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    • cottyC Offline
      cotty
      last edited by

      Nice proxy example for the subdivision! πŸ‘

      my SketchUp gallery

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      • HieruH Offline
        Hieru
        last edited by

        Thanks Cotty. The key thing I learned with this model is that it was important to have the steps rotationally offset from the outer shape. I started out with everything running in line and had all sorts of problems.

        Word of warning about the free bed model. It's 200MB monster created with Marvellous Designer, so using it directly in SU is out of the questions - even Blender struggles!

        www.davidhier.co.uk

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        • cheddaC Offline
          chedda
          last edited by

          Looks great Heiru, 200MB bed brrrrrr (shiver) i'll make a proxy !

          Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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          • ElibjrE Offline
            Elibjr
            last edited by

            Really nice work.

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            • jo-keJ Offline
              jo-ke
              last edited by

              @hieru said:

              Word of warning about the free bed model. It's 200MB monster created with Marvellous Designer, so using it directly in SU is out of the questions - even Blender struggles!

              How did you manage that and render it?

              I was just registering there and waiting for the downloadlink.

              ...Always trouble with the filesize in SU....

              http://www.zz7.de

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              • HieruH Offline
                Hieru
                last edited by

                Luckily Thea studio can handle the model just fine (although it's best to put it on a hidden layer whilst navigating and adjusting everything else in a scene).

                The bed model really doesn't' need to be that high-poly, even for close-up shots, but I suspect that's how MD spits out it's models.

                howmanypolys.jpg

                Here are a couple of detail images from the bedroom scene:

                table.jpg
                Clock-Detail.jpg

                www.davidhier.co.uk

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                • holmes1977H Offline
                  holmes1977
                  last edited by

                  @hieru said:

                  Funny thing is that now I've added it to the scene I was working on it's a bit 'blink twice and you'll miss it'....

                  [attachment=0:3edg579e]<!-- ia0 -->Bed.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3edg579e]

                  Everything is modelled in SU except the bed, which is a free giveaway from Umolab. To download the model you have to like their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/UMOLAB/335522076530709

                  PHOTO 😎

                  Exaggeration makes a dull story better.

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                  • jo-keJ Offline
                    jo-ke
                    last edited by

                    Thank you. Nice to know that thea can handle such highpoly models.

                    Me, I resized the model via meshlab, 1.000.000 poly to 20.000 poly and changed the texture size.
                    then it worked fine in SU.


                    bild003kl.jpg


                    bild002kl.jpg

                    http://www.zz7.de

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                    • HieruH Offline
                      Hieru
                      last edited by

                      I didn't know you could do that with Meshlab - I only use it for file conversion. I don't suppose you coud point me in the direction of a tutorial?

                      www.davidhier.co.uk

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                      • jo-keJ Offline
                        jo-ke
                        last edited by

                        oh very easy.

                        import obj to meshlab

                        choose the decimation filter as shown.

                        export as 3ds

                        and import to SU


                        tut1.jpg


                        tut2.jpg

                        http://www.zz7.de

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                        • HieruH Offline
                          Hieru
                          last edited by

                          That's really helpful and much appreciated jo-ke πŸ‘

                          www.davidhier.co.uk

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                          • cheddaC Offline
                            chedda
                            last edited by

                            Excellent tip and they have an osx version !

                            Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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