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      ScottPara
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      Mr. S,

      I also got it to work fine. I would do a (this is going to hurt) uninstall of both Sketchup and Vray and then do a reinstall. I had this issue with a client I went to see yesturday and after the reinstall of both they got it working. What version of Vray are you using? If it is not the latest I would do the update as well.

      Let me know after that if you are still having issues.

      Scott

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        Mr S
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        Hi,

        I have just noticed that I am using v6.1 (not the latest SR1) of Vray.
        As my trial period has almost expired anyway I will this latest version.
        Sorry for not checking this first.
        But to be honest, these small incremental releases v6.0, v6.1 v6.1 SR1 doesn't help matters much.

        Also, it would be good idea if you got a bit more than 30 days to try and get to grips with this software.
        Does anybody know what the terms, conditions and restrictions are for the "Academic" version?

        Thanks

        Mr S

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          ScottPara
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          It is worth going to SR1. Far more stable and a lot of bug fixes. I am hoping this solves your issue.

          Scott

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            Psyco_BoB
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            Here's a link to the ASGvis materials repository.
            Just remember to re-link the maps to their respective areas.

            http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=47&func=select&id=16

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              EarthMover
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              As a heads up, the Material Studio that you guys are referring to does NOT convert 3DS Max materials to be compatible with Vray for Sketchup. It is for making your own materials as Scott said. ASGvis has put out a Material Converter for this purpose, but this requires you to have a copy of Max on your computer as the conversion is done inside of 3DS. Still with this method, you would only be able to convert those materials that do not have attributes that are not supported in sketchup, i.e. fur, toon, etc. The material converter is here - http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=0&func=search ...and here's a thread with a discussion about how to use the converter and issues users are having, as well as a bunch of successfully converted material. - http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=3190.0

              3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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                Ruturaj
                last edited by

                Hey scottpara

                thats great Man !

                Thanks,
                RuturaJ

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                  GdBTM
                  last edited by

                  hi guys...do you know how i can download materials to use in vray for sketchup?

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                    redot
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                    @unknownuser said:

                    Once you import that material it will also show up in the native Sketchup material editor

                    Thanks Scott,
                    a great tutorial.
                    I can't seem to find the material in the native editor though it shows in the render.
                    Any ideas?
                    Also do you know how to convert png's, jpg's etc into vismat files?
                    Thanks again
                    Ed

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                      ScottPara
                      last edited by

                      Ed,

                      I would suggest reviewing the manual first and then go to the argvis website and review the tutorials there. It is a general question you asked and can take a good deal of time to explain. It is actually better to go through the tutorials and that way you will pick it up much quicker. I am not trying to dodge your question but this is something better learned hands on. If you still have questions let me know and I will see what I can do.

                      Scott

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                        redot
                        last edited by

                        Will do.
                        Cheers

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                          alexandre sk
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                          i also have to create my owns, but the most are terrible.

                          i think this community is the perfect place to have a databank of vray for sketckup materials( .vismats ).

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                            raddern
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                            Hi, can someone help me please, I am using SketchUp 7.1 with the latest version of V-ray on a Mac 10.6.2 and every time I tried to use the material editor, SketchUp just quits. Even with vismat or jpg image by creating v-ray material in the material editor it quits and also when using the bump and displacement the same thing happens. Any ideas please.

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                              ScottPara
                              last edited by

                              I am not sure that sounds like a material editor issue. Sounds more like an installation problem. Have you uninstalled and then reinstalled Vray? Have you contacted Vray support with your issue. They are good about getting back to you.

                              Scott

                              Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                                raddern
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                                Thanks, I have not tried that yet but I have contacted them over a week and I am still waiting on them. Everything works, it renders and all the other parameters works fine. It only happens when am trying to import v-ray materials in to the materials editor and I don't know why.
                                Thank you.

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                                  remus
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                                  Raddern, please dont post the same question multiple times. Nobody is more likely to answer your question because youve posted it 10 times.

                                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                    raddern
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                                    That was not my intension and its the first time am using forum. I taught people are in to different topics and I am just trying to get help that all. Any way I tried the uninstall and reinstall but the same things happens, thanks.

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                                      dkendig
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                                      @raddern said:

                                      Hi, can someone help me please, I am using SketchUp 7.1 with the latest version of V-ray on a Mac 10.6.2 and every time I tried to use the material editor, SketchUp just quits. Even with vismat or jpg image by creating v-ray material in the material editor it quits and also when using the bump and displacement the same thing happens. Any ideas please.

                                      You said "every time I tried to use the material editor, SketchUp just quits". What do you mean by "use"? Are you opening the material editor? Are you rendering a material preview? Are you clicking on a material? Are you importing a material? Are you creating a material? Are you modifying a material? Are you editing a texture? Are you adding a texture? Are you removing a texture? Are you using a specific override map or setting? What are you doing? If the rest of your post was supposed to explain that, then I apologize for not being able to understand anything you're saying. We would like to help though, if we can. You said you tried to contact us about the issue, and you waited a week? How did you contact us? We don't use our forum as a point of contact. Email support@asgvis.com if you want us to answer you.

                                      Devin Kendig
                                      Developer

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                                        raddern
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                                        Hi, There were actually some issues with the new version of V-Ray after my last communication with the support team. I sent them the vistmat materials, they tried them and same thing happens, so they said they needed to do a patch. The issue was the importing of the vistmat materials that causes the problems.

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                                          Kaczor
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                                          Hello everybody. I'm looking for sample scene with globe to render sample of material (example 1, example 2). I couldn't find it anywhere.

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                                            thomthom
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                                            I believe that they are Rhino scenes. Think I remember seeing a reference to it in the Rhino section over at ASGVis.

                                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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