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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Thanks.

      Yes the bricks are all modeled, on the left side I used a random push pulll to get varying depths so giving the appearance of inconsistant showing and on the other side of the road it's standard depth for clean brick appearance.
      This model is being used for an in-game video, my part is done (the modeling) the complete model is being textured at moment by another contractor and will be finally compiled in Max or Maya (not sure as my part is only initial modeling)
      I have not really discussed this model as it's part of a bigger city model that I cannot show due to a NDA.

      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        I'll have to try that technique on my Discworld model; I want worn cobble stones in the streets; http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=18393

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          solo
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          Seen this?

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          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            Thanks!
            (I'll continue in that thread. πŸ˜‰ )

            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • soloS Offline
              solo
              last edited by

              I did a performance video of the partial model, it's 126MB, has 1.8 million faces and double edges.

              Even with shadows on it was smooth, this does not orbit well on any other machine I tried, and not at all with shadows on.

              [flash=600,355:2xd6zd10]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/XlW0fYb7dZQ[/flash:2xd6zd10]

              http://www.solos-art.com

              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                That's impressive. Didn't see it degrade to wireframe at all.

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  I did a fast and dirty 8 second animation in Vue, just added two cars and an atmosphere, put extra motion blur for drunk effect. rendered in 26 minutes.

                  [flash=640,400:2xa87muf]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/Mng2dgFxzIs[/flash:2xa87muf]

                  http://www.solos-art.com

                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by

                    Thats really impressive Solo!

                    I still feel like I'm missing something about Vue. Hopefully I'll figure it out in time, I'd really like to use that software.

                    Chris

                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                    All my Plugins I've written

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      Animation in Vue? Another reason for me to check out that application.

                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
                        last edited by

                        This is the Vue 7 presentation video, all done with Vue animation, wind, sun movement, poser animation, avi alpha planes, solid growth plants, planets, atmospheres etc.

                        [flash=560,340:9g1mhfam]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/48LAOpVTVdY[/flash:9g1mhfam]

                        http://www.solos-art.com

                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                          lucifer1101
                          last edited by

                          oo i may have to upgrade to vue 7 from vue 5.

                          I had never thaught of using that with sketchup cool idea....

                          Some of my 3d

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            I just tried the candle light test Solo did. Replicating his moves. I looked to get similar behaviour. Upon the beginning of an orbit there was a small lag, but thereafter it was smooth.

                            ASUS P5Q-E
                            Intel Q9450 2.66GHz Overclocked to 3.3GHz
                            8GB 800MHz RAM
                            Geforce 8800GT 512MB - 4X AA
                            Windows7 RC 64bit
                            Sketchup7
                            22" Monitor 1680x1050 (Primary which SU runs maximized on)
                            17" Monior 1280x1024

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              Crud! Something went wrong when I made the computer go to Sleep. I refused to reboot until I reset the CMOS. Then my OC settings where lost. Fortunaly, the guy who helped me OC saved the settings which I then could load. Unfortunately, it was saved when it was set to 3.2GHz, and not when we pushed it up to 3.3GHz... 😞 meh!

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • S Offline
                                Sir
                                last edited by

                                I just had a new computor built for me so i could get a project done in time... did it, but had to take the tower home for some weekend work!

                                Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3

                                      Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz with HT tech
                                         Memory: 2046MB DDR3 corsair RAM
                                    Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512.0 MB
                                

                                gotta say it works like a dream for SKP, but other things that can actually use multi procs are a bit slower... AutoCAD 2010 im looking at you you pice of RAM hoggin VM sucking piece of c***

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                                • W Offline
                                  Wazzer
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Guys My search for a new company laptop continues

                                  I would like your opinion on this note book for use with Sketchup and AutoCAD.

                                  Its a Lenovo W500
                                  Intel Core 2Duo T9400
                                  4GB Ram DDR3 1066Mhz
                                  ATI mobility FireGL V5700 512mb
                                  200gb Hard drive at 7200rpm

                                  I use it primarily for Designing Mechanical components with AutoCAD and Sketchup.

                                  Cheers

                                  Ben

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                                  • R Offline
                                    remus
                                    last edited by

                                    Looks good, although you might want to try and find out how well the graphics card will work with SU.

                                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                      Anssi
                                      last edited by

                                      It seems that if you must have a 15-inch Lenovo workstation, you are stuck with the FireGL - all the models with QuadroFX seem to be with 17-inch screens. You should definitely test it.

                                      Anssi

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                                      • W Offline
                                        Wazzer
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for the reply guys

                                        The problem is that the Lenovo notebooks with QuadroFX and 17inch screens are Massivly more expensive than the 15 inch notebooks. I mean they are about 4 times the price!!!
                                        They tell me we just dont have the budget for one.

                                        I am also concernd that the FireGL graphics card wont play nicely with sketchup

                                        Does anyone have any experience of these cards with SketchUp?

                                        I wont have access to one to run any tests on it until we order it and recieve it. This is obviously far too late if its no good.

                                        The problem is I am being pushed into making a decsion very soon and i cant afford to make a mistake.

                                        Cheers All

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                                        • R Offline
                                          remus
                                          last edited by

                                          The only info i can find on it is the following:

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          FireGL v3100 - 128MB; Windows XP sp3
                                          Problems selecting and painting.
                                          Shadows display incorrectly.
                                          OpenGL version 6.14.10.7660
                                          2D driver version 6.14.10.6822

                                          Not looking good so far 😞

                                          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                          • W Offline
                                            Wazzer
                                            last edited by

                                            OK i think we may have a winner

                                            I have resigned to the fact that i will not find a suitable Notebook with the performance i want within the budget the company has set so i have relented adn decided on a Desk Top
                                            Please can you check out the specs of the following PC and let me know what you think, I quite like it.

                                            Processor Intel Xeon W3570 Processor ( 3.20GHz 1333MHz 8MB )
                                            Operating system Windows XP pro SP3
                                            System graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 768MB
                                            Total memory 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz
                                            Hard drive device 500GB 7200rpm

                                            Cheers guys

                                            Ben

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