some very old vismats might not have the texture in the diffuse slot. I recall issues like that going from 1.0 to 1.5. Make sure the vismats you are using are more current (If they are that old, then you may be better off re-building the material from scratch with the maps that are provided)

It took all of us a long time of reading and playing to figure them all out. Once you understand, it will be like a whole new world. Here are some resources. http://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/VRAY2SKETCHUP/V-Ray+2.0+for+SketchUp+Help http://francescolegrenzi.com/blog/static.php?page=vray_guide_eng http://www.youtube.com

Make sure all installations of V-Ray for SketchUp are using the same version, including DR Spawners that you installed to render nodes.

@unknownuser said: Animating with a simple Sketchup animation and then pausing for a detailed rendered view of the building I prefer when this method is used to show off detail. I also like the break in the animation that it provides. I often get dizzy watching video that is perpetually moving. The break helps to punctuate, break the monotony and prepare the pallet for the next moving scene.

I would export a low res draft version before running a final, but no, there is no way to preview a VRay animation in SketchUp.

I just don't get why people use refraction on window glass? Maybe someone can school me on it. I prefer to use thin cheat glass- single pane, just reflection with 100% transparent black or a little less if you want coloration. Refraction seems like something you really only need when rendering, let's say, a glass vase or something like that, no?

nope, not available yet. Not sure if it ever will be either, because a vrmesh could come from any product, and could have a poly count beyond what SketchUp can handle.

On the Rhino forum there's a file you can run called Holomark2 that spits out a data sheet when it's complete showing all of the components of your computer and how well they performed with a total score at the top. Real useful. It's Rhino specific, not V-Ray specific but it nonetheless provides real valuable information. Would be great to have something like that here. Encouraged me to think my next computer is going to be a i7-4790 w/ a GTX-970

Yes, I got one to DL correctly. Very nice! Thanks for the link!

What version of V-Ray for Sketchup are you using? Window->Preferences->Extensions and then click on V-Ray for SketchUp. You should see the version number listed in the details at the bottom of the window.

Don't use proxies, work directly with the geometry. Create your shape, then subdivide it, look at it then Undo and retouch it, then subdivide until you are happy with the result. If you are afraid of bugsplats, just copy the not subdivided geometry nearby once in a while.

I uninstalled Sketchup 2015 and vray. Ran Ccleaner, cleaned my registry using ccleaner. Then installed both the software. Now everything is fine. I should have waited instead of posting my problems here.

@chon said: Nobody from Chaos to answer ? ::crosses arms:: This isn't even our forum! @chon said: First of all, why in the V2.XX, VRayForSU assigns material color IDs automatically by default ? I think it was more useful with one ID color (black) by default and manually assigning Color IDs on materials we just wanted to... Someone requested random ID colors, but I agree, there should be a way to disable it.

...the same thing happened to us (in the company where I work) recently, shortly before we switched to SU2019 Pro. Not even our professionals from the IT department got VRay to run, although the demo clock started ticking anyway. At the end of the demo period, we all couldn't even test VRay for 5 minutes - too bad! I'm not very skilled in installation routines myself, but the activation process seemed to me to be unnecessarily complicated - as i said, just my impression...

Just because you can import a PSD into SU doesnt mean you should. I have had awful results with this.

please contact support@chaosgroup.com. Our support guys should be able to step you through this.

@jason_maranto said: With or without -- however it should be obvious that without Realflow some of the things that could make a more realistic sea (like foam maps and sea spray) will not be possible. Maxwell sea simply does the waves as you can see clearly in the documentation I linked. You're right - it is "obvious", however I am happy with this; thank you for your help. kind regards Chris

That should be working with the latest service release...

Great, thanks! I´ll check that out now.