Genie out of the bottle, can't go back to version 8 since many of my students worked on project at home in version 13. As far as writing code I don't have the background to do that. For now I just scaled large toolset in three columns and have it floating close to the edge. Anyone else have a problem with toolbar editor extension not working ?

You could also try to use two diffused layers. The back one with the actual concrete texture on it and then cover that with a colored diffused layer with a transparency perhaps. Just a quick thought in my head. Rob

@cuttingedge said: I think my trouble is more with sketchup 2013 than vray. the rendering part is smooth but I had bugsplat after bugsplat in the modeling part. which I think has nothing to do with vray. It's a gamble for you to install Vray 1.6 on SU 2013. YOu may acquire a license for SU 2013, but keep the vRAY 1.6 beta on your more stable SU like v8. In my experience, it's the opposite... I first installed Vray 1.6 on SU8, and got bugsplats over bugsplats while modeling (I guess due to Observers used by RT). So I loaded it only when needed. Then I moved on to SU2013 and have much less bugsplats.

i learned v-ray on the demo a couple of years ago. while for work i generally use thea render, i have to say a few days into this version and i am very pleased - feels friendlier (love the fresnel by default!), it's fast and the tweaks are clearly geared towards the user. by the time SU 2014 comes out with 64 bit support - you won't need much else. (i can just imagine another extension warehouse for all the max plugins ported to SU).

@tommy point said: Materials: Some faces of the model show materials while others do not. You have to paint front side of a face. You can distinguish front from back-side in monochrome display mode in SU. There is FronFace plugin written by me, which can help you reverse those faces. @tommy point said: Transparency: The glass in the windows is reading pretty much as opaque. This is very basic thing. You have to edit the material. It can be done in two ways, by editing it in Thea Matlab or by applying SKM material from recently released SU library of Thea materials. @tommy point said: Background: I haven't even begun to play around with background/context options yet, but I'd like to add some landscaping/trees, horizon, etc. Where is the best place to start for a basic backdrop and some entourage? I am sure, you can find very nice backdrop images in Component, Materials & Styles section. @tommy point said: Tutorials: Does anyone know of any other good "getting started" type videos for the Thea plug-in? There are not that many user made video tutorials out there. I invite you to register in Thea Forum and check our tutorials section. The Thea users community is extremely helpful, similar to what you can experience here.

Im currently using the Vray 1.6 Beta, but the materials are all the standard Vray basic material pack. I bumped the glossy samples up from the base 8 to something like 25. Im not at the office right now but later I will be so ill check on the material settings. Truthfully I think its in the render settings and not the material because it happens across the whole model with any material that has some reflection to it.

Evermotion and Bloom Unit partnership introduction; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOcMDCiKzro

you should put something similar to a bump map with a black background in the perpendicular slot of of fresnel map, that will give nice reflection effects on the leaf and no reflection to the transparent bits

How is made the material? Also have you checked the model? (no backfaces, no smooth etc.)? Here is a SS of a correct mirror material. [image: q2hE_Cattura.JPG]

sure will;)

you should select text bitmap and then you can add the proper link to your file. [image: fjih_TexBitmap.JPG]

yes, same result - i'm going to try with different subdivs cause i have a feeling it's somwething to do with the shadows. the tall cube is not touching the ground but about 2cm off the floor..

great, and you sent it to vfswip@chaosgroup.com?

this is fantastic work francois!!! congrats... myself I've started working with mxs references for vegetation since I got the license and it works great... best V

I thought we had fixed that...

There is good chance that the OBJ file you are using doesnt have materials applied to it. There is a tutorial I made up on the Chaos forums for using Blender to make vrmeshes. Try this method.

a whole bunch of people are having the same issue follow this http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.ca/2011/07/trick-removing-splotches-in-vray.html it might also be caustics. i was having the same issue but for me it was glossy reflections that were the problems. it depends on your specific situation. but try it still. i know that vray can be really overwhelming. cheers

good to hear, I look forward to seeing this bug in our bug tracker.

You will need to contact a local reseller. I would imagine that it would not take long for a local reseller to ship it to you. Here is our list of resellers in that country: http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/purchase.html?g=5&pID=10 I believe that the 2.0 demo has a watermark from the start. Our 1.6 beta gave you some time before the watermark kicked in, but this is no longer the case.

Here is an interesting post on the formz forum regarding a Thea plugin, be sure to read the 2nd post. http://www.formz.com/forum/discus41/messages/16/62491.html?1367870713