Hi everyone. I have a similar problem to hvanessen. My vismat materials are grey, but look fine in the preview. It's set to a Textbitmap in the Diffuse layer too. How do I solve this. It does this with all my vismats. Im using Sketchup 2016 and Vray

thanks guys for the reply.

i watched this video before but was not really what i 'm looking for.
would like the water as transparent but not one single object.

anyway thank you.

@alpro said:

Stinkie, is this what you're looking for?

Certainly is! 👍

Mike, Thomas - thank you.

Front view - but still I really dont know how make picture more realistic

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3019/soustruzenesprdlinky.jpg

start getting some good night backgrounds and making light fixtures good luck

This refer to the new version of VfSU which is still in beta. ASGVis want discussion related to the beta to be contained to their own beta forum. There is a section "VfSU BetaTesting" at http://forum.asgvis.com/index.php?action=forum where all beta questions should be asked. All beta testers should have gotten access to that section. If you are part of the beta but don't have access contact ASGVis to have them sort our your permission.

Updated manual is being written, but won't be ready until the release. Until then ask other beta testers.

I'm locking this thread as VfSU beta discussions should be contained in the ASGVis beta forums.

To render a background you need special 360 degrees background images. But if you don't have that, instead a regular photo, insert the photo into the background afterwards using Photoshop or similar.

Sorry, didn't realise there was a Vray section. Will post there.

Glad to hear it worked out. 👍

search for animation in rhino, long time ago i downloaded a pdf file about animation in rhino and it is totally useful for vfsu just ignore the rhino settings and only follow the vray settings

Thanks Thom, Ill try that in GIMP

No - there is no such button. But there's a very easy work around: set your Sketchup style to black and white with lines only, and export a view from SU, then composite it in your favourite graphic application afterwards.

@thomthom said:

Contact ASGVis support with the model in question. Have them have a look at it.

thanks thom, I'll go ahead and do that.

@kwistenbiebel said:

I had that issue as well some time ago and ended up loading the default.visopt (render settings panel), saving, closing and reopening the file.
That solved it for me.
If it would not work, try to copy /paste in place the whole content into a new file and set things up from scratch....

I hope this helps,

Cheers,
Kwistenbiebel

Kwistenbiebel,

We will try that. We have actually never tried any of the provided default visopts with vray, we have always just ran our own settings. The thing is that, we think this model is cursed, Lol, because have cut this model to pieces. Removing things that we don't need, simply getting the just the bare bones. We have cut and paste into new models at least 3 times and everytime there is always something wrong with the rendering or we just get a bugsplat.

-Steve

Is there a way to save all of the channels for each scene render?

THANKS!

@davidlouis said:

fbo_bern, i'm assuming you're refering to a batch render process. This is what I have to offer on the subject...

Step 1

Window > model info > animation.

1.1. Enable scene transitions
1.2. Set scene transition to 1 second
1.3. Set scene delay to 0 seconds

Step 2

VRay for sketchup render options > Output

2.1 Pick preset or specify output size
2.2 Under the Render Output sub option, enable 'save file' and specify output directory and file type. (VRay can not render out a move file but rather a series of stills which can be combined into an animation in video software if required)
2.3 Under the Animation sub option tick the 'on' box and choose a 'Custom' frame rate specifying the FPS value as 1. This will effectively render out 1 frame per second which when combined with the sketchup settings from Step 1 above will produce 1 frame (still image) per sketchup scene

Hey presto! Batch rendering achieved.

The VRay specific switches could be saved as a visopt file for future quick call up...

Please note: This process has its limits as I have found out through trial and error that any layer visibility or object visibility switches set to occur between sketchup scenes are not effected when VRay works through the scene list whilst changes in sun settings are. This is important to remember if you plan to push a button and automate things overnight as you may come back next morning and be dissappointed.

Further still it seems that the active sketchup scene selected when starting the vray batch render process will set the precedent for the subsequent scenes rendered in terms of layer and object visibility. What this means is that if you start on a scene where an object/layer is hidden, in all subsequent scenes this object/layer will be hidden too and visca versa, despite the sketchup scene settings and switches being correct.

I suspect this is a VRay issue and hopefully is something that will be resolved in the pending new release!

If you don't have any tricky layer/object visibility changes between scenes then this works a treat!

Hope this helps.

@edu1987 said:

@dverger said:

I switched the side and it works

u mean the default sketchup blue side face? cuase yes it gives trouble sometimes

Yes

@fbo_bern said:

okey, sorry.
The error found! One must dye the group and not in the group the individual surface.

That sounds very odd. Never seen that.
But note: with the current version of VffSU, it will take for ever to process your scene before it starts to render if you apply materials to groups/components. So badly, that it's a big no-no to do so.

but that has been fixed in the new beta.

okey, thank you. 👍

Beautiful and atmospheric, I really liked the trees. I seem to recall seeing that library/page whirlwind somewhere before...

Trick to make a scene render more quickly will depend from scene to scene.
If you have a screenshot of your scene and a test render it'd be easier to give specific tips.