@thomthom said:

but when I use V-Ray fro Sketchup I can assign a 100% transparent material on one side and a solid on the other. You can then see through the transparent face, but no the other way around. And the light does not pass through.

how do you do it thomthom??

@numbthumb said:

Oh, no, not again...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27923

Hi everyone ..I want to create my own 3D face in SketchUp using sandbox..to make nose ..cheeks and all...but the problem is if I try to do it..the textures just blows apart..I mean it distorts badly..what should I do?

Thanks a lot solo and EarthMover !!

I'm also having the same problem of junk plugins...some plugins don't have the same name but a shortened name...it's really difficult to search for them using the Windows Search option as it won't search the exact name of the plugin

@thomthom said:

Got a small sample model?

here it is thomthom

sample model for issues.skp

@thomthom said:

But 3DS does.However, the textures used must lie in the same folder as the .3ds file.

I've heard a lot about this..but unfortunately this never happens with me..neither it happened with her..the textures never show up

Hi everyone

A friend of mine who's doing summer training was recently asked to export a sketchup file in 3dsmax for rendering purposes. The problem is if she exports it as 3ds, the materials disappear. Same is the case with .dwg format. Is there a way to export the file with all the materials right in their place?

Hi everyone..
Is there a way in SketchUp? to do automatic collision subtraction?...i.e. while pulling this brown profile..it detects that there are steps in between..so it doesn't overlap on them and cause Z-Fighting on the top face..and extrudes in the rest of space towards me....?? What I do now is extrude a separate face ...

@remus said:

Well dont be surprised if SU wins considering your posting this on a sketchup forum, slightly biased sample...

Dude i want options b and c to get maximum..votes that's my wish..!!!

Yeah!!! Yeah!!!Yeah!!!Yeah!!!Yeah!!!Yeah!!! I want SketchUp to win this poll

Awesome!!! Awesome!!!Awesome!!!Awesome!!!Awesome!!! Thomthom you rock...that's why a rocking cake for you btw..do you listen to u2??

Hi SketchUp Hotshots!!!
Okay here's a poll that I'm doing for architecture purposes...
Which software are you all using for architectural visualizations, landscape architecture visualization, interior designing and rendering and still rendering....this usage strictly does not contain animations and walkthroughs
A) 3dsmax only..no sketchup
B)SketchUp Pro+ a Renderer Plugin[please specify]
C) SketchUp Free version+ a Renderer Plugin
D) SketchUp Pro + 3dsmax + no rendering plugin inside sketchup
E) SketchUp + 3dsmax

holy......!!! who changed my post to this awesome thing??? .........

Hi SketchUp Hotshots!!!
Okay here's a poll that I'm doing for architecture purposes...
Which software are you all using for architectural visualizations and building construction drawings and construction detail 3D Models?

A) Revit
B) AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro, Layout
C) SketchUp Pro, Layout
D) Both A and B
E) Other (please specify)
F) AutoCad, SketchUp Pro, and Photoshop only..not layout

I don't know how to make automatic polls can anyone give a suggestion...so that automatically the statistics are collected?

Thanks a lot thomthom!!!...you're the biggest sketchup and vray wizard i've ever seen in my life \M/You Rock!!!\M/ Here's a cake for you...you like blackforest dontcha?

can anyone suggest how to make a keyboard shortcut for Flip Along red,blue, green axis command?

@xrok1 said:

@dkendig said:

Of all the things that have tumbled out of your keyboard arjunmax09... this one is up there. Do you not read what you type before you hit the "Submit" button or something?

to true!
i think some people's typing skills are better than their thinking skills. (present company excluded, just a thought out loud )
SCF already is a global library of SU knowledge and resourses!??!? WTF more do you want? look on rapidshare if you want bootlegged software.

Dude..books are more superadvanced than SCF and can be read if one doesn't always have an internet connection..for...e.g. sketchup for dummies makes you a hero from zero in sketchup...not everyone has an internet connection..many use cybercafes..and talking about piracy? Google has given ads in newspapers in every country announcing that they're going to put digitized copies of all the books in the world on their site...if anyone has an objection..he may go to the court or contact google...meaning... a person is saying "hey i'm stealing your car and giving it to someone..if you have any issues just tell me, or go to the court!!"
check these 2 cases...

Case I

There's a book in our library titled "Alvar Aalto - Between Humanism and materialism". Let's suppose it costs 30$. It's been written by Peter Reed and 5 other authors.

Assumption - 500 students read that book in a a span of 10 years. They don't spend a single penny buying that book but gain useful knowledge, and inspiration that helps them to become a better architect. So according to the theory "It's illegal to pass on intellectual property to others". .. the library has made the authors and publishers of that book poorer by 30x500 = 15000$. If library wasn't there... every single person of that 500 strength group would have bought the book and the money would have reached its rightful owner..

Case-II
Millions of people around the world listen to the song "Whenever Wherever" by Shakira on Internet Radio simultaneously and some of them let's say record that song on their computer by using Audacity and get a free copy of it. The same song costs 1$ on any legal music downloading site say... iTunes. If radio wasn't there then those people would have bought that track from iTunes and the money would have reached its rightful composer, lyricist, music publishing company and lot of others who have worked hard making that song.

According to the calculation that particular 3 minutes on the radio have made all those people involved in making that music poorer by

1$millions...= millions of dollars...

Software companies across the world have persuaded the judiciaries across the worlds in making such copyright laws in their favour. That's why they are getting richer faster than authors, filmmakers, singers, architects, engineers, doctors and persons from various fields other than software and information technology. Suppose you have an old pc having windows xp installed on it and the software copyright law says you can't pass on that pc to any of your friend or relative.. That friend or relative will have to buy a separate windows xp for himself..!!!

Just a thought on the copyright issue.

@dkendig said:

Of all the things that have tumbled out of your keyboard arjunmax09... this one is up there. Do you not read what you type before you hit the "Submit" button or something?

I do read my post...but i was in a hurry..what's wrong??

Hi everyone!!!
Yesterday I was sitting in my architecture college library reading a book on low cost housing. There are a lot of costly books in our library which students can’t afford. They ‘ve got awesome illustrations, inspiration, knowledge to help us become a better architect. They only problem is that they are costly and no one can afford to buy them. That’s why the library is there. Be it rich or poor. Knowledge should be available to all the sections of society. Money and finance should never come in between gaining knowledge and excellence.

So this idea of software library struck me. We’ll upload all the SketchUp knowledge …software, eBooks, plugins we have on this forum that are costly and not everyone can afford them. All these files will be compressed and password protected. The password would be revealed on exchange basis only. On exchange basis this knowledge would be spread to everyone. In this way poor students getting meager pocket money would really benefit from this library. They’ll gain advanced SketchUp knowledge and techniques that would other wise have been impossible.

Regarding the money, Sketchucation would be paying royalty to all those people who have worked hard in compiling that knowledge. This innovation is based on the same concept on which general libraries around the world are based. Libraries which are providing oceans of knowledge to rich and poor alike.

I strongly believe that every single person on this planet should be technically advanced and tech – savvy. That’s how a particular section of society or let’s say a generation progresses in terms of economy, intelligence, creativity and human resource development. If this doesn’t happen then the poor will always remain technologically backward as compared to the rich.

What are your opinions guys??!!!