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    • soloS Offline
      solo
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      hmm, so this is the Max version?

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      • EarthMoverE Offline
        EarthMover
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        Pete, I think he's saying these are going to be added as an update release for the current version of VfSU. Hopefully it's a free update.

        3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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        Content Creator at Skapeup

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          @solo said:

          hmm, so this is the Max version?

          No, it's a rewrite of V-Ray for Sketchup. It will make VfSU available on OSX.
          Among other things that are improved: group/component materials is no longer an issue. Images can be rendered without being exploded.

          And I've not even mentioned the list of new cool stuff. Think might have to make a post about this.

          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          • soloS Offline
            solo
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            Ah, blond moment.

            Sounds fantastic, if money was not so tight and Christmas so close I would be seriously considering getting Vray, I've been thinking about it for two years now.

            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

              @solo said:

              Ah, blond moment.

              Sounds fantastic, if money was not so tight and Christmas so close I would be seriously considering getting Vray, I've been thinking about it for two years now.

              Well, the next version still got quite a bit of work. And it'll be different beast than the current.

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

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              • EarthMoverE Offline
                EarthMover
                last edited by

                Thomas,

                Any parsing improvements for the future?

                3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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                Content Creator at Skapeup

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
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                  @earthmover said:

                  Thomas,

                  Any parsing improvements for the future?

                  Yes! Yes oh yes! breakthrough yesterday actually.
                  As I mentioned earlier, materials on groups/components are no longer an issue. They don't make VfSU spend an insane amount of time parsing. And they doesn't ruin the smoothing of surfaces either.
                  Groups no longer disappear either.

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

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                  • EarthMoverE Offline
                    EarthMover
                    last edited by

                    Great news! That was the one thing that was really in need of desperate fixing. Nothing is more productive than being able to perform myriads of 20 sec. test renders.

                    3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                    Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                    Content Creator at Skapeup

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                    • soloS Offline
                      solo
                      last edited by

                      Brilliant, all the issues that most users of vfsu have been bitching about.

                      I need to make a carboard sign 'will work for Vray' 💚

                      http://www.solos-art.com

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                      • O Offline
                        ozzidora
                        last edited by

                        do you know anything about the transparent material problem?
                        thx

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @ozzidora said:

                          do you know anything about the transparent material problem?
                          thx

                          ? what problem?

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

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                            ozzidora
                            last edited by

                            when you turn the transparency lower tahn 20%
                            in SKP, vray renders it no more transparent and a lot darker. Also if you
                            modify the transparency map in the Vray material editor.
                            I've found it happans around 20% of transparency.
                            i've got the 01.05.30 version of Vray

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                            • stefanqS Offline
                              stefanq
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                              Great news Thomas! 🎉

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @ozzidora said:

                                when you turn the transparency lower tahn 20%
                                in SKP, vray renders it no more transparent and a lot darker. Also if you
                                modify the transparency map in the Vray material editor.
                                I've found it happans around 20% of transparency.
                                i've got the 01.05.30 version of Vray

                                hm.. Got a screenshot?

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

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @ozzidora said:

                                  when you turn the transparency lower tahn 20%
                                  in SKP, vray renders it no more transparent and a lot darker. Also if you
                                  modify the transparency map in the Vray material editor.
                                  I've found it happans around 20% of transparency.
                                  i've got the 01.05.30 version of Vray

                                  hm... I'm guessing it's the backside of the faces you are seeing? You have applied the transparent material on one side? And use default on the backside.
                                  VfSU renders the backside blue when the material is default. This is similar to what you should be seeing in SU as well. Using the default style in SU you should see the backfaces as blue.

                                  Apply transparent material to both front and back.

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

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                                  • O Offline
                                    ozzidora
                                    last edited by

                                    ok it works fine thank you!
                                    but the rendered material in the material editor is still darker
                                    (sse attached image).
                                    How can I assign material to backfaces?

                                    thanks again

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      @ozzidora said:

                                      but the rendered material in the material editor is still darker

                                      I never trust the material editor's preview for anything. The UV mapping is far out of scale for what I'm making and the sphere is rarely a good object to preview my materials.

                                      @ozzidora said:

                                      ok it works fine thank you!

                                      @ozzidora said:

                                      How can I assign material to backfaces?

                                      ❓ Now I'm confused. What worked if you did not apply the material to the backfaces?

                                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                        ozzidora
                                        last edited by

                                        excuse me but I'm working on a big model of a '700 baroque
                                        villa in Turin with a lot of colums and with garden ground up and down and it is possible I'm not understandable!
                                        I agree: the material editor preview is not reliable.
                                        what I mean is:
                                        -the material editor preview is uncorrect (dark)
                                        -the final render is ok (with trasparent material also to the backfaces)
                                        -I'd like to know how to assign a material to backfaces in a simple way (the method I've tried seems tedious (I don't explain it because it is tedious)
                                        -my english is not suitable for a BBC documentary about Vray...

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @ozzidora said:

                                          -I'd like to know how to assign a material to backfaces in a simple way (the method I've tried seems tedious (I don't explain it because it is tedious)

                                          You can use this plugin: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=18992&p=155759
                                          Use the Front-Face to Back-Face command. Anything you select will have their front face material transferred to backface. It digs into nested groups/components.

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

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                                          • M Offline
                                            m48
                                            last edited by

                                            some clue about the release date? 😍

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