Glad to hear that vray 2.0 has no bugs like in 1.49.01. i will install it and use 2.0. hope i will have better experience using it. n thank Devin Kendig for your hardwork.

if you contact support, we can track it down

Hi Uri, Where are you downloading the Demo Version of V-Ray from? It should just auto install to what ever version you're working on. The best way to go about doing this is to sign up on our website and download the 2.00 Demo build here: http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/downloads.html?s=v-ray-sketchup#demox32 If that doesn't work please email us at vraysketchup@chaosgroup.com and we can get you up and running! Also, you should check out the V-Ray for SketchUp Forums as well: http://forums.chaosgroup.com/forum.php Good luck getting started and let me know if you run into any more issues with the install!

Back faces?

Thanks for the help! Lars

When connecting two computers directly you will need a Cross-Over network cable otherwise you will have to introduce a hub/router.

nice tut. thx for sharing the link. the picture in this tutorial = 5% sketchup, 5% vray, 90% photoshop

thanks!!

I gave the 'universal settings' a go, and they took 2hrs 45mins to render my test scene as compared to the new internal 'presets', which when on the highest setting (v.high) only took 26mins. here is the link http://forums.chaosgroup.com/showthread.php?74814-test-of-interior-pre-sets David