[Solved]Shadows acting funky

hellnbak

Well, thanks again. And thanks to everyone who offered their advice and suggestions.

Rich O Brien

You need to set a template that uses as little resources as possible. Add eye-candy for export

hellnbak

@rich o brien said:

You need to set a template that uses as little resources as possible. Add eye-candy for export

Actually the computer I built a year or so ago seems to handle everything pretty well. Once in a while when moving a model the textures blank out for a few seconds, but if I run Purge (the plugin) it takes care of that. I've always wondered why Purge does that, even when nothing is actually purged. But then I also wonder how bread becomes toast

Rich O Brien

Because it handles does not make it necessary. My modeling template/style is minus all the fluff that makes output look nice.

andybot

don't know why, but if I just change the saturation value by 1 step, and then change it back, it works fine. (for example color_A16 is H:169 - if I change it to 170 and back to 169, the shadows appear)

edit: works in any of the HSB, RGB, HLS modes with any number. didn't try the color wheel as there's no direct # control)

edit again: wow, didn't see all the info from thomthom (while I was slowly multitasking ) - pretty sweet.

Rich O Brien

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2011/10/speed-up-sketchup-use-fast-styles.html

hellnbak

@rich o brien said:

Because it handles does not make it necessary. My modeling template/style is minus all the fluff that makes output look nice.

I'm interested, could you explain this a bit?

hellnbak

Thanks Rich, some good information there, although the only one that applies to me is transparencies and I only use them for windshields. I do use Hidden Geometry a lot but I use a hot key to toggle it on and off as needed. Also, although I rarely use Scenes, I never noticed the options in Scene Properties, that could be very useful in the future.

BTW, how the heck do I mark this thread as "SOLVED"? (didn't know I was supposed to do that until recently)