please find my skp file in attach

Untitled.skp

I would do this using Curviloft by Fredo. That way you can easily control all the cross sections, contours etc and let the plugin do the work for you.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28586

http://www.vraymaterials.co.uk/product/old-copper-vray-material/

Seems to hit the mark

@peerman said:

For a studio environment you can use an HDRI with a studio image. There is also the vray express installer which has studio environments for Sketchup. It gives you components with standard light setups and studiomodels. You can find it in the download section on the chaosgroup website (you have to log in). For some free HDRIs you can google. I have found this one.. http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-2-103458406 Maybe there's something for you in it.

Best

Thanks a ton for enlightening me about something sooooooooo amazing that I never knew! I was blown away by such HDRI envrinments! Seriously WOWWWWW!

I'll surely try them out and post the renders here. I don't have have appropriate words to express my excitement and gratitude for this link. Thank you so much. 😄 😄 😄 😄 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

Why not use the free Visualizer? 😉

why_no2t.jpg

@rspierenburg said:

Try increasing the "Normal Threshold" in the toon material.

That made it! Thanks a lot. I set it to 0.99

Hi, what are your settings for the background? Is it from the vray sun or do you use a domelight for the background? If you use a domelight make sure in the options to check the reflection on.

Best,

Or maybe use a blend material? With material A being the tile material and the B material a procedural noise for instance. Haven't experimented with it yet.

Best,

@andybot said:

@john2 said:

How do I enable material override?

In your Vray options editor - There's a checkbox in the "Global Switches" section

Oh! I see. Thanks for the useful tip! 😄

@deftig said:

Is there no other way to make the 2013 do as I want? Or do I need to try again with a higher version of sk?

with a scene of nearly 200MB, I don't see any easy way around the memory issue. Can you try installing 2016 Make version and only vray 2.0 for SU and see how it goes. I would completely uninstall vray before starting on the new install.

You can ignore this post, I just found a solution.
I copy pasted the whole model in a new Sketchup file.
I guess this removes unused materials.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=322%26amp;t=41046

Can you post screenshots of the Material Panels for the material in question?