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Got this rendering up yesterday with Vray. Then started playing with lines and Photoshop. Pretty elementary stuff. What do you think?

@unknownuser said:

I've even run into problems where I have used an unknown 3D furniture model and found that the 'client' wants to know where they can buy it

...same story here David...

Great renders ... No 5 is a hit for me too, but No 6 also felt sort of cosy retro, what with the blueish hue on the walls and the prominent flooring...

Thanks everybody. It's very interesting to hear what people who actually do 3d modelling think. That said, I tend to think the sprecific chair is a bit overpriced, but then I assume, as Pete said, that there is a top-up on the designer's fee for profit.
Both sites are great Brodie, I've used stuff from there in the past. One thing about my work as an interior designer is that everything (well at least the furniture) in my renderings need to be "specifiable". I need to know what the sofa is, where to buy it from and so on. A good resource from Design Connected I came across the other day is a nice list of manufacturers offering free 3d models of their products. It may come in handy for people:
http://www.designconnected.com/catalog/manufacturers_3d_pages/official+Manufacturers+Free+3D+Models

Thanks Brodie, I already had that in mind...
I'd be interested to hear what people on the forum who make 3d models for a living think of its price...

Are there any Basecamp videos of this being featured? I'd be interested in watching...
And of course I can't wait for the poly reduce feature...

Impressive Pete. Will we be hearing about this soon?

... or was I just hallucinating? Any ideas/links if it's somewhere out there as a model for free?
It's the James Wingback Chair.
Thanks, Anastassis

PS I'm totally against encroaching on people to model things for my sake, so this is not an implicit request for a freebie. Just the info will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again for the fuss Rich...

@unknownuser said:

You COULD remodel the chair, but I wouldn't go that route unless you have to. In the long run, you'll be better off finding a solution to the problem rather than having to model everything in SU when there are many great 3d models out there which can save time and look great.

I couldn't agree more Brodie. I can't imagine having to model each sofa or armchair I specify in a rendering... I'd be interested to know how fellow interior designers using sketchup cope with the issue. For me it's an unnending, and often hectic, race to find models of existing, for-sale furniture. That said, I'm well aware there are sites that sell models, and I'm also well aware that a good model has a price, but it's not always cost effective to resort to buying a sofa model for, say, 30 euros...

@unknownuser said:

you'll need a special plugin for 3ds Max to export the former and a special plugin for SU to import the later

Any idea where I could find those plugins?

@Rich Am I right in guessing you modelled the chair from scratch instead of mending the problematic areas?
In that case, I must say a big thank you, but I feel very reluctant to use the model. Because I need it for work, I can't conceive using for (potential) profit what you made out of good intention, putting time and energy (and a lot of patience with exploding it ) The only way I could use it would be to buy it from you, but I'm afraid this isn't an option at he moment.

Well, I decided to render the dining room using the bad chairs (if I don't manage to resolve it in the meantime) and then try to camouflage the black patches that come out in the rendering in Photoshop. Clients must show some understanding after all!...

Hi Adoni,
Thanks to you too for taking time to have a look.

I'm not sure I'm getting what you're suggesting about the scale of the component. When I imported the chair into SU as a 3ds file, it was like two metres high, so i resized it to the specified height (75 cm). Maybe that was a wrong thing to do, which created the problem?

I know I have to learn how to model stuff inside SU. I can do basic stuff, like easy tables, I even did a Charles Ghost stool by Kartell (no mean feat for me )
But I can't get round to doing organic forms suh as chairs and armchairs yet... It would be great to see a series of video tuts about modelling furniture on the forum. But then I know it takes a tremendous amount of time and energy to get up a series of tutorials like this...

Thanks again, Anastassis

i'm sorry to say most of the models from there are not sketchup friendly... but then I can't find them anywhere else...
I've been putting off learning Max for so long as I love the intuitive nature of SU, but there seems to be no way away from Max when you have an interior laden with components of that sort...
By the way I've seen so many gobsmacking renderings of interiors packed full of very detailed components, and I always think "how can they manage such a file in Sketchup..." Usually my models consist of a table, six chairs, a sofa, a side table and two or three table lamps, maybe the odd armchair, and yet the model is soo sluggish... Towards completing the interior I can barely use the pan tool, the model can barely move around...
Thank you Rich for taking time to give it a try... I'm afraid it must have p*ssed you off big time waiting for 3 hours for it to explode. I didn't even dare try it!...

The only thing I know how to do in Max is open and shut it down... Oh and import the odd model in order to export it in a sketchup-friendly format...
Any other ideas as to how I can resolve this within SUp? Is grabbing the pencil tool my one and only recourse guys?

The site offers the model in several formats. I tried 3ds and dwg. I even tried max, which I then exported as 3ds. Same thing in all cases... (I must say the file opened just fine inside Max)
Thanks for the tip Gai., I'll give it a try and let you know

I want to render the interior with Vray, and I'm afraid if I leave the chair as is, it will show ugly, especially with a fabric texture applied... But then I haven't tried it yet to see the outcome...

You can find the model at the B&B Italia website, at the Architect Lounge section (http://www.bebitalia.it/#ARCHITECTLOUNGE_13_3421_0_1). You have to register to get it, but it's pretty simple. Otherwise, I have all the available formats to send to anyone who would like to give it a try. But I'd never presume on using your time or anyone else's for this... I'm sure all you seasoned SU users are sick and tired of people asking you to fix things...

I suppose you're spot on about the high poly count. When I opened the file in Max, it was pristine, obviously because Max can handle with all these polygons... But then I can barely use SketchUp, much less Max...

I downloaded the Febo dining chair from the B&B Italia Architects Lounge section. Where you see black in the general view, the faces are missing, (tried all available files, dwg, 3ds etc- it always turns out like this in SU). I include a close-up view to make it easier for people to see what's going on.

As I dread I'm still not very well versed in Sketchup modelling, (after almost 3 years of using it ) the only solution I could think of was grabbing the pencil tool and connecting all the triangular edges to make faces-pretty kindergarten level of SU knowledge, I know... It works fine, but it takes forever to fix the chair, as the "damage" is pretty extended... Thought I might appeal to your knowledge in case there is a faster/smarter way of resolving this... I also thought I might look for a "Create Faces from Edges" plugin, or something along these lines, but I don't know if such a script exists or where I could find it...

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading this guys...
Anastassis

How would you like these ones as NPR? Was experimenting the other day... SUp, obviously Fotosketcher, and Photoshop.
I like better the one with the vertical running zebrano veneer, which is wrong in reality, but can't remember how I got to that result !

a possibly silly or ignorant question: what purpose does the wireframe view serve?
nice work
Anastassis

very nice, especially the floor plan view. Is it a specific SU style you used or just edge extensions?

I used FS which I also find very cool to turn one of my marker renders into a more watercolour-y approach. I thought I'd increase image simplification, to give it a "hazier" feel...
Anastassis