Crazy Eyes very nice work mike d

there is actually a number of free ruby scripts that allow you to eather mark camera location or even tell you the distance to a particular object, this takes out all guess work of setting the distance in vray CameraDistance.rb - Returns the distance to an object in the direct line of sight. cameraLines.rb - Connects all cameras of all pages with lines. (needs more then one page) There is also old Film & Stage plugin that kind a works in sketchup 7, allows you to mark camera location, and do all the measurement.

Nice modeling and detailing. Two minor issues: in the first image, the wood grain on the jamb should be running vertical, not horizontal; and in the last image, the bump texture on the rake should be running parallel to it's slope, not horizontal.

Those look like they would be hard to see through You might want to make sure they are transparent (at least a little) from the back side. Also maybe put them on a desk or something. They look a bit weird floating in thin air. Scott

This Tutorial for modelling boat hulls may help you... http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9652 Created some time ago. Good luck ... Regards Howard L'

Ah, now I know what you mean. Thanks both! I managed to get a good DOF due to a low res HDRI. To be honest, that's one of the things I don't like about my model. But I'm glad you like it.

I think that I got it all sorted out. I have put it onto the Gallery. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=14123

oh, ok. Thanks Your description of your method is such that I didn't need to download your skp file. But the tool that I am suggesting will be not only for the square faces that I have shown, but also for use with curved lines on the faces. I really appreciate your feedback though. Maybe I will have to see if I can purchase a copy of "Ruby script for SketchUp for dummies". Thanks Crazy Eyes

It looks like something someone would actually make. Obviously some knowledge of the real world , how materials work, helps out. I think more of that light from the right, shining a little into the shelf would make it even sadder.

Neat robot [image: HzPe_robot.jpg]