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    • pmolsonP Offline
      pmolson
      last edited by

      Hi Gene,
      Thanks.

      They are not quite that fast. The trusses on the main house were set a week previous.
      The trusses for the bus garage (yes it has an attached garage sized to park a bus) were
      being set the the day I posted. That area is out of view to the right.

      I am currently using Archicad for construction documents. It is a BIM program, but we
      don't use it that way. It has pretty much become an expensive 2d drafting program for us.

      The model image was rendered with Podium and the plants & trees are part of the "stuff" that comes with
      that application.

      Prior to working for my current employer I used Chief Architect and loved it. I Still have the program
      and use it for my own stuff occasionally.

      We have actually started using sketchup models to generate scaled elevations which we then export
      into our cad program for working drawings. A little clean up and they are good to go.

      If you have the premium content with Chief you should have a gazzilion nice trees that can be brought
      into su and converted into face me components.

      Thanks for your comments and questions.

      p

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        pmolson
        last edited by

        Updated construction progress images.

        Plus a little lesson learned.
        If you look at the entry rendering at the begining of this thread you will see a nice smooth flat ceiling.
        During the design process this was changed to a mdo and batten ceiling. The Home owner was part of that
        process & signed of on it, but only remembers the flat look from the rendering
        and is a bit bent out of shape that he will have to pay a bit
        extra for the flat no seam ceiling.

        This is a minor deal this time, but it could have been something major.
        From now on I need to be very clear with clients if the rendering/model
        is being used as concept only. Selective memory is a dangerous thing.

        attachment=0]rear1100.jpg[/attachment]windows in


        rear

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        • J Offline
          JHuman
          last edited by

          Looking good, somewhat resembles FLW's work. One question, are they really going to build the roof that way over the garage? Looks like some drainage problems in the near future.

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            pmolson
            last edited by

            @jhuman said:

            Looking good, somewhat resembles FLW's work. One question, are they really going to build the roof that way over the garage? Looks like some drainage problems in the near future.

            Thanks for the comment and observation JHUMAN.

            Good Catch. This was an early massing model and adjustments were
            made to have the hips meet. Here is how it was built.how it was done

            In the true spirit of FLW we could have left the flat spot and embraced the resulting leak. πŸ˜†

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              Fletch
              last edited by

              thanks for sharing...
              I assume you are posting because you want suggestions for future improvement?
              If so... did you notice that your lights shine up on themselves in the entry rendering?

              Fletch
              Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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              • pmolsonP Offline
                pmolson
                last edited by

                Hi Fletch, I always welcome advice & or constructive critisism.

                The way I interprate the lights is that they are casting light
                out to the sides. I am sitting in my living room right now and
                the ceiling light is on and casts light out to the sides as well
                as down.

                Do think they should cast more down than out? That probably is true
                in that they are recessed fixtures.

                The primary purpose of this post as well as the other posts in my home
                series was not to show off my skills, but just to show an example of how
                our company uses sketch up in the real world and hoping others would
                post some of their own real world projects.

                Anyway, thanks for the suggestion and I would appreciate it if you would
                expand a little on what you think the light should do.

                Thanks

                Paul

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                • J Offline
                  JHuman
                  last edited by

                  Here is one of many projects in SketchUp but this being the most recent. The model and rendering was done in one afternoon to meet a deadline by the client which is why some of the lighting isn't that great. The final product between the two came out pretty close.

                  http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4529667646_09e72510c4_o.jpg

                  http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4328097388_e965e72c64_b.jpg

                  http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4328097516_1b02fecccc_b.jpg

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                  • pmolsonP Offline
                    pmolson
                    last edited by

                    Jhuman,

                    Nice job for such a limited time table!
                    The beauty of sketch up is the ability to relatively quickly put your client in the space. Even if
                    there is not time or money for a full blown presentation it can still make a powerful impression on
                    clients.
                    Please tell me that the second & third images are as builts not renders.
                    Nice design! Thanks for sharing some of your work.

                    What rendering program are you using?

                    p

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                    • dermotcollD Offline
                      dermotcoll
                      last edited by

                      JHuman. That is an excellent representation of the final job. I have used the split level island design myself. Only crit on the render is the direction of the woodgrain in the table top. Looks fantastic otherwise. πŸ‘

                      When you burn your arse - you gotta sit on the blisters!!

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                      • J Offline
                        JHuman
                        last edited by

                        PMolson and Dermotcoll, thanks for the comments!

                        @pmolson said:

                        In the true spirit of FLW we could have left the flat spot and embraced the resulting leak.

                        You could be famous! It would be like another Falling Water...

                        I used VRay for the rendering, thats the only rendering software I know anymore since I dont do as much rendering anymore. I have a bunch of other images I will hunt down and post.

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                          solo
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                          Great renders mate, the second and third are excellent, the first one has a little texture tiling on the counter top however.

                          http://www.solos-art.com

                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                            pmolson
                            last edited by

                            paul
                            @pmolson said:

                            Please tell me that the second & third images are as builts not renders.

                            @solo said:

                            Great renders mate, the second and third are excellent, the first one has a little texture tiling on the counter top however.

                            I actually thought the second & third images were photos of the finished product.

                            The manufacturers tag on one of the chairs in the third image is a level of
                            detail I would have not thought of going to.

                            These are renders...? Wow!

                            p

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                              flipya
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                              I'm gona put my money on 'not renders'. Mostly because I can't imagine anyone adding a light to serve as a cameraflash in a render 🀣

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                              • J Offline
                                JHuman
                                last edited by

                                No, images 2 and 3 are photos of the completed project. I really wish I could have rendered the images that well. Someone like Solo or Nomer probably could get that good of an image but not I. thanks for the comments.

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                                • soloS Offline
                                  solo
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Mostly because I can't imagine anyone adding a light to serve as a cameraflash in a render

                                  Did you know that camera flash is possible with Thea render?

                                  I've seen so many awesome renders lately that I can no longer tell real from render. 😳

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

                                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                  • pmolsonP Offline
                                    pmolson
                                    last edited by

                                    I finally got a chance to do an interior!
                                    This client provided me with an opportunity to create an interior scene of their kitchen.

                                    I have played around a little with interiors in the past, but this is my first real
                                    full fledged effort at creating a lifelike interior.

                                    view-1-1100.jpgVIEW-2-1100.jpgview-3-1100.jpg
                                    c&c if you please.

                                    paul

                                    pmolson's HOMES
                                    (Above is a link to other pmolson homes)

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