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    Modelling a tramway

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    • jo-keJ Offline
      jo-ke
      last edited by jo-ke

      a model, I was workin on a few years ago in real surrounding:

      Model Sketchup, placed in a real photo with Nano Banana:

      nano-fakenried-paradeplatz001.jpg

      http://www.zz7.de

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      • jo-keJ Offline
        jo-ke
        last edited by

        this is so cool.... I love this app:

        sketchupmodel:

        viadukt001-wire.jpg

        Nano Banana:

        nano-viadut-Generated Image September 04, 2025 - 9_09PM_upscayl_4x_ultramix-balanced-4x-stempel-kl.jpg

        http://www.zz7.de

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        • Mike AmosM Offline
          Mike Amos
          last edited by

          Super image, Nano banana, where the funky Gibbons hang out.

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          • jo-keJ Offline
            jo-ke
            last edited by jo-ke

            I think the complete workflow will change.

            this took me less than one minute... look at the consistance of the details of my model!!

            Prompt: "Generate an image of a tramway, driving on tracks in a landscape between Mannheim and Heidelberg in Germany, keep geometrie"

            SU to nano banana:

            oeg082b.jpg

            Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 3_58PM.jpeg

            http://www.zz7.de

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            • Rich O BrienR Online
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              Have you tried motion blur prompts or adding seated passengers?

              Maybe a prompt to add very subtle weathering to the model.

              The shadowing across the grass is very good as is the AO between tracks and train.

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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              • jo-keJ Offline
                jo-ke @Rich O Brien
                last edited by

                @Rich-O-Brien Here are your people....

                Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 4_17PM.jpeg

                http://www.zz7.de

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                • jo-keJ Offline
                  jo-ke
                  last edited by

                  and another one....

                  "Generate an image of a tramway, driving on tracks in Weinheim in Germany, keep geometrie"

                  oeg115.jpg

                  Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 4_14PM.jpg

                  http://www.zz7.de

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                  • Rich O BrienR Online
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                    last edited by

                    That's very convincing. Even the fresnel effect looks good.

                    Doesn't look like a render and to be honest if you said it was a photo I wouldn't 2nd guess it.

                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                    • Mike AmosM Offline
                      Mike Amos
                      last edited by

                      Perfect, imho anyway.

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                        kicik900 Newcomers @jo-ke
                        last edited by

                        @jo-ke

                        Hi everyone! 👋
                        I’m new here, so first of all, greetings to all of you. 😊
                        I’d like to ask if it’s possible to get or purchase a 3D model of the Düwag GT8 tram.
                        I’ve seen some amazing work by one of the users here who creates 3D tram models, so I thought this would be the best place to ask.
                        I’m specifically looking for this model for visualization purposes.

                        Thanks in advance for any info!

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                        • jo-keJ Offline
                          jo-ke
                          last edited by

                          unfortunately I am not selling the file.

                          http://www.zz7.de

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                          • jo-keJ Offline
                            jo-ke
                            last edited by jo-ke

                            I took this old photo of an old tramway:

                            2025-10-11 08.28.30.jpg

                            In Nano Banana I colorized the picture:

                            2025-10-11 08.31.26.jpg

                            a small video with Grok:

                            Link Preview Image
                            Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                            Video generated by Grok.

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                            Grok (grok.com)

                            the I took it to meshy.ai to make a 3D Model and uploaded it to Sketchfab:

                            https://skfb.ly/pBZwo

                            download to sketchup

                            su-falkenried-meshy.jpg

                            and rendered it in SU diffusion: (not satisfied)

                            falkenried-meshy.png

                            nano banana:

                            Generated Image October 12, 2025 - 11_59PM.png

                            grok video:

                            Link Preview Image
                            Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                            Video generated by Grok.

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                            Grok (grok.com)

                            http://www.zz7.de

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                            • Mike AmosM Offline
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                              I raise my hat to you, magic.

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                              • jo-keJ Offline
                                jo-ke
                                last edited by

                                Generated Image October 15, 2025 - 12_17AM.png

                                http://www.zz7.de

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                                • jo-keJ Offline
                                  jo-ke
                                  last edited by

                                  and a video:

                                  Link Preview Image
                                  Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                                  Video generated by Grok.

                                  favicon

                                  Grok (grok.com)

                                  http://www.zz7.de

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