@thomthom said: There is a patch coming out soon that should be sorting out the problems the initial release had. Cool.

Make a greyscale mask of where you want the reflection - white means 100% reflection, black means 0%. Add it to the Perpendicular slot of a Fresnel map in the reflection layer.

This Autodesk project holded another name before : Cooper, or something like that. I tested it a few month ago when it was still a beta, and It's really similar to Layout. During the beta, the soft was a bit slow and all options were not available, but ats this time, the soft was already nice. I'll try it again.

Thanks a lot for your help.

@thomthom said: Whether I render or use Sketchy output all depends on the stage of the projects. We find that rendering realistic images too early on in the project get people too caught up in details that are yet not determined nor important. I strongly agree.

Are these for 1.05.03 or new version or they work for both?

Thanks for the heads-up. There was another user with some (probably/maybe) related problem over the Help Forums. I also "updated" the topic there with your info.

Hi guys, not sure what I'm doing wrong here with this resynthesizer plugin... 2012-02-09_1355.swf For some reason it is not finding the adjacent content; rather the trees!!!

There shouldnt be a problem with softening edges in indigo, not sure what the issue si though, have to have a look at that pic when you post it.

The winners are in. Take a look at the 3D printed models on our blog or facebook album.

Cararra does nice volumetric lighting too. Bonsai3D's rederzone too.

Hi Stinkie, I have been looking at a program called ARC+ in the past few weeks. http://www.arc-techno.com Go to the video examples to se it in action. It is as close as you will get to the workflow that SU provides and seems quite reasonable. Also, the two guys I have been in contact with from arc-tecno have been very good to deal with as well as one of their resellers in teh Netherlands, Stefan. Have a look at these short videos on Stefans website. http://www.cadez.eu/video/ Audio is a little annoying so turn off the volume if you want..... Seems very intuitive though!!

Hi Lapis Lazuli, Install kerkythea in applications folder, exec file is called kertkythea. You might not be able to launch the program if you do not have X11 already installed make sure you have it, it should work.

So many great 3D modelers...so little time

@avg said: Thanks for getting back back to me. I think i got muddled up with my terminology but it should have been as you mentioned below 'Vray for Sketchup 6' not 'Vray Sketchup 6'. No - what I mean is that the version number comes in a numerical format, like 1.05.30 or 1.44.66. 'Vray for Sketchup 6' or 'Vray Sketchup 6' simply refer for what version of Sketchup the installer was made for - but is no indication of the version number of V-Ray.

This would indeed be useful. I use the Extrude Lines by Vector tool to create my own drawing planes all the time to avoid snapping to unwanted points. Since we can't turn off inference, then we need something to shield the drawing tool from snapping to what's beneath the reference plane.

@charly2008 said: Hi Frederik, I can't contradict you. Everything I have learned about SketchUp and other programs I have from books and mostly from Video tutorials and diligent practice. Often I hear myself say: damn, that must still work somehow. My mistake is that I'm sometimes too impatient. Thanks for your suggestions. The Manual to Thea, I had completely overlooked. Karl If you like video tutorials, there are some basic tutorials available for Thea. Take a look also on "How do I...?" forum.