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      lvl1201
      last edited by

      It is very simple.
      First you set up your scenes in sketchup.
      Scene1 scene2 scene 3 etc
      In some older version of vray the scene 1 will be rendered 2 times in version 1.49.01 this no longer happens.

      In sketchup go to view/animation/settings enable scene transition with 0 seconds.
      And below that put the scene delay to 1 second.

      Now in vray option be sure to have batch render enabled (options/globalsiwtches/batch render)
      Then go to the output section, select render output save and name the file whatever you want, i always use simple things like A,B or C.
      Below select animation on, instead of NTSC select in the frame rate custom, fps=1 and enable the include frame number thingie.

      Yes i want to become an Architect.
      Yes im pretty close to that.

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      • rodrigonotorR
        rodrigonotor
        last edited by

        In sketchup, make the number of scenes what you need to render.

        First. In Menu: View->Animation->settings

        Disable Scene transitions and put scene delay = 1

        http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9763/10092011012339pm.png

        Second. In V-ray->options->Output

        Check the animation On

        http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3866/10092011011639pm.png

        Last. Go to dinner.

        Regards

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        • bagateloB
          bagatelo
          last edited by

          Is not needed to assign on "Save file"? And the option "Batch render"?

          @unknownuser said:

          In sketchup, make the number of scenes what you need to render.

          First. In Menu: View->Animation->settings

          Disable Scene transitions and put scene delay = 1

          http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9763/10092011012339pm.png

          Second. In V-ray->options->Output

          Check the animation On

          http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3866/10092011011639pm.png

          Last. Go to dinner.

          Regards

          While the cat's away, the mice will play

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          • rodrigonotorR
            rodrigonotor
            last edited by

            Sorry. Yep, you have to check the save option and put a name.

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              rendell2009
              last edited by

              how can we play the render animation in SU?

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              • rodrigonotorR
                rodrigonotor
                last edited by

                Menu->View->Animation->Play

                http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8482/12112011070011pm.jpg

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                  valerostudio
                  last edited by

                  It sounded like the question was asking about rendering different files and not different scenes of the same file. If this is the case, the answer is no. You cannot setup renderings for different files to batch.

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                  • peter_shawP
                    peter_shaw
                    last edited by

                    @valerostudio said:

                    It sounded like the question was asking about rendering different files and not different scenes of the same file. If this is the case, the answer is no. You cannot setup renderings for different files to batch.

                    BUT if you have multiple files, you could merge them to 1 file (copy paste) and do it the way described here, with scenes

                    in addition, u can use something like http://sourceforge.net/projects/shutdown/ to shut down your PC after it finished rendering (use the CPU usage option).

                    btw: this is my first post here, hello! 🎉

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                      davelee100
                      last edited by

                      Am I missing something here?
                      I follow the instructions above but don't know how to actually set the rendering in motion as nothing I try works.
                      I click render and the screen scrolls rapidly through the scene tabs and the frame buffer renders all the scenes one by one but why are the renders not being stored as JPEGs in the folder that I assigned on my hard drive?

                      If I export using sketchups export option I get all the scenes saved as you see them on the sketchup screen but I want the vray rendered images... Can anyone help please?

                      Dave

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                      • andybotA
                        andybot
                        last edited by

                        @davelee: which version of vfsu? Also, is the vray frame buffer window (render window) showing up? If not, can you do a rendering without animation from that file? If you don't see the window, the render isn't happening.

                        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                          davelee100
                          last edited by

                          Hi
                          I am using the latest version for the mac 1.49 i think.
                          The frame buffer shows yes and I see the scenes render one by one on the screen but only on the screen. Shouldn't they save out to my drive?
                          Ill try rendering one scene to disk as per your advice.
                          Thanks

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                          • andybotA
                            andybot
                            last edited by

                            It sounds like the render works fine. You need to make sure in your output option you have an autosave file name specified.

                            http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                              valerostudio
                              last edited by

                              You also have to make sure you have INCLUDE FRAME NUMBER ticked on.
                              Screenshot.JPG

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                              • FlatchoumF
                                Flatchoum
                                last edited by

                                Hello, I don't know wether or not Davelle solved his problem, but I do have the same one, with sketchup 8 and I think the last version of VFSU, but on PC. The batch rendering operates, but doesn't save the picture files anywhere, that's very frustrating. Any idea?

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                                • panixiaP
                                  panixia
                                  last edited by

                                  did you check "enable scene transition" in sketchup animation settings???

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                                  • FlatchoumF
                                    Flatchoum
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes I did, the scenes render, but just don't get saved anywhere...

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                                    • FlatchoumF
                                      Flatchoum
                                      last edited by

                                      HI, still haven't found a solution, except for wacking up every hour last night, change scenes manually, pray and go back to bed...for one hour. I tryed several ways, calculating pictures of 5x5...They always calculate but don't get saved anywhere. I wish I could find a solution before the end of this world, please help!

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                                      • ATLAStudioA
                                        ATLAStudio
                                        last edited by

                                        This tutorial has fairly comprehensive options setup, not sure if it'll solve the issues though as haven't tried animation myself.
                                        http://sketchupvrayresources.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/tutorial-vray-sketchup-animation.html

                                        http://www.atlas-studio.co.uk

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                                        • andybotA
                                          andybot
                                          last edited by

                                          @flatchoum said:

                                          HI, still haven't found a solution, except for wacking up every hour last night, change scenes manually, pray and go back to bed...for one hour. I tryed several ways, calculating pictures of 5x5...They always calculate but don't get saved anywhere. I wish I could find a solution before the end of this world, please help!

                                          Just a simple thing to check - have you specified a file name for your saved images? You have to have autosave enabled so vray can save your images.

                                          http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                            pierreaudouin
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi,
                                            I also had this problem recording.
                                            I did a search in windows and the files were stored in TEMP / vfstextureCache.
                                            I hope you find it!

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