i had two windows opened at the same time - the one with 'repository' and the new project. 'repository' -> find desired material -> save material -> open project window -> load material -> catastrophe i followed your suggestion about having two windows open at the same time, so i tried to: open repository -> find desired material -> pack material -> close rep. -> open project window -> load material -> win thanks for reply.

The complete explanation maybe http://nomeradona.blogspot.com/2011/10/tip-correcting-textures-that-are-not.html

hi, are you sure, absolutely sure, that lights are enabled in the global switches? Also, check intensity, color, if they are on a hidden layer, if the orientation of faces is right. Hope it's useful

Thanks for your response guys. I hope they'll make it for 64bit. Now my 12 gigs are waiting for a new version:)

Problem solved! Tnx andy

@ben ritter said: Thanks everyone. I have the problem solved. It's a good idea to explain how you solved your problem so someone who is following this thread or finding it by Searching will know what the solution is.

is there any way to view the objects on an iphone? THAT would be great! I searched the website but couldnt find anything.

@valerostudio said: NOTE: if you are like me and purge your file often, beware that purging will delete you front and back shade materials and then the SHADE material will no longer work. A trick I use for that is to color a line along the edge with the material that is in the 2 sided material, that way it is still in the model so doesn't get deleted in a purge.

I gave the free versions a test run this morning and all I can say is that I really really hope that the new VRay plug-in developers are taking notes. I really like the GUI and I feel that Maxwell stuck to Chaos by coming out with this plug-in before they could release a new V-ray for SketchUp plug-in. I sometimes feel like I am using an old program from 1995 when navigating through the V4SU plug-in interface. Unless you have a few years of experience under you belt, you are really adjusting settings and values and hoping for the best. I have said this before and I will say it again, for a $1000 rendering plug-in, V-Ray has got to be able to at least give us something that these other engines are providing in regards to features and UI. I sometimes think that the hefty pricetage pays for the trusted V-Ray name and engine code and thats about it.

did you make sure the specular map is in the perpendicular slot of your fresnel reflection options? If it is in that location, then glossiness will be affected.

You could try the SU Animate forum. http://suanimate.websitetoolbox.com/

Better to use easy free Real Time render like SimLab Composer Lite (max 1920 * 1080) [image: FreeFinal-min.jpg]

Hello, @mirko_585 said: By the way, I have a Sketchup Pro 7 and a VRay 01.5.30. Maybe my wish can only come true on the last VRay versions ? That's it ! Upgrade to the last version (1.49.01) !

If you are copying and pasting between SU windows or loading components, that will often mess up materials (delete all the layers except diffuse) when working in vray. That is a bug currently.

I know that Fernando uses a sphere with a mirror material to help align HDRI images, so maybe its in there for that too. I dont like the Vray sphere because it is pretty low poly. When I need a sphere I use the 3D Shapes Tool plug-in which can be found on SketchUcation.

Here's how I would approach it. model the entire lamp profile and create the object as a revolved shape. the shade should be a simple single plane so you can apply a 2-sided material 3.Go to the Chaos Group youTube page and watch the video on 2-sided material setup. I would use a copper metal material with a noise displacement map to get that hand crafted effect. This may take some time to figure out.

I get this issue all the time with displacement. Sometimes it takes hours to get the thing to start cranking along.

wow.. im getting speachless..