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      Ecuadorian
      last edited by

      @kwistenbiebel said:

      And a little question while I am here: Is it possible to acces the render settings .xml file ?

      The render settings .xml files are saved here:
      C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 7\Plugins\Twilight\RenderSettings

      @kwistenbiebel said:

      Also, if I want to use unbiased animation (path tracing progressive), can I assign a maximum render time per frame? the default of 100 or 500 passes seems overkill for some scenes.

      To change the number of passes in unbiased animation presets, just look for this line near the beginning of the .xml file you want to edit and change the value:

      <Parameter Name="Max Iterations" Type="Integer" Value="500"/>

      -Miguel Lescano
      Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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        kwistenbiebel
        last edited by

        Thanks Miguel.
        I tried animation using a medium Photon Map setting and it is quite fast.

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          Fletch
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          @kwistenbiebel said:

          ...I just tried the Twilight demo and I must say: fabulous User Interface!!!!
          I wasn't expecting such a nice workflow. It is simple yet elaborate.
          Some great thinking behind it.

          Could the Twilight developers make a similar UI for Vray,Fry and Maxwell please? πŸ˜„

          Hi Kwistenbiebel,
          πŸ˜„ This is a high compliment, indeed, we are pleased that you can appreciate it.

          This project has more than a year of very hard work/labor of love from a few guys from Kerkythea.

          We designed it with architectural designers using SketchUp in mind so that ANYONE, newbie to rendering, or advanced users like ourselves to be able to get out of it what we each want... that is, Twilight Render is as shallow or (almost as) deep of a program as you want it to be...

          Please use it in good health.

          Render Happy,

          Fletch
          Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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            Edson
            last edited by

            fletch and kim,

            do you have any idea as to when a twilight mac version will be available?

            edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
            http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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            • FrederikF Offline
              Frederik
              last edited by

              @edson said:

              do you have any idea as to when a twilight mac version will be available?

              The best answer I can give you is the following...

              @chris said:

              Porting the code to Mac is turning out to be more difficult than expected. 99.9% of the code is cross platform, yet there are so many little difference when building software on a Mac that the term "cross platform" is just a mean little joke. However, it is being actively pursued. But I can't give any dates because it's all new territory for me. 😳

              I can add that Chris is working hard on it...

              Cheers
              Kim Frederik

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                Edson
                last edited by

                thanks, kim.

                edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                  urs0815
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                  ... the mac release for x-mas.... would be the right present πŸŽ‰

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                    remus
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                    February was the last i heard πŸ˜‰

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                      pugz1983
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                      On the Twilight site I saw it's possible to export a scene as xml. Does this mean I can assign materials in Sketchup and then render in Kerky? Are the materialsettings put in with Twilight stored when exported to xml?

                      Greetz from the Netherlands

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                        notareal
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                        @pugz1983 said:

                        On the Twilight site I saw it's possible to export a scene as xml. Does this mean I can assign materials in Sketchup and then render in Kerky? Are the materialsettings put in with Twilight stored when exported to xml?

                        Greetz from the Netherlands

                        yes, with registered version.

                        Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                          d12dozr
                          last edited by

                          @pugz1983 said:

                          On the Twilight site I saw it's possible to export a scene as xml. Does this mean I can assign materials in Sketchup and then render in Kerky? Are the materialsettings put in with Twilight stored when exported to xml?

                          Greetz from the Netherlands

                          ...and lots more info here: http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/index.php

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                            Gaieus
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                            Well, with the registered version, you can export scenes to Kerky.

                            BUT even with the free version, after setting your materials, you can save the skp file and all the settings will be saved (except for Kerky library settings most probably - as those libraries will vary from computer to computer).

                            So just have a look at this model:
                            http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d1cd245ad45b78978631792c30e19543&prevstart=0
                            download and render it without setting anything.

                            Gai...

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                              Sekta
                              last edited by

                              Twilight render looks very interesting πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ . Does anyone know if it has the capability to render a section / Perspective Section? I would find this very handy like most if it does. πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„

                              Stan

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                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                Hi Sekta,

                                Currently this is the method:
                                http://www.twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=419
                                but there are plans to render real cuts (without erasing geometry) as you can read here:
                                http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=9242#p9242

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Twilight will render section cuts in a future release.

                                Gai...

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                                • SektaS Offline
                                  Sekta
                                  last edited by

                                  Gai,

                                  Thanks for the response. The fact that Twilight will be able to render sections in future has me sold on it. Kerky has been a great free companion though. πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                                  Stan

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