It's a jewelry box. I know the guy who made them. I could put you in touch with him to see if he'd still make them. I worked for him one summer when I was in Fine Art school. I bet we made about 500 jewelry boxes of various sizes. I have the one I made this drawing from. It's made of a wood called padauk which turns a beautiful dark red like this. Your wife probably does need one.

Oh that turned out nice!

It's not as good as your smiley.

Hopefully not too many

@jarynzlesa said: Is that the highest quality that Twilight can produce in this case? Jaryn, can you explain the concerns about render quality. You can set a render to Metropolis light transport with by directional path tracing and let it render for up to 10,000 passes for a week or more. But at that particular workflow what concerns do you have with the render in question. I am all ears and ready for a learning moment.

@unknownuser said: The second looks just wrong, especially around the stairs. No I'm no rendering expert but these don't give a sense of DOF. this is what I wanted to know. the DOF is just NOT believable. @tridem said: I agree, actually the scene itself have not a depth of field that justifies the blur, almost all the main objects have the same distance from the camera. You could obtain a realistic blur effect using the sketchup fog as zdepth mask to be applied in photoshop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzNJYi6Bok Yes, you are right. I completely forgot to this teqnique method. thx for remind me it. You can download model of the staircase at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=766ade000f7c6165babc8956356bfae7 Thx for reply. Cheers.

Here is a topic with lots of links (also view the other posts in the topic as not everything is updated in the first post): http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=486 When you import an image and scale it properly so that it's at a correct size, it will be part of your model. Now you can use this plugin to quickly change a material applied on your model with another one in your "In model" library (obviously the one you have just imported). http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=9903 This is another one: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=26013

really nice renders , mate, just floor bump needs more attention.

@rspierenburg said: Wow. That looks like quite a bit of work...can't wait to see it all finished. After looking at the animation I wouldn't doubt if it was done with Sketchup in the first place. Rob Could be, i think sketchup is perfectly for things like this, could take some shortcuts, like when it says 32x piece A, i could make piece A just 32x longer, but hey whats the fun in that hehe. We dont have components for no reason. ^^ And it looks way cooler in some exploded view if its done like in the blueprints with all the pieces imo.

@solo said: The renders look very clean and crisp (Vray is great at this)I also like the camera positions. Being married to a CKD (certified kitchen designer) I have developed a keen eye for kitchen design and to me it looks like an Ikea kitchen kit that the contractor who installed it used the existing plumbing and electrical locations and installed accordingly. thanks solo, I love your job and its great for Sketchup community to have you here. well the design is limited because: developer of the block of flats gave us limit 3000 euro per kitchen /the project is something like http://www.rnc.sk/ I got a sketch from the manufacturer of kitchen cabinets, so the design has to be simple and easy to bulid, because this use to be something like "standard"kitchen for everybody /the kitchen is in the price of apartment in this case I was not allowed to move the plumbings...exactly as you said Thanks again, any critics will help PS. sorry for english

Curious how you are working the updated modeling back into Lumion? Are you using the "reload model" button or bringing it in piecemeal? It's looking very nice. Personally a tad too much fog for my taste. A little more punch in contrast wouldn't hurt either. Another nice little trick I've discovered is adjusting the fog height to make it less visible and then playing with the fog color to achieve a faked color / white balance.

Looks good. Could I have a look at the Thea scene? @cheffey said: Stinkie, you must pickup quickly on render engines. Nah. I've bought my Vray license years ago. @cheffey said: I tested Vray but it seemed to be too complicated for me. As it did to me at first. Don't be intimidated - if an idiot like myself can learn how to use it ... Check these out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnrC9-c3cgI http://chaosgroup.com/en/2/tutorials.html?tutorials=vray-sketchup [image: NdO9_29min.jpg]

I didn't get much more time on this so couldn't let the renders run for long but the plants etc helped. Thanks guys for your comments. [image: eAkB_ReceptionDesk12.jpg] [image: CjgQ_WaitingArea02.jpg]

Welcome aboard! You have some great detail to share...and that is great help you offer. I for one would be facinated by your own work...where can it be found?[/quote] thanks for the comment.i don't have a web site.as i say.totally useless with computer technology. just post my photos of model builds on the usual model forums. neil.

Thanks for the comments, guys. This is based on my own tiny house. I like the basic arrangement inside, but the 800 SF is a bit too confining at times (especially for a book lover). [image: IsAe_100_1885aa.jpg] Modelhead: I'm hoping on successive designs, hence the "1". This has helped me to work out some details. Kurt: looking good, show us more. Eric: Thanks for the compliment. The fascia is 6". I'm debating on wether or not to add gutters. In studying the prairie style, I noticed the fascia on some appear rather thin in relation to the building. Roger: I like the idea of having overhangs wide enough to protect open windows. Now, onto the interior.

D^3 Dave's Doodles Delight

The reflective tape is a really key element when trying to work in bright sun. Here in Arizona it is almost always bright sun.

Actually I changed the color too I don't have a problem with giving credit, but with only a few edges of the original remaining someone will take a look at it and see "original model by...." and think "oh, this is just a rehash of somebody else's work, probably just added a radio knob or something". Oh well, I'll probably never get around to finishing the thing anyhow, it was just an interesting distraction for awhile. I'm back to my real love - my oldies. Cars with class and character that will still be remembered long after the stuff they are stamping out nowadays have joined the computer junk yard heap. (old man rant now concluded) Actually, to me, the classic cars are much more challenging to model well because they are so well known and everyone knows just how they should look, so your work has to be much more accurate. And let's face it, when you're creating something that only exists in your head, how is anybody going to know if it's true to what you were trying to make, for all they know you meant to make a toaster and it came out looking like a car (or visa versa) Well, thanks for your inputs, much appreciated as always.

Nice! I've used one of those dollies several times in the past. Also, an acquaintance of mine has a Red.

I hope that the Free Cryengine 3 is available soon (it was said it was going to be released this month). It can export/import sketchup models... Do you imagine yourself walking in these structures in real time?