@escapeartist said: Wow! Wonder how good it is? I haven't tried it. (nor do I see myself needing it right now) Thought it was interesting though.

I have a 9600 GT (1Gb ram) and Lumion works pretty fine on it. Certainly not the most modern card of course (and I also have a 32 bit XP - and Lumion is coming out on a 64 bit version soon so I should really upgrade my system and HW as well)

@xrok1 said: seems like your going backwards 1.9 to 1.1 ????? the trailing 0 has no value so you might need to rethink your revision numbering 1.09 to 1.1 might be more appropriate. one would expect ver 1.95 or 2.0 to be next No, the trailing zero has a significance - he's going from 9 to 10 (nine to ten). And application version numbering isn't like normal decimal numbers, the numbers before and after the period is independent. I for instance use versions like 1.4.2 (Major.Minor.Revision) Major number increases in major application changes - like rewrites etc or when there's major compatibility changes. Minor is often increased for new feature additions. Revision is often just bug fixes. There are different practices and norms though.

i know how to overcome this prob.. u juz save the file after u set all the colour n materials. then off the file.. n then open it back.. then u start render using vray. it works for me since i faced the same problem as well bfore.. give it a try.. n good luck!

Guys, I'm creating a library with .IES lighting files for vray 1.48. They are available at: http://cid-b15d752486d2e557.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?resid=B15D752486D2E557!886&authkey=plYvz2uEXnQ%24 For each file I'm creating a preview. For each IES there will be a JPG file, which will demonstrate the effect of light. the number between brackets in the filename represents the power of the light used in vray [image: ColorBlast6_clear%20%5B15.000%5D.jpg?psid=1] [image: ColorBlast6%20%5B15.000%5D.jpg?psid=1] good work!

@aerilius said: I'm also interested in this topic, who knows if there will be an importer plugin (or maybe stellarium can export sky domes?). I think that in Stellarium you can save the sky dome like an image, then you can apply this image like texture to a sky dome model in SU.

oh my! u r super good! thanks alot!

Hi Martin great job with the snapshot thing, thats helpfull. is there a possibility to have Shaderlight run on a "iddle mode" ? on my computer it seems like it's consuming a lot of RAM. therefor, I'd like to run it when not working on SU... in fact I'd like to have both mode : live, and iddle... hope you're fine.

TIG, After your info i tested a lot, and i have the solution. When i make the pipe along path, i must reverse faces, but i forget before that to explode the group. Then the faces are not reversing. So it works now i have learned another lesson today. And FM in Kerkythea means Face Me. But without your answer i would still searching for an answer, so i would like say to you is my thanks.

Yea, you don't normally get sharp shadows with HDRIs. I think I've heard of people who made a blend map for the GI and made a mix with the HDRI and Sun/Sky...

V-Ray doesn't make use of the SketchUp shadow toggle. You mush go to VfSU's Option window and under the Environment section remove the Sun/Sky maps.

@tomsdesk said: Try setting the image transparency to 98%...sure helps my tree png's. Thanks to you both. Tom - im at work so I dont have access to my programs. By transparancy do you mean adjusting it within the transparancy option thats next to the diffuse option within the materials editor in Vray? ie sliding it from white into the black by 2%?

Thanks for the link Jim, the road from faces plugin I will definately get.

I've been having the same problem. I tried lights off, materials overriden, no physical camera, minimal render size, nothing would work. Finally I noticed I had the options set to auto save the render on the server path (which is not my machine). This was working before, but I guess if the ip adress changes(or something network related, I'm not an IT expert) vray just doesn't know where to save the file, and produces this kind of bug. No error message, no log entry, nothing besides a black render which is proccessed extremely fast. I guess this may not be the only cause, but it worked fine with me. Hope it helps. Cheers!

We have a built in plugin for Ivy now... Let me find it. Here it is... http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36882

My set of soft I usually use: Unfold3D - Very nice tool for UV mapping. Funny, when I tried to find a link to it's offical site I relized that now it's called RizomUV, but I use Unfold V10 Artec Studio - As I use a 3d scanner I need a software for it. Really great to use but damn resource intensive. Substance Painter - Tried differen texturing software - ended up with Substance. Marmoset Toolbag - I use it as finakl render, and sometimes for baking normals. In sone cases it gives the best results..

I think my conclusion is that I won't bother to hook up all the machines to mess with the BIOS for this. cheers.