@unknownuser said:

Can Vue take a displacment map and convert to polygon mesh?

Sorry for asking but this caught my attention

It sure can. Like Adam suggested, the poly count is pretty high for an object that isnt a focal point however.

TIG- I thought the same thing. I used sandbox in the picture above and wasnt happy with the results, granted I didnt spend too much time with it. My main concern was that I would loose the real 'bullnose' shape using this method.

Adam- thanks for the tip man. What plug would you use to triangulate the face of a curved face?

Hi all, I’ve been trying to figure this out and I’m stumped. How would I go about making a rounded face appear to have been chiseled? I know Max/Maya is the best for this, but how could I do this in SU? Basically take a 5’x1’x2” rectangle round out the 2” face using ‘follow me’, the 2” rounded face is what I’m trying to chisel to look like ruff rock yet maintain the arc.

Pict1 shows my attempt that I’m not happy at all with. Pict 2 shows the geometry that should be underlying and the face that needs to be chiseled. Subdivide and smooth? Any ideas or help is appreciated!

Is it preferred that the warehouse be used to exchange models/components? Not sure. Anyway, if anyone has a use for it, I made this table and chair set specific for a project. There is decent detail, but textures will need editing for rendering.

tablechairs.skp

Nomo- Beautiful renders, I really like your style. Would you be willing to share that natural stone texture that I see in some of your exteriors? Or point me in the direction where you found it? It's very similar to the look of a stone we work with often.

I was curious if you wrote the script for the camera movement, or if there are scripts built into the software?

Those are incredible! Are they done in Vue?

Nice snow globe Adam, I had some trouble with making the glass on mine. Looking at one, there isnt much magnification on a real glass globe. I wanted to make thick glass but the thicker it got the more distorted....

Ok, I gave it a whirl. I had fun with it and learned a few things too. Getting the snow to 'bunch up' on the roof was new to me.

Perhaps my problem lies in my exporting? Are you importing the sketchup file directly into Vue? I export an .obj from Sketchup and import that into Vue. The components become a mesh and are not alpha planes. Thanks for helping me with this.

@solo said:

No need for a script, The image used for a SU face-me is normally .png, so in Vue create a new alpha plane, navigate to image, select fit and check 'billboard'...viola it's done and now you can even adjust the texture without it losing it's transparency.

Solo, would you mind elaborating a bit on this? I do not understand this process. Are you suggesting creating and sizing alpha planes in Vue and applying the png, thus eliminating the entire process of using face-me components in sketchup?

The sketchup components are exported into Vue no problem, but once there, they lose the ability to face the camera. Thanks in advance for any suggestions on how to fix this.