Thea Render

Chris Fullmer

I had a problem with the exporter not working. Turned out it was a plugin conflict. For me it was one of the sun position plugins. I would recommend removing all other plugins and see if that fixes it.

Chris

Chris Fullmer

Did you read my post Modelhead? I did have your exact same problem on a PC...

david_h

Question. . .

in making the purchase. . .do we buy the license at 158 Euros PLUS the plugin for SU at 19?

it's okay, I just need to know what I need to get it going.

Thanks.

D

dale

David
Yes you will require both if you want to export directly from SketchUp.

Chris Fullmer

Thea is lots of fun once you get the hang of it. Then there's just all the basic rendering stuff to learn with materials - that's the stuff I really lack. I don't have a solid understanding of IOR, Fresnel, absorption, on and on. But thea is lots of fun. I've had some really encouraging success with it rather quickly.

dale

Fresnel? Isn't that in California?

The manual is supposed to be coming with the release, as are more tutorials, but the response to questions on the forum is excellent, so please ask away (so that I quit looking so dumb )

david_h

I downloaded everything to give a test drive. .. but If I am going to buy i gotta do it in a week cuz the price goes up. Not a lot of time here. But I was so blown away by what Pete and others showed in Boulder that I am pretty sure I am going to go for it.

Anyway, I can't seem to find the User manual page on the thea website. can anyone help me out?

D

dedmin

It is inside Thea's installation directory - Manual.pdf

david_h

Ah yes. . I see that now.

Duh

Thank you.

david_h

okay. . .so I got this thea desktop thing open and I am looking at it.

scares me to death!

It's okay though. I will get this. Just gotta read the book. (dammit )

One thing. . .when I opened SU, i got a warning . .. i didn't know I did anything wrong when I downloaded the plugin. Any ideas? I assumed the plugin would install automatically where it was supposed to go. Is that not the case?

dedmin

I got the same - just reinstall the plugin.

david_h

thanks. I will do that of course. ..but that begs the larger question...

Im still scared to death of this thing!

Frederik

@unknownuser said:

Im still scared to death of this thing!

Relax...
When you hit the Start render button it won't hurt and you shouldn't feel a thing...

david_h

I started reading the manual last night. . .a gripping,riveting Page turner. .. .couldn't put it down!

Hey I can do this.

olishea

great result!

david_h

Well. .. I took the plunge and made the purchase. Pretty much without giving it much of a test drive. . .mostly on the say so and talents of guys like Pete, Oli and others. Had to get it done before the price went up.

Note to Thea Gods. . .Thanks for the price discount extension.

I'm a little nervous--still wasn't that cheap. .. I'm wringing my hands a bit. (sigh) But . . .I'm okay about it. I'm good. (big sigh! nervouse laugh)

It's not like buying a car pretty much sight unseen. . .and I've done that too.

So. .. here we go. .. I am now a Thea guy. Now I just need to learn the darn thing!

dale

David
You will really enjoy Thea.
I don't pick things up at the blazing speed I see others doing here, and Thea is full studio renderer, not an integrated one, so there are things to learn.
But the basics, which will do renderings that will drop your jaw, are as simple as exporting your SketchUp model via Tomasz's excellent plug in, and pushing the button. A lot of SketchUp materials render exceptionally well (you will probably want to change your glass materials for Thin Glass though), but once you start playing with the material editor you will be hooked.
The contribution to the materials section of the Thea Forum is amazing. Check out DallasRT's textures.
I'm just learning, but if you post your questions either here or on the Thea Forum, and I will help where I can.
Welcome aboard.

Vicspa

I just came onboard with Thea, but my better and faster computer won't boot up, yeah what a bummer.
But I'm looking at all the tutorials.

david_h

@unknownuser said:

SketchUp model via Tomasz's excellent plug in

See!!!! That's what I am talkin' about. Tomas has a great plugin! who knew? Where to get it?

I know! I will search the forum. .. unless one of you guys want to link me directly to it.

Gaieus

Well, sticky in the SU subdirectory on the Thea forums:
http://www.thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=4029

also top site menu bar > Downloads > SU Plugin:
http://www.thearender.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=46