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    • daleD Offline
      dale
      last edited by

      @hieru said:

      Great model - I imagine we'll see it turn up as an ornament in many interior renders, or even as a piece of garden sculpture.

      I think it's already popping up 😄


      Picture 583.png

      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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      • TaffGochT Offline
        TaffGoch
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        i did one for fun here. Looks like candy.

        Yum!

        I like the variations produced by transparent materials, having a moderate internal index-of-refraction,...

        ...and really shiny materials with all the "self" reflections (like those in the renders posted by remon_v.)


        Hieru,

        Soccer? Really?

        ...sepak takraw, maybe...

        ...but, soccer ?? 😆

        -Taff

        "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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        • daleD Offline
          dale
          last edited by

          I thought they both looked rather surprised 😄

          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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          • simon le bonS Offline
            simon le bon
            last edited by

            Hi Guys,

            %(#0000FF)[Sorry for disturbing with my digression (no render in the pocket 😳 )]
            First I have searched to know what notion was covering " a geodesic"! " A geodesic is a generalization of the notion of a "straight line" to "curved spaces". In the presence of a metric, geodesics are defined to be (locally) the shortest path between points in the space." (may be better explain in the french wiki 😉 )

            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/300px-Geodesiques.png
            👍

            Your drawing dear Taff Gosh (Taff: The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund, also known as TAFF, was created in 1953 for the purpose of providing funds to bring well-known and popular members of science fiction fandom familiar to fans on both sides of the ocean, across the Atlantic(>>3D Basecamp 2010!!!!!).Goch (archaic spelling: Gog) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

            Your drawing reminds me an exercise I wanted to suggest some month ago and had forgotten under the pile..

            this was: " HOW TO DRAW A PARISIAN FENCE ? "

            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/cloturetissee001.jpg

            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/cloturetissee002.jpg

            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/cloturetissee003.jpg

            In my mind the problem was "how to draw a sinusoid following the path of one element (component) and matching the good crossover at the various meeting points?"

            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/cloturetissee003_b.jpg

            The solution you had applied to your geodesic weave sphere opens to me some idea to achieve this..
            -one element of answer is that each component goes with a neighbor mirrored one.
            clic to enlarge

            http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/TaffGoch001_th.jpg

            But it remains a difficult exercise I guess 😒

            💚 simon
            PS: I'm completely found of your warehouse geodesic collection

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            • R Offline
              richcat
              last edited by

              A couple or tries with IRendernXt

              http://api.ning.com/files/vfMN9V8PR0jh2Er4N03QeVsxe7kQjomOZokL2j8CUsWOf4DkNpAAkv-pmv3DHSg3l52Gax14ennaAVJB81jpA8jxRSU4g*BL/test5.png?width=737&height=356

              http://api.ning.com/files/3Uoavia5AHrOXsnm6rQFcrL38kgFOCbNVLhtcd4dsWTE9KsXs8xFSF6-OxmDkLSIq45YKJ04t96SjOKWdVKvc1nIGGy3yQRB/test2.png?width=737&height=356

              http://api.ning.com/files/*LLApHlCatfS6FDJx28n33AfV*r69PLPTimAUfTFFNpB7WfF9TgC6xkE8YPyh5GPqVccvQE8gd5HBmxB4gInjA__/test1.png?width=737&height=356

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              • simon le bonS Offline
                simon le bon
                last edited by

                end of the disturb 😎

                Here is the link for the exercise:

                An exercise: DRAWING A PARISIAN FENCE

                ++simon

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                • M Offline
                  martin-art
                  last edited by

                  Good renders people, given it a try in Shaderlight for SketchUp

                  http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy221/shaderlight/Shaderlight for SketchUp/poolweavesmall.jpg

                  Martin

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                  • TaffGochT Offline
                    TaffGoch
                    last edited by

                    Martin,

                    I was shooting for "jade" last night (and missed.) What I got is similar to yours, in green, rather than red.

                    Green apple
                    -Taff

                    "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                    • TaffGochT Offline
                      TaffGoch
                      last edited by

                      @simon le bon said:

                      But it remains a difficult exercise I guess 😒

                      Simon,

                      Tedious, yes! -- Difficult, not so much.

                      Technically, the concept is simple. Scaling the sine wave lengthwise, to fit each straight line segment, is all that's required (while keeping the wave height constant.) It just takes some time to do each segment. If you need another example, here's a "flat" weave that employs the same technique:

                      Rope • Cornish Wheel Knot

                      http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/download?mid=38f95256a00b460f2137e32e8ebf2b1&rtyp=lt&ctyp=other&ts=1276476025000

                      Construction
                      If it had not been for the radial symmetries in both of the weave models, I would not have attempted them. With symmetries and component-copying, the modeling becomes (almost) trivial. Actually, the flat weave was more troubling than the sphere!

                      Taff (Welsh nickname, for Dave) Goch (Welsh, for "red")

                      "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                      • david_hD Offline
                        david_h
                        last edited by

                        that will look nice on my Christmas tree this year.

                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                        • TaffGochT Offline
                          TaffGoch
                          last edited by

                          @richcat said:

                          A couple or tries with IRendernXt

                          Richard, I like the dark carbon-tinted version. Again, it's the complex reflections that produce the visual interest -- all other features (distractions) removed.

                          It's like comparing b&w to color photography. Shadows and reflections take precedence. Nice exercise.

                          -Taff

                          "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                          • pyrolunaP Offline
                            pyroluna
                            last edited by

                            I had a little try in Shaderlight... did need some postpro afterwards, but not much.

                            geode-on-pedestal-pp.jpg

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                            • N Offline
                              notareal
                              last edited by

                              Here is something from Thea. Tried global medium and a single light.Geodesic-_Weave_Thea.jpg

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

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                @simon le bon said:

                                ...PS: I'm completely found of your warehouse geodesic collection

                                Taff also "maintains" a very interesting discussion group about the staff.

                                Gai...

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                                • daleD Offline
                                  dale
                                  last edited by

                                  Tried playing with the new Thea Thin Film, interesting but only partially successful.


                                  Picture 585.png

                                  Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                  • TaffGochT Offline
                                    TaffGoch
                                    last edited by

                                    The internal mirror globe (Pyroluna) and the internal lighting (notareal) introduce enchanting complexities to the renders.

                                    (I especially like the "God rays" produced by the "fog" in notareal's render.)

                                    -Taff

                                    "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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                                    • massimoM Offline
                                      massimo Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Really nice Pentti! 👍

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                                      • N Offline
                                        notareal
                                        last edited by

                                        Here is another try (again pure render from Thea).Geodesic-_Weave_A_Thea.jpg

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

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                                        • K Offline
                                          KarinaGM
                                          last edited by

                                          Wow! I love it. What are the settings for this material? and what material is this?
                                          Lights?

                                          **"Aquel que sacrifica un poco de libertad por seguridad, no se merece ninguna y terminará perdiendo ambas"

                                          -Benjamín Franklin.**

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                                          • TaffGochT Offline
                                            TaffGoch
                                            last edited by

                                            notareal,
                                            I'm also intrigued by your Thea transparent material for your latest.

                                            Is this material available for download (here or at Kerky website.) ?


                                            Here's my latest (slowly improving) attempt at jade (still using Photoshop adjustments):

                                            http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss233/taffgoch/Jade_small.jpg

                                            (I'm testing only material changes, to get accustomed to the materials editor parameters in Kerkythea. I'll move on to lighting & environment, after I'm more comfortable with materials.)

                                            -Taff

                                            "Information is not knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

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