I have the same problem too, usually when the model becomes heavy. What I do is to click OK and render again and usually it starts render with no problem, and if it freezes the SU the just restart it. That bug is a pain in the ass.

Oh, ok thanks for the tip.

thank you:)

Thanks Solo. We know that this can all be done from PhotoShop, but it is neat to be able to do it directly from SketchUp. In addition to the obvious use for IRender nXt users. We are interested in whether this would be of any value to SketchUp users who just want to put an image behind a SketchUp model.

Chris, Thomthom, Yes thats a great idea to post the luca files / models! Just finishing off an update for the LightUp Player/Webplayers, so it will be a few days. Adam

Do you have Google http://www.noliturbare.com/convert/plt-to-dxf http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com/2005/09/convert-plt-to-dwgdxf.html http://www.cad-2.com/plt2dwg.htm http://www.pltviewer.com/plt-to-dxf-converter.html

valerostudio.. i think its ok.. i love the text hehehe. as for the other types of material, i think i have to reworked the post.. into squarish... you know so its easy for mapping

Hi, Solo: This is really appreciated. An excellent reference thread to be cited when the questions arise.

Please see this topic: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=37621&p=332148&hilit=render+choice#p332148

@andybot said: try importing/ copying with the vray plugin turned off. Sometimes works for me. Whoa! Works for me too I would have never hit on this idea. Thanks again. -- Marcel

Oh, I'm running sketchup 8 not 7.1 on a Quad Core Q6600 with 4gb RAM and a geforce 8600GT. Although it isn't a great machine it should work out fine with a 40Mb model..

Yup, that's another option too. I have the old subdivide and smooth plugin, and will likely upgrade to artisan when I start playing with SketchUp some more. Right now I'm in Rhino mode though, so I believe this was the first time I've used the subdivide and smooth plugin since 1.49.01 of VfS was released. That test sphere took a lot longer to make than it should have. I'm getting rusty

Hmm, that is tricky. That's the kind of thing you could fake if you were showing to someone who is not familiar with the room. But if its for the person who sleeps in the room every night, its a bit tougher to fake stuff. But, if you are putting in a large mirrored wall where they have none, they do not know exactly what the reflection should look like. So just getting close should work. to get "close" I think you could stand where the wardrobe is planned to go and take a picture looking back towards the base photo. You will probably need a really wide lens - 18mm or so is my guess. I could be wrong though. If you have various lens options, I'd play around with them. And you will probably have to do some image editing on that image as well. It might need to be blended with the backsides of objects you have rendered or something. In other words, this will be an imperfect science.

Like said, KT2OBJ is the pretty much the only way to export from KT to SU. http://web.axelero.hu/karpo/ might also work, but some years ago it did fairly poor job.

right. and learn Max... There's also Modo, Cinema4D, Maya, etc. Definitely depends on how much animation you're doing whether it's worth putting up with vfsu. Also, note that vfsu is limited with animating objects between scenes (as in you can't) In terms of setting up an animation, you can pre-calculate the light cache and the irradiance map. Here's the link to the tutorial I used. http://vray.us/vray_tutorials/vray_tutorial_irradiance_map2.shtml Andy

@vishnureddy331 said: how do i create .vismat files? you can also do pack material in the new Vray 1.49.01. it will be saved as zip file. if you want to share it or save it into another computer with texture on the folder.

By the way the reflection layer can be saved also as seperate channel. then use it in photoshop. so based on the above workflow, what you can do is to just add reflection/ ANother workflow will be this is to add another diffuse color to all your maps (a bit time consuming). This would be your clay color. If you add a new diffuse layer, vray will call it "diffuse1" and it will be place under the original diffuse layer. Now in order to show this color and at the same time retain the UV of the bump and displacement map, you need to put an "A color"(white) to the transparency slot of every original diffuse layers. The reflection and all the layers will still be there. the only thing is all the color that is showing up is your clay color which you used for all your diffuse layers. again a bit time consuming but will achieve what you want. but if you are looking for shortcuts. i dont think there is/

yeah dear solo those are the days.. the days of podium. i still peep podium though and it gone a long way.. I dont know vray attracts me with the balance between speed and quality.. I dont have that much time to wait for my food with unbiased render.. i need your help btw from time to time. hope i can knock on your door my dear friend.

You mean whole the work?it's my design too, so it was kind of"wasting" time on planning decisions or you mean render production?Let's say 35-40 hours all together - planning,modelling,textures mapping,render testing and render production+ Photoshop