(Update: posting results) Crashes even on powerful computer

android no. 12

I'm sorry, but I don't understand some of what you just said.
In my model, there are multiple instances of one component, "box", "box" should contain one group, a cube, which sketchyphysics considers a sphere. My plan is to run the simulation, then replace the group with a sphere, so I have a room full of spheres.
I get a bit scared with all these hacks, command-line things and BIOS settings, and I'm not sure what you mean by memory allocation, but when running the simulation, 2.8 out of 4 GB are used in total, and 1.6 out of the 2.8 is sketchup.
anyway I felt a bit guilty wasting your time on my little project, so I found a workaround. I restarted my computer, temporarily uninstalled all other plugins, ended all un-necessary processes. Ran it once until it crashed, to see how far I can go, which was 383 frames, then used the recording function to get to 380 precisely.
I can't remember distributions well, but I wanted relatively even spacing, but a random feel, I think that's "poisson"? you are right, they are a bit denser around the starting points, but I can live with that.
Here's the final result, with 1296-sided spheres. I will use vray to make some cliched eye-candy! The walls will be very colourful and stripy, and the spheres will be a mix of glass, frosted glass and metal, the ceiling will be a light-source and the ground a mirror. I will make a 360x180 panorama from where the camera is now.

mac1

Not wasting any of my time. Learning as I go.
The spheres I see are in the outliner where each "box" shows as nested and if you do s right click on the box in your model SP UI shows it as sphere. That is the reasons I brought the question up.
The BIOS and msconfig are not hacks IMHO but just normal options in the windows OS ,but if you are happy with present results I would not touch them.
GDay

brookefox

Hope you guys got it sorted out...

Where's the candy, please, sir?

@unknownuser said:

Here's the final result, with 1296-sided spheres. I will use vray to make some cliched eye-candy! The walls will be very colourful and stripy, and the spheres will be a mix of glass, frosted glass and metal, the ceiling will be a light-source and the ground a mirror. I will make a 360x180 panorama from where the camera is now.

android no. 12

Just realised model didn't upload.
It's 156MB! where can I upload it?
Eye candy will take a while also, rendering will take ages!

android no. 12

Here's the first preview

mac1

adroid:
Looks awesome !!
Try Google docs I think it will accept that size file.

android no. 12

Model: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzUvtdlY91uaZGtyTUNmZ1FaaGc
Render, 1728x3456, 360x180°:
[xxl-img:16qftfz6]http://i.imgur.com/cRUFp.jpg[/xxl-img:16qftfz6]

brookefox

Nice work getting it done, and nice render. Please consider posting these as you make them.

android no. 12

Thank you
I will post whenever I make any progress, but that's pretty slow atm... I've just made some vray materials, and added coloured stripes to the room, but the noticeable change will be when I apply the materials to the balls. There are 4 materials, and they will be applied randomly.
It's quite overdone - once you find vray or any other renderer, a lot of people just make a room and fill it with shiny spheres. However I've noticed most people just spread them around the floor, I've never seen them floating randomly in 3d before.

dukejazz

by mac1 on Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:11 pm

Ok, and here my info

Here my list of thangs that may help:
1 select all- make group.
2 select all- make coponent.
3 OpenGL-use max text= off.
4 style - edges= off, when editing or viewing large objects in model.
5 Enitity egde work is copy over from another sketchup.
6 I move the total model center to orgin [0,0,0].

Instead of 15 sec, it now 3 to 4 sec

And why to do this, it the speed.