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Thank you Fredo for the advice. I spend a lot of time but could not do that.let me try msphysics...

Bob,

As you have a Mac, could you tell me if the MouseWheel over the timeline does a scrolling of the time?

Also, if you enough track, would Option + MouseWheel scroll the tracks?

Finally, would Command + MouseWheel (or Ctrl + MouseWheel) scale the timeline?

This is relation with a Mac user who has a problem with MouseWheel.

Many thanks

Fredo

Tweak noise threshold (.03-.1 for tests, .005-.01 for finals) and Max subdivs. Switch to v3.6+! Disable 'Retrace' while testing.
Hardware minimum: Latest I7 32gb ram, healthy SSD, gtx1080ti or better.

Hi
I don't think this principle is the general fitting answer and it always depends on the model intention, the camera and lighting options etc. etc.
In principle it is often most intelligent and sufficient to work with a simplified model version of an environment. - by means of suitable real photo texturing material, this can often "fake" the impression of a real situation better than even the most elaborate modelling work - at least as long as it's just the scene background 😉

Exactly like a native SkUp model is 3P perspective, your real photo will always be a suitable 3P perspective! When photographing you can already consider which edges might be useful for you later in SkUp - Useful for photomatching are pictures only then when you can adjust the red and green axes later on.

And only for graphic reasons for example and only if needed:
2P perspective instead is always an "artificial" alienation of the image output above only - this output option is still available in SkUp as well as in any renderer or also later via post pro in any image editor ...

@a2theo said:

The first step to fixing the rendering shown is to balance your lighting with your camera exposure. Right now, the image is quite dark, yet the light source in the upper left is.....

Note: We created a YouTube video that shows the technique for adjusting lighting issues like these. You can take a look at that video here: https://youtu.be/yYZuVpddCgk

Thank you for the suggestions and the time taken.... 😄

I like use a Mix Operator tex in the Diffuse slot with the Occlusion map on top set to Multiply, then of course you put the albedo map in the bottom slot.

Hello all,
I'm having a similar issue for a folding table.
In the case of the doors the animation works perfectly.
What if one door on the left has to turn 90° and the second on the same side has to turn 60°?

In my case I wasn't able to make it work.

Do you have any idea?
I'm not able to upload the file. It's more then 5Mb.

Regards.
Thanks!

Oui je suis d'accord avec toi, il faut bien garder cocher inclure les scènes dans l'animation pour que Batch render comprenne qu'il y a plusieurs scènes. Par contre, il faut désactiver comme je t'ai expliqué. En fait, Batch Render n'aime pas les effets de transitions, de mouvements entre scènes par défaut à Sketchup. Dans l'aide de ChaosGroup, ce n'est pas expliqué.

Yes, that is what proxies are for. I recommend you watch all of Chaos Group's tutorials on their youtube channel. They cover proxy use on their latest webinar concerning setting up an exterior scene from start to finish. She starts with proxies at about 29 minutes in.

Cheers!
GD

As far as the second post processing part, I wouldn't know how well that would go but probably can be done with some brute force.

The first part would be making a successful import of the photo in Sketchup and aligning the vanishing points, getting it in scale etc. Then I would begin drawing lines from a reference corner of the wall, paving etc. to draw in the space and locate the position of the new building. Then I would position the model on those lines.

People do use this for modeling additions or new buildings on a site. The process is the same. You model less of the existing buildings--you are just modeling surfaces and reference lines to get to correct position of your new building.

Those who are into photo realistic rendering probably find it doesn't meet their standards. Those who are doing NPR probably find it hard to blend in an attractive manner.

Here is an example without using renderer but with SU and some PS work. The original existing photo and one example of a new entry design modeled in SU.

SRF Porches 1.png

SRF Porches 3.png

Je me disais qu'une animation faite d'un objet, il suffisait de la Copier / Coller/ Modifier...pour avoir un autre objet animé! 😄

So...?

Sothis.jpg

Quasi perfect! 😉
Maybe for the next release ?

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@headsmess,

A picture or the model would help to understand.

Thanks

Fredo

solved. updated to the latest version of Laubwerk

I place all my vray lights on their own layer and turn the layer off when I don't need it. But come render time, i turn the layer on and i'm good to go.

Hello, i have the same problem, I am sketchup 2018 and Vray 3.6 .
THE PROGRESS BAR 100 % BUT THE FRAME BUFFER RIGHT TOP ICON STILL IN RED ( SHOW 50 ).
IT TAKE CANNOT FINISHED AFTER 15 HRS .
1 FORCE TO STOP . IT SHOW A LOT OF GRAIN .
Please help

Hi Sander,
Unfortunately with the current FlexWidnow component it is not possible to create a window like what you need. We're currently working on a new set of windows/doors (slider,awning,casement,hopper...) and eventually I imagine we'll make something similar to what you need too. You can sign up to our newsletter to be notified when the next components come out.
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