How to get land in Vray scene

zeeshan

in a tutorial i found on line :
http://my.opera.com/explainking/blog/lighting-in-v-ray-for-sketchup

the image that i gets after the setting he tells is below and is without a land and a sky !

whereas the tutor gets a perfect land and sky in his image.

What am i doing wrong. ?

jeff hammond

if you're asking what i think you're asking then in the menu bar go Window->Style..

you'll see a dialog like this (this is on a mac but i assume windows is similar):

first click on the edit button then the middle box... from there, you'll be able to set up your ground,background and sky..

zeeshan

Thanks Jeff,

But i still don't see a ground or a sky in my Vray image, it is still the same.

jeff hammond

@zeeshan said:

Thanks Jeff,

But i still don't see a ground or a sky in my Vray image, it is still the same.

and that's what i was worried about.. you were talking about vray in which case my answer is:

i have no idea!

Gaieus

@unknownuser said:

and that's what i was worried about.. you were talking about vray in which case my answer is:

OK, I see now, too.
Edited subject and moved to extensions.

solo

You need to insert an infinate plane (last icon on the vray toolbar) or add a ground plane in SU.

zeeshan

THANKSSS solo!!!!

finally the mystery solved

AcesHigh

@zeeshan said:

THANKSSS solo!!!!

finally the mystery solved

and to add a sky, set the camera to PHYSICAL (at camera tab)...

then go into ENVIRONMENT TAB and click the M on the side of GI. Set it to SKY on the dropdown list. Now click the M on the side of Background. On the dropdown list select BITMAP. Set it to ENVIROMENT (in UVW), click the M below to select a bitmap and at the side of UVW choose the type of sky that matches the bitmap you selected (if its a cross, select cubic, if its a panoramic, choose spherical)

zeeshan

AcesHigh thanks !!!!

Another mystery solve

sambort

hey aceshigh

sorry, but the enviromental, background, bitmap pointed doesn´t work for me (i only get a blak sky)

could you show a example? or perhaps you have another version?

thomthom

Turn up the multipler. Depending on what version of V-Ray you have and if you use an HDRI the values might range from 20 - 20000.

AcesHigh

@sambort said:

hey aceshigh

sorry, but the enviromental, background, bitmap pointed doesn´t work for me (i only get a blak sky)

could you show a example? or perhaps you have another version?

do what ThomThom said... i really forgot to tell it. The physical camera is much less sensitive to light than the "normal" camera... thus, you need to turn up the multiplier inside the M tab for the sky image to show up.

sambort

you guys are right!http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/posting.php?mode=reply&f=80&t=18000#
20000 was needed for the multiplier and it works!
now i get beatiful skies inside VR

thanks again!

thomthom

Then it sounds like you have the original V-Ray for Sketchup. There's an update available over at ASGVis for download.