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    • david_hD Offline
      david_h
      last edited by

      This would make a fun speed challenge. . .

      Rubik's. . .. Whatever

      The Rubik's Pencil
      The Rubik's Car
      The Rubik's Refrigerator
      The Rubik's House. . .
      πŸ’š

      If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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        d12dozr
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        Thanks guys...Rocky, my thoughts exactly πŸ˜„

        David, have you seen this? Google's logo in Rubik's cubes...
        YouTube - Rubik's Cubes Galore!

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        • david_hD Offline
          david_h
          last edited by

          somebody has way tooo much time on his hands. πŸ˜†

          If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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            SketchUpNoobie
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            This would make a fun speed challenge. . .

            Rubik's. . .. Whatever

            The Rubik's Pencil
            The Rubik's Car
            The Rubik's Refrigerator
            The Rubik's House. . .
            πŸ’š

            I might actually join in on this one. I would fail but I need some practice.

            --

            SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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              guzman tierno
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              I really like your model and rendering.

              I made a simple model for the SpeedSolving.com Forum
              and I would like to add some rendering effects
              but I never used a render.
              Do you have any suggestions ? ...
              here's the model.

              thank you.
              guzman.

              I also like the idea of Rubik Whatever for the speed modeling challenge πŸ˜„

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                d12dozr
                last edited by

                Thanks Guzman. Your model is nice too, rendering would definitely improve it for use as a banner.

                Re: rendering suggestions, I use Twilight Render ($99 USD, but the demo is free), it doesn't get any easier to render in Sketchup than that. If you want a free rendering program, you might try Kerkythea(Twilight's big brother).

                ...OR...since its a 'fun' project for you, maybe we could make it a 'Render This' challenge? That would give you some good ideas help you get started rendering.

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
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                  🀣Capture.PNG

                  TIG

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                    d12dozr
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                    @guzman tierno said:

                    btw: does it accept skp files or do I have to convert them somehow?

                    It works inside Sketchup as a plugin, no conversion necessary.

                    @guzman tierno said:

                    That would be great ...
                    and ... if you come up with a nice result we could show the banner to
                    the SpeedSolving forum, I'm not interested in beeing the only author of the banner.

                    I was also thinking if the reflection effects of your rendering would fit in the banner ... I'm a total noob in this area.

                    Yes, the reflections would be in the banner, I'll see if Pete/Solo will set up a challenge πŸ˜„

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                      guzman tierno
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                      Thanks for your suggestions Marcus,

                      I'm gonna try the free version of Twilight,
                      hope I'll understand the settings ...
                      btw: does it accept skp files or do I have to convert them somehow?

                      @d12dozr said:

                      since its a 'fun' project for you, maybe we could make it a 'Render This' challenge? That would give you some good ideas help you get started rendering.

                      That would be great ...
                      and ... if you come up with a nice result we could show the banner to
                      the SpeedSolving forum, I'm not interested in beeing the only author of the banner.

                      I was also thinking if the reflection effects of your rendering would fit in the banner ... I'm a total noob in this area.

                      @TIG: πŸ˜„
                      There are lots of people that actually build the 1x1x1 Rubik Cube, just to complete the collection. But a true Rubik fan would argue that yours 1x1x1 Rubik cube has the wrong color scheme (green is not adjacent to blue in the standard color scheme) πŸ˜„

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                        guzman tierno
                        last edited by

                        @d12dozr said:

                        It works inside Sketchup as a plugin, no conversion necessary.

                        Yeah, thanks, I've downloaded it and added it to sketchup.
                        I'm trying to figure out how to use it ... so many options!
                        (I've also downloaded the manual).

                        Also: sorry, I dind't mean to hijack your thread
                        but I thought it was the right place to ask about renderings of a rubik cube. πŸ˜„

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                          guzman tierno
                          last edited by

                          I've succeeded in creating my first rendering
                          (of course it's not good at all, but at least it worked).

                          One problem I see is the fact that the grid in my model is made only by edges
                          and therefore the grid disappears in the render. Probably I should have done the black narrow stripes of the grid with narrow faces ...

                          thanks again for your suggestions.

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                            d12dozr
                            last edited by

                            @guzman tierno said:

                            One problem I see is the fact that the grid in my model is made only by edges
                            and therefore the grid disappears in the render. Probably I should have done the black narrow stripes of the grid with narrow faces ...

                            You can also export a Hidden Line view from Sketchup with the same view as the render, and overlay it in Photoshop (or similar software) using 'Screen' to allow only the black lines show.

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                              d12dozr
                              last edited by

                              Guzman,

                              Solo has set up a 'Render This' challenge here. Hopefully this will help you get started rendering and give you some more ideas πŸ˜„

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                                guzman tierno
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                                @d12dozr said:

                                You can also export a Hidden Line view from Sketchup with the same view as the render, and overlay it in Photoshop (or similar software) using 'Screen' to allow only the black lines show.

                                Thank you, I didn't thought about that possibility,
                                it doesn't look to difficult to do. I'm gonna try.

                                @d12dozr said:

                                Solo has set up a 'Render This' challenge here. Hopefully this will help you get started rendering and give you some more ideas πŸ˜„

                                That's awesome, Thank you.

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