Thank you Gaieus and Dave R. Works like a dream, I can now save and store all the materials that I have created in various models and have'nt been able to use again. Durrr so simple. Thanks again Mike Backler

Your best bet is the 3dwarehouse http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=toyota+landcruiser+bj40&styp=m&btnG=Search&reps=1

Pete, go to the kids section of your local IKEA store and look for a little Igloo-like play tent(cheap). The tent is mainly white and translucent. Also look in the art section for some sort of small desk top picture easel. Your will use the easel to support your laminate panel. Get yourself some sort of 10 megapixel digital camera. You can probably find something in the $60 to $100 range. Set up the popup tent, put the easel inside and put your laminate on the easel toward the back of the tent. You can shoot outdoors in the sun or if you can't leave your office set up two identical lamps to either side of the tent. Shoot from a tripod if you can. Here is another little trick:Get a small mirror that you can tape to the exact center of your laminate. Then when you line up your shot look for the image of your camera in the center of the mirror. If you can't see your camera in the mirror or if it is not in the center of the mirror, you camera is not parallel to your subject and the image will be distorted. The other thing to remember is to match the white balance of your camera to the white balance of your light source. See the camera manual for more info. Will do tutorial as time permits.

Not a problem folks, and thanks for the kind comments. Thought it was about time I started to give something back to this community, without which I would still be drawing boxes...and rubbish ones at that! j

Here is that Cornered Table or a version of it. I'm not sure the dimensions are right but I took a shot at it. [image: i0lh_corneredtable-sml.jpg] cornered table.skp

Oldish topic but just want to say thank you Tom . I promised I would buy it, bit late but I did . They look great! Edit: Some quick tests on Vray [image: 1-8.jpg] [image: 2-6.jpg]

If you click the edit part of any material you can make it as transparent as you want.

Awesome, can't wait to use these. Cheers, jsteacy

How about editing the texture rather than suffering with SU-to-GE? Combine the two with whatever transparency (that fits best) on the top layer...

You're welcome. Glad it helped somebody

Maybe no rapport with above but this free application is terrific! MyPaint

Hi TIG, thank you for your detailed analysis and the effort you made to you. I will try to trace your steps described. I don't Know Profile-Maker. And I see again how important it is to have people like you in the forum. Charly

They are png's (with transparent background) I think I got them from the pack that was published here saying "2Gb of textures".

oke thanks bro... this is my test so far... i used th fur plugin to make the roof, actually my first try. Did a lot of manual transitions to get it right though! CC please [image: wUsi_test_palapa_v1_POSTPRO.jpg]

I'll give it a go, thanks!

I don't think that helped. [image: FWgr_toad.jpg]

Thanks August. I've had situations in the past where I really needed to figure out a font in an image, so I'll be sure to bookmark these!

try not doing all at once. just convert as you go, convert those that you really need and use. Once you got one mxm-material well done with arroway's images you can dupicate it and finetune again for each material. I have all arroway textures and only convert "on demand". its an endless job trying to do all at once. And when you're done Maxwell's material editor may change or update and you have to go through them all again. Francois

Glad to hear it

Thanks actually! I found a GREAT texture at the site! Thanks so much everyone!