Kerkythea Rendering..

mandar1983

Hi,

I am new to SU as well as Kerkythea Render engine.
I have started modelling few buildings, bungalows and few residential complexes.. now i m in a phase of rendering it.. i have used default render engine and now wanted to try hands on kerkythea..can anyone guide how to start with it...

i knew the basic procedure till opening file in kerkythea exported from SU.. but i m bit confused in camera and light parameters... i am very much use to vray in max.. but even after playing in kerkythea parameters i am not able to get the desired result..

Pls Help... any tutorial to start with or any suggestions are welcome..

Thnaks,
MANDAR

massimo

Hi Mandar, just wondering why don't you ask for help in KT site. There are a lot of helpful people there.
Anyway you can start with this list of topics.
http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=51888#51888

mandar1983

Hi Messimo,

Actually i was trying that before posting here..but i m still unable to register on the site ..don.t know whats the problem..may be there is some problem with either their website or my browser..

Thnks the link you have given is really helpful..

Mandar

Gaieus

There are all those tutorials and downloadable pdf manuals under the above however. Also here:
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=select&id=6
I know too little to give relevant advice here - I always go and find my answers there, too.

Try to register on the main site (not the forums themselves):
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_registration&task=register

mandar1983

Hello Gai..

As i have mentioned earlier in my mail.... yesterday i was not able to register in to the site..same link which you have mentioned ..thnaks..
today morning i tried and it worked...

Mandar..

mandar1983

Hello Gai..

can we put lights in SU model .. or that we have do it in kerkythea render engine...

mandar..

Gaieus

Sure. Activate the SU2Kerkythea toolbar from View > Toolbars and you will have buttons both for point lights and spotlights. With the plugin install, you should also have a component library installed for light sources. Here are some more tutorials about the SU-KT workflow:
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_openwiki&Itemid=75&id=syntax#internal
and here on the forums:
http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1736

mandar1983

Hello Gai..

I am attaching 2 images here. In the 1st image you will see the all the objects in the respective layers in layer panel along with one blue selected object which is in layer 0... which is surprisingly not even getting deleted from the scene... i don't know why??

in the 2nd image i put off rest of the layers just keeping layer 0 on... (for your info: layer text to layer1 contains nothing and still they exist ..i cant delete them..i tried purge method..but didn't worked...so they are still there)

now what i want is..i want to delete these objects from image 2 along with unnecessary layers... how should i go about it..

one more thing... this is just a basic model yet to add number of things for landscaping purpose and building elevation treatment is also remaining... instead if Kerkythea export pulgin if i go and export the scene in 3ds format it take very long time(it actually took whole day and night)..some times while exporting sketch up crashes. Exporting in .obj format also took long time.. why so??? is it b'coz of number of geometry in the scene?? or the errors in the CAD file?? .dae format work neatly but then exported file doesn't come along with the textures..even though i have kept "Export texture maps" option ON from export option dialog box.

Thnks,

MANDAR

Shahad issue_1.jpg

Shahad issue_2.jpg

Gaieus

You should be able to select a layer and pres that - sign in a circle on the top. Select "delete content" when it asks. Your previous file was also full of things on all sorts of layers.

Why do you export in 3ds or obj to kerkythea? There is an exporter plugin for SU which exports in Kerky's native xml format. There is also that lighting fixtures component library.
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=select&id=7

But first, get rid of the junk. That will definitely slow down every export process.

mandar1983

yup will surely do that..

thnks

penumbradesign

mandar,

try this alex hogrefe's blog. they guy works with Kerky and does an awesome job at explaining his process through you tube videos.

[url]www.alexhogrefe.com[\url]