Simply creating an emitting material could do the trick. Replace glass of the lights with this material. Maybe that helps? Regards,

what are the relative screen resolutions? size matters...

@gus r said: I am not aware of being able to use any source textures with the Poliigon generator. Another option might be Architextures where you can upload a source texture. I created some textures there yesterday and uploaded some that I required. You can add textures. Not sure how many. You can generate a basic diffuse or color map and a black and white bmp. I like to create a normal map using the Nvidia Texture Tools. That's for rendering. It's $5.95/month. Thanks for this tip. This seems like a perfect solution for my purpose. I just assigned for this at least for a month. @rich o brien said: This is quite good for a free alternative to node based procedural material creation... https://www.materialmaker.org/ I will also check the Material Maker. After a quick test this seems to be really comprehensive tool but it takes quite some time to learn to use it. I tested quickly some basic templates but even those included so many inputs/outputs that I got totally confused.

Version of SU? Version of V-Ray? Sounds like an old bug from the 1.7 beta.

The updated version just released seems a bit different than sneakpeak. anyway I can contribute to feedbacks?

If you are a paid user, you also have access to the express tools in the downloads section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T1p8n_MQog

You must have 2 different versions of VRay though because SU8 is 32 bit and 2015 is 64, right? I wouldnt mix versions like this. Stick with one or you are asking for trouble in my opinion.

Oy, a bug! Glad I could help. Hope it gets fixed soon. @tedvitale_cg said: Unfortunately, you sir, have found a bug. I've logged the issue and it will eventually be resolved in future versions of V-Ray For SketchUp. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

We just released a new version of AmbientOcclusion, you can get it here: http://www.ambientocclusion-sketchup.com This new version adds rendering directly inside the SketchUp viewport. https://www.youtube.com/v/Rst3-SoYAvA

Yeah, hard to give you a good answer... I have tried many sketchup renders : kerkythea, podium, maxwell, twilight, lumion, v-ray... They are all fine, but i prefer v-ray. I have the feeling that i can more control my architectural renders. But parameters are complex. Podium and Kerkythea are easier to handle. Besides, Kerkythea is free.

A way to quickly cheat if the terrain clipper tool doesn't work, is to lift one surface off of the other by a half inch or so. At that distance and scale you shouldn't be able to see the edge either.

Yet again V-ray loaded model and MSWindows gives this message, for the 1st time ever. Even if with 16GB of RAM and 3D model using only 3GBs. While building raycaster accelerator the computer freezes and mouse cursor moves very hard. No displacements, totally cleaned model, purged and with synced materials and maps. Any sollution to this? Later edit: Solved it. It's just the model management wrong. Had to hide some components that were invisible on this scene, the second floor and some plants on there right that are visible in another scene. Thanks in advance! [image: 8Pt6_vraymemoryfailure_3.jpg]

@pilou said: Works only with Chrome! I just opened the link in IE, seems to work fine... @krisidious said: There was an April fools joke a while back done with this... You messin around JuJu? I clearly missed that then, but this is legit so far as I can tell...

Yes, I have it.

@valerostudio said: There is no magic button. You have to light a scene the way you would in real life. Fixtures with IES lights, windows letting in sunlight, maybe you even setup a few rectangular lights behind your camera as additional lighting, the same way a photographer would. http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2013/03/how-to-mix-light-sources-to-warm-interior-photo http://www.cg-blog.com/index.php/2012/09/04/living-light-balance.htm I like the clear and simple way how you have expressed this. Your three sentences should be the introduction for each lighting chapter of any Render Tool. However, I would like such a "magic button"

Do not unplug the dongle while you're rendering. V-Ray will loose the License and most likely drop the render mid way through. [image: 1CBV_1625933.jpg]

How did you do it? I've got the same issues like yours.

Thank you all for your input. Very Helpful...