@aforow said:

Hey!I see you did not get any response here, but did you come across any information about this setup anywhere else?

No bro

@filibis said:

I think it's clear in the official website: https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray/sketchup

You can try contacting them by clicking 'contact us' and see their response.

Many thanks my friend, now i see the price... but you see Albania doesnt work .. i will contact them thanks

Hello guys, i wanted to see the prices for V-Ray 3.4 for sketchup,
but when i go to official site they don't give any price but let you choose for a reseller.
But when i choose my country ( ALBANIA) there are no resellers.. So how i'm supposed to check the
prices or even buy the new plugin???

Thanks in Advance!

@gd3design said:

Uncheck displacement, then try rendering. Don't know what version ur using, but should be up top in global options. If light cache builds in normal amount of time, then you need to track down texture using displacement and find alternative means. We basically never use displacement with VFS. Either get by with bump or model what's needed. Otherwise looking at outrageous light cache times. Hope that solves it. Buena suerte!

Hello my friend,thank you for your fast answer,
i checked every material and i didnt use any displacement only bump maps, can you tell me more specific where to find displacement in other options please?
Thank you!

Hello guys i am so frustrated because i am making some renders for my client and they are urgent.
Everything was fine until i pushed the "render" button i wait 5 minutes till the windows comes out than building cache takes almost forever very very very slow... i don't know witch would be the problem because there are infinite options at VRay.... So can you give me any of you experience what to look for?

I think i have a good PC, CPU 6700K
GPU NVIDIA 980 Ti 6GB
RAM DDR4 24GB
SSD 1TB
i rendered some weeks ago and i didn't have this problem....
Please help me guys, i am rendering since yesterday non stop and the machine has done only 4 render till now... craaaaaaaaazy

Thank you for your time!

Hello Guys i want to speed up my SU performance in rendering time. But i want your knowledge about the way VRay SU works. I was thinking on going on SLI with 2 GPU-s does VRay SU support it, or at least will i benefit from it, or is not worth it?

Thank you!

Can anyone share a tutorila or a vray material to make for this ropes.. i cant find anywhere...

Hello, for some reason my materials don't render good when they are applied inside a component or a group, as soon as i explode it.. whohala the materials work better.... why does that happen?

Thanks in advance!

@juju said:

@andysvision said:

@juju said:

@andysvision said:

C'mon at least tell me any tip how to import only the 3d model without taking match memory, the last time i did only this furniture went to a 1GB file.... show me some good tips how to lower the meshes and polys or how to import the proper manner ...

SketchUp doesn't do well with high polygon count meshes. It's best to optimize the model / mesh before bringing it into SketchUp. Take a look at Mootools as a starting point.

Keep in mind that some rendering apps is able to reference external meshes and replace it in the renders from SketchUp.

very expensive software this ones.... any other option?

With a bit of fiddling you could probably do much of the same with Blender. Also take a look at Meshlab.

You'll probably have the best results from Mootools though, maybe they have a Black Friday deal coming up? I know a while ago they had it available at a discounted rate as well... Hint: first download a trial version, sometimes you'll receive an email offering you the software at a special price.

In the end it boils down to how often you do this and what your time is worth to you.

Many thanks my friend!

@juju said:

@andysvision said:

C'mon at least tell me any tip how to import only the 3d model without taking match memory, the last time i did only this furniture went to a 1GB file.... show me some good tips how to lower the meshes and polys or how to import the proper manner ...

SketchUp doesn't do well with high polygon count meshes. It's best to optimize the model / mesh before bringing it into SketchUp. Take a look at Mootools as a starting point.

Keep in mind that some rendering apps is able to reference external meshes and replace it in the renders from SketchUp.

very expensive software this ones.... any other option?

C'mon at least tell me any tip how to import only the 3d model without taking match memory, the last time i did only this furniture went to a 1GB file.... show me some good tips how to lower the meshes and polys or how to import the proper manner ...

@jo-ke said:

Every year with each new version of SU I'm struggeling with the installation of plugins (This is the reason that I am still using SU2015pro)

Installing sketchucation plugin is the first problem. At preferences I can't find the extention tab.

How can I intall plugins?
Where is the plugin Folder?

I am feeling like a beginner (after 10 years using SU)...

Hello got to >>> WINDOW ---> Extension Manager ---> down below you will see the Install button .

Done

@andysvision said:

Hello, i have a furniture that i want to import in the proper way to sketchup including my textures for vray.
I will attach 2 folders : one folder has the model inside in many different formats, and the other folder has the MAPS.
If there is someone willing to make a short video or a step by step explanation i would really appreciate...
Please find attached the two folder!
PS: (i cant atach the folders since they are 350mb) how can i upload for you guys?

Here is the link to download : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B69sG9lALYl9cUgzSVVYS2gzZnM

Hello, i have a furniture that i want to import in the proper way to sketchup including my textures for vray.
I will attach 2 folders : one folder has the model inside in many different formats, and the other folder has the MAPS.
If there is someone willing to make a short video or a step by step explanation i would really appreciate...
Please find attached the two folder!
PS: (i cant atach the folders since they are 350mb) how can i upload for you guys?

@pixero said:

You should start with this: http://sketchucation.com/resources/plugin-store-download

Thank you, i figured it out

Hello, i just installed Sketchup 2017 and im thinking if i can install all this magnificent extensions and plugin this site offers..

@rich o brien said:

HDR Labs

HDR Labs (www.hdrlabs.com)

Can you please help me with the download link this is so confusing.. i cant even find the download..
And by the way any tutorial online how to change my jpeg to hdr.. thank my friend!

thaks to all for your help!

Hello, here is my question for today fellows:
I somehow menaged to extract a 360 jpeg picture from GoogleStreetView, now can anyone how and with what soft can i convert it to a good working HDRi map for my Sketchup?

Thanks in advance!

Hello,
Is there a way to install at same time sketchup 2017 beside my 2015 version without deleting my 2015 version?
Thank you.