Posts made by AndriyG81

Update, just so you know that i am not goofing off I decided that before I teach someone maybe I should actually try drawing boat myself first
Did this today, if that's an ok I will get busy and make tutorial how to draw a boat hull. Let me know what you think guys?
Thank you

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@l.frisken said:

yes please on ship's hull! I'm just about to model a paddle-steamer for my grandad and don't know where to start!

Ok will do that

@ecuadorian said:

AndriyG81, you seem to have a very good eye for framing a render, too. I noticed that in your "rubik statue" render. How about some tips on that?

I am afraid I will not be able to teach that. At least not yet. I am practicing this skill myself. While there are some "rules" to composition, often best results come from "happy accidents" or when you brake those rules. For me personally, digital photography helps a lot. Seeing things truth a camera, helps me later frame my renders. Maybe one day I can write a tutorial but for now I am just a student.

@ecuadorian said:

BTW, do you know that the ability to do scaled printing is covered nowhere in the SketchUp videos? That's another idea.

Ahhh golden days in Architecture School... I remember it like it was few month ago.... wait it was few month ago. You really up to something. I been dealing with sketchup for so long that I forgot how much frustration printing in it can be. And scale for both print an export can be an issue. Thank you, this is a great idea.

@solo said:

For a new user just the word ruby is scary as it's like a gateway into the scary world of computer coding, so if you could start with a user friendly introduction to ruby's, what they are, how to download and install them, where to find them, what they do, etc.

I thought it was a newbie tread I am getting responses from everyone but the newbies. I thought by now ruby topic would be covered so well that there would be no demand for it. Thank you for your contribution, I will give it a shot.

People like you guys is the reason I come back here every day Thank You

@tobobo said:

I think you would more response in the Tutorials Forum.

wanted to hear specifically from users who start using sketchup.

Hello everyone
I am about to start working on a series of tutorials for Sketchup that will be posted here. I wanted to ask all of you - what kind of tutorials would be most useful to you. What kind of tutorial would you like? Any particular topic? Type of model? I cannot guaranty a complete satisfaction of your requests but I will do my best

Thank you

thank you guys, you are too kind
I think every rendering is interesting in its own way
love the rusted lock

me, me, me....

I also use it and there is no problem

a quick take on it, without rope

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sled.skp

an example file would be very helpful

Intersecting grouped geometry will behave differently from simply intersecting ungrouped geometry. Try experimenting. The behavior of lines "just being on top" usually happens when you deal with grouped geometry.

@johnsenior1973 said:

johnsenior1973

thank you

there you go

mine closes after 4-5 seconds They call this beta? I think it is not even an alpha release.
I mean we have to enable compatibility mode in order to make it work in Vista. In software that came out in 2009, Ouch

I had my first meeting with products of this company in school, good old FormZ. Hated it. More then anything in my life. But was honestly hoping this will be better, but it looks so painfully familiar. I hope I am wrong and they turn it around. From a list of capabilities it sounds like a great software.

@unknownuser said:

Andyriy,

Might be best to let him know how you did it and not just an example.

Scott

I just was not sure if that was what he meant. I did not want to sound like a smart a$$ explaining something unrelated

Alan did explain it well, except I think he is using an older version of v-ray. They did change the way v-ray handles the materials.
my workflow was like this:

1. Drag or Import Picture into Sketchup. (it will create face automaticly)
2. Rotate, scale, and then explode it
3. Turn it into a face me component (optional)
4. Go to v-ray material tab, locate name of my imported picture
5. Choose "Diffuse" and then click on "m" next to "Transparency"
6. In a new window under common change Type to Bitmap
7. Assign your cutout (sometimes need to be inverted)
8. Render

like this?

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tree.skp

go to "Window" then "Styles"
chose edit tab and uncheck the "Endpoints"
Done

@earthmover said:

Which version of Artlantis? I'd be curious to see the raw render.

I use Artlantis Studio 2. After it saved my behind when I was on a tight schedule and the model was huge, I grown attached to it.
and this is original render:

@earthmover said:

Nice work Andy. I forgot we hadn't seen an Artlantis interpretation.

I figured so many people did vray and there were promises to do it in maxwell, but noone mentioned artlantis, decided to fill the gap.
Thank you for your guidance. A pushed it a little to far in photoshop, but it was too much fun, I could not stop.

Artlantis - 5 min
Photoshop - 2-3 min