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    • B Offline
      boo9ie
      last edited by

      Hy, i'm new here, so i appologize if i post in the wrong place.
      My problem is i recently started using vray for sketchup, actually, i'm still learning. As i red the manual for vray, i discovered there is something missing from my program. This might sound stupid, but i don't know if i have vray materials. In the manual it shows that if i right click on a surface, there should be "V-ray for sketchup"...in my model, it does not appear...
      Does this mean i have no materials, or i haven't installed vray properly...i tried to download materials for vray, but i don't know where to copy them..
      please help. Thank you

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        thomthom
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        It is because you are using the first version of VfSU

        Since SR1.0 the menu was not there because all materials are automatically linked.

        When asking questions it'd useful to post what version of VfSU you are using.
        There is the first version, that didn't list any version number.
        SR1.0 - v1.00.74
        SR1.5 - v1.05.30

        And now the latest which is a complete rewrite that provides OSX support:
        v1.48.?? (can't remember exactly what is the latest revision number)

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          thomthom
          last edited by

          I'm sorry - you do NOT have the original version. But you are reading the manual for the original version.

          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            ali64risk
            last edited by

            hi
            i have a question about Displacement...
            please see the attached file by the link below:
            http://www.2shared.com/file/PlBGMQqP/Desktop.html
            it contains vismat material and visopt options which I used in my rendering.
            when I render first skp, the result is the first jpg...
            but when I add a simple plane without Displacement (second skp), the Displacement of first plane is gone (as you can see in second jpg)!
            please tell me what is wrong here?

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              andybot
              last edited by

              @ali64risk said:

              hi
              i have a question about Displacement...
              please see the attached file by the link below:
              http://www.2shared.com/file/PlBGMQqP/Desktop.html
              it contains vismat material and visopt options which I used in my rendering.
              when I render first skp, the result is the first jpg...
              but when I add a simple plane without Displacement (second skp), the Displacement of first plane is gone (as you can see in second jpg)!
              please tell me what is wrong here?

              did you read this post? This may answer your dilemna.
              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=28593

              http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                ali64risk
                last edited by

                thank you Andy...
                my problem solved

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                  ali64risk
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                  hi...
                  i have a problem with vray texture color.
                  I chose a texture in:
                  vray --> material editor --> Diffuse --> texture editor (m) --> textBitmap
                  how can I change the color of texture for vray rendering, like what we do in sketchup rendering in
                  sketchup --> materials --> edit --> color
                  does any one know how I can solve this problem?
                  thank you

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    @ali64risk said:

                    hi...
                    i have a problem with vray texture color.
                    I chose a texture in:
                    vray --> material editor --> Diffuse --> texture editor (m) --> textBitmap
                    how can I change the color of texture for vray rendering, like what we do in sketchup rendering in
                    sketchup --> materials --> edit --> color
                    does any one know how I can solve this problem?
                    thank you

                    Change the colour with an image editor, like PhotoShop or Gimp. VfS doesn't support the colour adjustments in SU.

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      ali64risk
                      last edited by

                      @thomthom said:

                      @ali64risk said:

                      hi...
                      i have a problem with vray texture color.
                      I chose a texture in:
                      vray --> material editor --> Diffuse --> texture editor (m) --> textBitmap
                      how can I change the color of texture for vray rendering, like what we do in sketchup rendering in
                      sketchup --> materials --> edit --> color
                      does any one know how I can solve this problem?
                      thank you

                      Change the colour with an image editor, like PhotoShop or Gimp. VfS doesn't support the colour adjustments in SU.

                      thanx...
                      and one thing more:
                      is there any way for changing textures width and height in vray like what we do in:
                      sketchup --> materials --> edit --> texture
                      (I am using V-Ray 1.48.91 td)

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                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @ali64risk said:

                        is there any way for changing textures width and height in vray like what we do in:

                        You use SketchUp to do that - VfS uses the width and height set in SU.

                        @ali64risk said:

                        (I am using V-Ray 1.48.91 td)

                        Update to the latest - 1.49.01. Lots of bugs are fixed.

                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          ali64risk
                          last edited by

                          @thomthom said:

                          @ali64risk said:

                          is there any way for changing textures width and height in vray like what we do in sketchup?

                          You use SketchUp to do that - VfS uses the width and height set in SU.

                          thank you Thomas...
                          but what you said is exactly my problem

                          I used a material from:
                          Sketchup --> materials --> select --> Colors-Named

                          then:
                          Vray --> material editor --> maps --> bump (or displacement) --> texture editor --> TextBitmap

                          and I chose a texture to bump (displace) the color I had chosen.
                          how I can change the width and height for the bump (displacement) texture?

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                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Add a dummy texture in SketchUp. Just a tiny solid colour texture. It's required for SU to generate mapping data.

                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              ali64risk
                              last edited by

                              Thank you Thomas

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                                valerostudio
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                                You will not be able to convert MAX VRay materials but you can take the diffuse, bump, reflection, etc maps and make your own materials from them. The best resource is the Chaos Group website, but you need to be registered. The other resource out there is http://luzindirecta.org/. I would not use the Material Studio if you are using the latest 1.49.01 version because a few things changed since that studio was created and I think it might be outdated. Can someone else confirm this? Your best bet is to take a few minutes and watch a couple of the videos on Chaos Groups YouTube Channel. You can watch the SU and Rhino videos because the principles are the same.

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                                  ali64risk
                                  last edited by

                                  hi everyone
                                  i started to learn interior rendering with vfs
                                  I need some tips and techniques for how to provide light source and where to place it in closed rooms, and how to show lamps and lights in rooms.
                                  can anyone gives me some related links?

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                                    valerostudio
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm not sure why you are asking this in a materials posting, but as I always say, the tutorials on the Chaos Group YouTube page are worth their weight in gold. Watch all the ones for VR for SketchUp. You will be in good shape after that.
                                    http://www.youtube.com/user/ChaosGroupTV/search?query=sketchup

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                                      ali64risk
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks

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