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    • pixelcruncherP Offline
      pixelcruncher Extension Creator @Mike Amos
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      @Mike-Amos That's a curious bathroom layout -> Makes me curious what the layout of the building is πŸ™‚

      I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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        Mike Amos @pixelcruncher
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        @Mike-Amos That's a curious bathroom layout -> Makes me curious what the layout of the building is πŸ™‚

        Join the club mate.

        Actually, Fletch put a bathroom model on the TWR forum and I had been looking at some properties built between the 20's abd 50's with turrest, wondered what they could be good for (Absolutely nothing, say it again. Sad pop quote).

        Decided to convert said turret into a bathroom and another as a sauna. Small units which would originally have been folly like additions so unlikely to work as stair wells.

        Rendered with TWR. https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/161451/turret-bathroom

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          Mike Amos @Mike Amos
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          Cooler here today, picking at a favourite topic, cars.

          This Porsche 356 Carrera comes from the Sketchup texture club. It took/will take a fair bit of cleaning up for render within Sketchup but it is a solid, quality model.

          Carrera 1 175s 1909 x 1019 4m 14s GPU.png

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          • ntxdaveN Offline
            ntxdave @Mike Amos
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            @Mike-Amos Looking forward to where this goes.

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              Mike Amos @ntxdave
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              Sorry folks, got the donor site wrong. Mea Culpa.

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              Porsche 356 A Speedster 1956 3D Model Free Download

              Porsche 356 A Speedster 1956 - 3D MODEL Free

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              • pixelcruncherP Offline
                pixelcruncher Extension Creator
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                Looking forward to the car render!

                I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                • Mike AmosM Offline
                  Mike Amos @pixelcruncher
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                  @pixelcruncher

                  Gradually altering settings. A few more components/groups have been adjusted for clarity.

                  Carrera 5 175s 1909 x 1019 05m 45s GPU.png

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                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                    ntxdave @Mike Amos
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                    @Mike-Amos nice updates/progress. πŸ‘πŸ‘

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                      Mike Amos @ntxdave
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                      @ntxdave

                      Ta mate, onwards.....

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                        Mike Amos @Mike Amos
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                        Well, things are not exactly consistant at the moment.

                        Settings are lost betwwen sessions with Rayscaper which is a nuisance. Also, inconsistant render times. Sometimes 20 minutes and others, like here, over two hours for the same settings and GPU render.

                        En avant, avanti.

                        2 175s 1891 x 1019 2h 10m 04s GPU.png

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                          Mike Amos @Mike Amos
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                          @Mike-Amos
                          Changed view without changing anything else, altered render time is apparent from the title of the next image.

                          3 175s 1891 x 1019 1h 41m 37s GPU.png

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                          • pixelcruncherP Offline
                            pixelcruncher Extension Creator @Mike Amos
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                            Hey @Mike-Amos ,

                            Nice Renders!

                            Settings are lost betwwen sessions with Rayscaper which is a nuisance

                            Do you mean between opening and closing the Rayscaper window, or between opening and closing SketchUp? If it's the first, I can reproduce it and will provide a fix for the next release (which I plan to land this week).

                            Sometimes 20 minutes and others, like here, over two hours for the same settings and GPU render.

                            Those render times are too high, even for CPU rendering. From your images, I gather that for an 1891 x 1091 resolution, you are seeing:

                            • Picture 1: 2h10m10s
                            • Picture 2: 1h41m37s

                            Can you provide a screenshot of your render settings?

                            4c402569-c9bc-4894-9f14-2a9bd2029ce5-image.png

                            I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                            • Mike AmosM Offline
                              Mike Amos @pixelcruncher
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                              @pixelcruncher

                              No can do, I cannot open Rayscaper with that model now. Instant crash no bugsplat.

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                                Mike Amos @Mike Amos
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                                I cut out one of the component groups, a bed with some pictures.

                                That alone almost halved the file size.

                                possibly some bad geometry or a texture way too big to be realistic, or both.

                                Fun, this testing. Learn something new about something old every day.

                                Back to it and I will report again when I have something.

                                Stay well mate.

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                                • pixelcruncherP Offline
                                  pixelcruncher Extension Creator
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                                  Hey @Mike-Amos

                                  Thanks for sharing the scene! The crash was caused by a bug in Rayscaper, which will be fixed in the next release.

                                  I tried to render one of your camera viewpoints, but I don't see those high render times. Granted, I might have different hardware, and I didn't exactly replicate your original shot, but the render time for me was only 3m18s.

                                  9577d663-136e-468d-ae07-5d005653dd79-image.png

                                  Could you accidentally use CPU rendering because of the settings lost between sessions bug? It would help if you provide a screenshot of the whole Rayscpaer application (including your render tab) when it's taking so long.

                                  The scene you shared is heavy on the geometry, but that shouldn't have a massive impact on render times. It will impact the responsiveness of the SketchUp viewport and how quickly you can load the scene in Rayscaper.

                                  I found this nifty extension called SB_Statistics_Probe that can help you find high-poly geometry:
                                  7f6b51e0-ba5c-4dad-ba2d-b93a839aa7eb-image.png

                                  I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                                    Mike Amos @pixelcruncher
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                                    @pixelcruncher

                                    Screen Test.jpg

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                                    • pixelcruncherP Offline
                                      pixelcruncher Extension Creator @Mike Amos
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                                      @Mike-Amos Thanks for sharing that screenshot.

                                      That is indeed ridiculously slow...

                                      What kind of GPU do you have?

                                      Rayscaper Menu > File > Settings:

                                      f43306d1-7ed5-4153-b7ed-e69bb3d522e1-image.png

                                      • Is CPU rendering faster for this case?
                                      • What happens if you disable the denoiser?

                                      I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                                        Mike Amos @pixelcruncher
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                                        @pixelcruncher

                                        I have had a response from the NVIDIA tech support. Very helpful bunch and they exonerate the graphics card/drivers. Seems to be a BIOS issue. Looking for a fix.

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                                          Mike Amos @pixelcruncher
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                                          @pixelcruncher

                                          SSD failing it seems.

                                          ssd Failing.jpg

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                                            Mike Amos @Mike Amos
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                                            I feel like I am re-learning this dark art. new perspectives on things I suppose.

                                            Health wise stuff is loud. Certain sensations etc which are dementia alike bring a feeling of not really being in charge of the mental process, forgetting stuff for example.

                                            I believe this older pc is just outclassed by Rayscaper so while I try to lay out this flat, post window replacement I will be limiting myself to Twilight and Maxwell for rendering.

                                            For those of you who also have little niggling doubts about 'stuff', you CAN get through whatever the issue is. Noli Illegitemi Carbonundrum.

                                            I apologise for asking questions which probably should be simple to 'know', I'm going to do what I can. This place remains important to me for the joy we share on building and rendering whatever the hell it is we make.

                                            Keep on keeping on, never let crap get in the way of trying to be the best you can be 'today'.

                                            Tomorrow is merely smoke and mirrors.

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