thank you for letting me know about the Cycles renderer... I was going to ask you what it was but then googled it and was blown away 
Cycles is a "fully integrated physically based renderer", and from the videos I've seen it really delivers..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KgrBjt4e9k&feature=player_embedded
Check it out!
Ciao!
I don't know how I missed this post... downloading now to give it a try... and I will surely feature it in my site
Congratulations for now... I'll let you know about my experience
That's a really nice and clean model
I love the way you used transparency and fog to simulate reflection... I sould try something like that on a thing I'm working on
Hi Everybody, I set up a quick way to draw the railings for a spiral stair case, and wanted to share my workflow with you. When you download the file, you will be able to model the side of this staircase:
Just using geometry principles and the bend tool found in Fredo Scale tools. So.. if you think you need something like this, download the file and check it out
Nice job, I didn't realize it was a render at first! Reading again your post I got it, and I'd like to share this link with you:
http://www.ronenbekerman.com/3d-water-drops-by-bertrand-benoit/
maybe it has interesting information for you
I have only recently found out that there exists a plugin for Rhino that adds BIM tools to that program, it is called VisualArq. It's nice because you still have the freedom of rhino, and you can add parametrical elements such as stairs, walls and so on.
I dream of something like this for Sketchup, because I use BIM mainly for its ease of modeling base elements
Hi,
maybe you already solved your issue. It seems to me you have to adjust the intensity on your light, otherwise it will always render as black. Also, check to see if the light is enabled
I don't know if it is the most stable but the 1.49.01 version runs really smooth, both on windows and on Mac. Only thing you may encounter some solwdowns in the mac installation, but it otherwise runs very well.
I hope this helps
@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
Letraset
Only Grandfathers know what that is.
That's not entirely true... But admitting I know what they are would result in strange looks from you all, seeing I'm only 34 
I'd like also to say Ciao to all my fellow BaseCampers (talking to you Dave )
Hi all, here at work we just encountered a glitch in Sketchup's behaviour. I'm posting it just to describe the problem and how I solved it.
Modeling a staircase, Sketchup started doing this:
Making it impossible to get the job done. Also, when I click on the blueish faces that appear on the outskirts, I get the face on the other side selected.
This problem presented itself on two different machines with different graphic cards (nvidia and ati). Also, turning off open-gl acceleration was of no use. It seemed we had a corrupt file, then I tried one last thing: I opened a new Sketchup window and dragged the file on to the scene... problem solved!
Don't ask me why.. I just know that now I don't have the problem anymore, I hope this news is useful to somebody
If I may be of any help, I followed that tutorial for a Studio Setup some time ago, and applied it in Sketchup. I attach the light studio setup, which works very fine with vray
Most impressive work. I'll try to use them with vray also, and see if they work
Hi everyone, I just wanted to show you a little job I am doing, and a little trick I used (after having Insights from the Sketchup For ArchViz book by Robin De Jongh) in a view:
this is a view of the shooting range when it is open and functioning:
The wooden elements you see on the sides are part of a mobile divider that can close the opening (the shooting line is not covered by anything) so you can transform the inner space in a conference room. The problem was, those chairs you see are a bit heavy, so I came up with this view of the conference setting:
But what is really going on is this:
For the unexperienced: I exported one chair in a new file, set a front view of the rear of the chair, and then saved the resilting image. I used the image as a texture on a vertical plane, thus resulting in a "Card" that represents the rear of the chair.
I then duplicated this card, and I cut away the upper part, to have a representation of the front legs with depth in perspective. I made the two cards into a component and then distributed the "chairs" in the hall. 
If you don't put your point of view too high, you can even orbit the scene and see the "chairs" shift the perspective accordingly!
I hope you like this little trick have fun!
Ciao,
Broomstick
This plugin is Great!!!! I don't know how I would use in arch viz (oh wait... tv on with images, rain outside, ANYTHING outside windows, fire in the fireplace) but it's really something COOL.
Did they tell us about the new transparency thing at the BaseCamp? If so, I don't remember about it..
mitcorb, thanks for the heads up.
I had to change my location in Windows, in that way I got to disply Sketchup in Italian... It is a bit strange tho I have to go through all this to have it in my original language... oh well, at least I know I can switch to and from English at will
goodnight everybody!
@hepf said:
So on monday I'll go back to the post office, pay again, and keep the receipt in a safe after sending a scan to the vendor. So sometime in the near future, I hope, I'll have the d.. Sketchup pro version 8....
I read this too late and I really hope I am in time!! Did they send you the license number for the Sketchup you already bought??
If so, you could download a pro version from here:
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/gsu8/download.html
and use the information.
I hope I was useful!!
Hi there, I should be back! And a Ciao to everyone I met at the BaseCamp
I hope someone can help me: lately I installed an English Version of Windows 7 64 bit, and then proceeded to install all the software I use, including Sketchup. I installed version 8 free, in English, because I am used to use it in English.
Problem is I now have the need to use the Italian version... I downloaded the Italian version, and made an install over the english one that already existed... to no effect! When I start Sketchup it is still in English!! Is there any way I can tell Sketchup to work in Italian, or do I have to uninstall the English version?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, I'm going mad!!
Hi there! I've been missing a lot from this forum... I believe this is my first post after the Basecamp... and that was in September!!
Just wanted to say that this is one of the most interesting threads ever read on sketchucation. Keep us posted, and let me know if you need a hand (not sure how much I could help, though, at the time being..)
Ciao, from Napoli