Rubik's Pencil

d12dozr

Thanks guys...Rocky, my thoughts exactly

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

david_h

somebody has way tooo much time on his hands.

SketchUpNoobie

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. . .

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

guzman tierno

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

d12dozr

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.

TIG

d12dozr

@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

guzman tierno

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:
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)

guzman tierno

@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.

guzman tierno

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.

d12dozr

@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.

d12dozr

Guzman,

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

guzman tierno

@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

That's awesome, Thank you.