Very cool - thanks a lot!

Thanks guys! 😄 I'll try some of these out.

Try searching 3DWH - there are quite a few, here is one.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=2D+musicians&styp=m&btnG=Search&reps=1&start=0

Revit is exactly the same. Almost glad to hear that ArchiCAD has the same problem. The funny thing is that AutoCAD is more straight forward in assigning "dynamic" qualities!
We've turned back to SketchUP, simply because we're quicker with it & can get the output we need. Rendering with Twilight & Kerkythea just adds the gloss when needed & can produce a similar quality as the Mental Ray engine supplied with Revit/AutoCAD (at least at my level of expertise 😉 ).

Hey Gus!

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=36770&p=323731#p323731

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Easier, yes. But, as you know, it isn't difficult at all to reposition the texture to avoid seams. In Pete's piece there are a lot of large surfaces that, if they were made in solid wood, would be glued up of several narrower pieces. It wouldn't look right to have the same cathedral grain repeated across the width. Even with sawn veneer it wouldn't be the same going across the width.

My original question was asked because I see seamless wood material and the high realism that seems to be a goal in renderings for many folks as counter to each other.

Probably this is the way to go about it... I'm at work at the moment. Would start uploading and give the link of my Speed modelling competition entries (atleast) and any other stuff i can...

Great Stuff by the way...! 👍

Size reduced to 1MB and new texture for the chair
Chair_001.skp

Indeed a nice one.

Nice! Work well for straight paths.

Do you have an address for this website? Can't find it through Google.

Great stuff. Thanks!

I got it, thanks, It will come in handy.

Hi Donna, I made this rock by attaching a texture in sketchup and then rendering it with Kerkythea. ( afree program)

Rendering is the only way to go if you want photorealistic. ( I have only approached semi-realistic.)

rocks.jpg

Cool! Thanks Eric. I'll give that one a try on the seat when I get home.

incredible design if you imagine that this type of furniture started at 1937 👍 .

could you update the links again?

Cool chair - very retro, thanks

marlinstudios.com has some samples for each of its collections.

There are also a few on this site by an artist called fusebulb who has some for pay collections on TurboSquid

http://www.sharecg.com/v/7521/Texture/High-resolution-bush-map-with-alpha-in-TGA-format

I haven't tried these in 3D but I did use them to do a quick test image in Photoshop.

http://stormvisions.com/media/psgold/fusebulb-tga.jpg

The Franck stoneware is very durable. I have in daily use some bowls and rectangular serving dishes that, as far as I remember, were purchased by my parents around 1960, and others we bought ourselves in the late 1970s. I still find the simplicity pleasing, and our kind of food looks good in it.

Anssi