Thea Render - Interactive Rendering

notareal · 27 Sept 2011, 14:03

Thea Render v1.1 is now available for all users. Thea V1.1 Demoreel - Changes Introduced in Fast Forward via youtube

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mountain cowboy · 3 Oct 2011, 17:44

Due to the good things said about it by SOLO (I am a fan of his fine rendering work), I downloaded TheaRender yesterday and activated it today. I also downloaded SUplugin. Both activated with no problems.

I looked at a few videos on youtube then tried to use the new program. However, I am having problems.

After opening SketchUp and then the Thea exporter tool, I click the materials tab then I click on a material on an object I have created to test the system. The material is transferred to the Export Tool. When I click it a second time, the Materials Lab opens and the material opens in the preview as I expected. Unfortunately, when I hover my cursor over sketchUp, the cursor starts spinning indicating that some function is taking place in the background. I wait for it to stop but it does not. When I click the program in an attempt to have it stop spinning, SU freezes and I get an error message indicating “the SketchUp application is not responding” and my only option is to close the program. I uninstalled and reinstalled several times in case there had been a problem there. I tried to use several diff. objects in case that was the problem but no luck there.

I still have the problem. I am a computer novice so I have no idea what to do next, so I turn to all of you.

I am working with SketchUp Pro 8 and the details of the computer I am working on are as follows:

Dell: XPS 17
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz with TurboBoost 2.0 up to 3.30 GHz
Memory: 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 3GB graphics with Optimus
Hard Drive: 1.0TB 500GB 7.2k HDD x 2

Can anyone help me?

solo · 3 Oct 2011, 19:37

Do you have the new exporter?

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Rich O Brien · 3 Oct 2011, 19:42

If you close the material editor normal service will resume. This happens on my system too.

So apply material in SU
click exporter
Double click material
Assign Thea material
Close material editor

mountain cowboy · 3 Oct 2011, 20:51

@solo said:

Do you have the new exporter?

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Yes, I expect so. I assume what you are speaking of is an exporter related to Thea. It comes with the SUplugin doesn't it? I downloaded Thea v1.1 and the SUplugin yesterday. I had nothing before that. If your speaking of an SU exporter, I should be up to date on that as well. I loaded a new copy of Pro 8 about 2 weeks ago.

mountain cowboy · 3 Oct 2011, 21:07

I think I am missing something. True if I do as you say, SketchUp remains open and operating correctly. Also the new material is set in the exporter. However, it is not on my drawing. How do I get it there?
@unknownuser said:

If you close the material editor normal service will resume. This happens on my system too.

So apply material in SU
click exporter
Double click material
Assign Thea material
Close material editor

Rich O Brien · 3 Oct 2011, 21:30

@unknownuser said:

However, it is not on my drawing.

Texturing in SU and Thea are separately handled but Thea is influenced my mapping in SU. You won't see textures from Thea appearing in SU after applying them in the Editor. Textures in SU are placeholders for textures in Thea

mountain cowboy · 3 Oct 2011, 22:00

OK Rich, I think I'v got it. When I modify the material in Thea it is not shown in sketchup but it will be visable when I import it into Thea for additional work or final render. Right? That will minimize the problem. Only negative is I won't see the model in SU as it will finaly look.

Thanks for your help. Now if we can just eliminate the initial problem, we will have all of what we want.
@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

However, it is not on my drawing.

Textures in SU are placeholders for textures in Thea

mountain cowboy · 3 Oct 2011, 22:16

Solo, after your last comment, I found that SU the new "SketchUp Web Exporter (Beta)". I have installed it, however it does not have any noticeable effect on the materials problem. I think Rich O'Brian has it right in his answers below.

Thank you both for taking the time to address the problem for me.

@solo said:

Do you have the new exporter?

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solo · 3 Oct 2011, 22:18

The thing is I do not set my textures up in the Thea exporter, I export my SU scene and do all my materials in Thea studio.

Gaieus · 3 Oct 2011, 22:34

Douglas, have a look at this topic in the Thea forums. It explains it quite straightforward IMO.
http://www.thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=6290

notareal · 12 Oct 2011, 16:26

Little heads up, Thea Render v1.1.03 Revision 576 (6 October 11) is available at
http://www.thearender.com/cms/index.php/downloads/thea-render.html
(Quick Installation guide and Changes Log)

Rich O Brien · 12 Oct 2011, 16:31

I'm loving the last 2 revisions. Feature rich and fast. Any info on the future roadmap?

notareal · 12 Oct 2011, 18:10

@unknownuser said:

I'm loving the last 2 revisions. Feature rich and fast. Any info on the future roadmap?

There is no update for the road map at the moment. But like earlier stated, material db and GPU rendering are on the way. Those will be done during 1.x version... probably sooner than later - no exact dates. AutoCAD Exporter Plugin is on the way.

notareal · 26 Dec 2011, 18:30

Thea Render Technology Preview - Adaptive AMC

The introduction of a new powerful method (called Adaptive AMC) into IR. This method, that could be thought as the biased analog of TR2, has the ability to resolve difficult lighting conditions, SSS and medium scattering and still give interactive feedback.
We have recorded here a video showing all these improvements. The architectural scene used as our test case is courtesy of Davis Carter Scott, Inc. (kindly offered for our internal testing). Naturally there are some workflow improvements with the next release, maybe one can spot those too

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irwanwr · 26 Dec 2011, 21:51

@notareal said:

Thea Render Technology Preview - Adaptive AMC

hi there notareal,
since you are also within Kerkythea (i assume), do you mind if i ask you about the next Kerkythea? i haven't heard much about the next Boost after the Echo release.
thank you.

notareal · 27 Dec 2011, 06:21

@irwanwr, Like you probably already do know, the early development version is available at the Kerkythea forum. There is no release date yet.

irwanwr · 27 Dec 2011, 11:20

thank you, notareal.

sonder · 28 Dec 2011, 23:33

I've been using Kerkythea for years now. This looks amazing. I went online to purchase - it looks like you bill the purchaser? Any infor for us US purchasers would be great. I'm in!

notareal · 29 Dec 2011, 07:55

@Sonder, Not sure what info you need? Prices listed are net as euro, VAT does not apply to US customers (further instructions). If some alternative payment method is needed, please use contact form.
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