i didn't use 2.0 for some reasons

agree... hope this will be implemented soon..

@joydeep70 said: With thea render there is a option called z clip. I think that will solve your problem. Thanks for the tip, however this is the VRAY forum not the Thea forum and the last post is over a year old.

i learned v-ray on the demo a couple of years ago. while for work i generally use thea render, i have to say a few days into this version and i am very pleased - feels friendlier (love the fresnel by default!), it's fast and the tweaks are clearly geared towards the user. by the time SU 2014 comes out with 64 bit support - you won't need much else. (i can just imagine another extension warehouse for all the max plugins ported to SU).

@tig said: AND if you did have to give your SKP models to 3rd parties... and your were of a devious disposition... then you might use 'save_as' into a v8 [or even v7] SKP - taking it back when there was no restriction on 'commercial use' - and now the there is no objection or [probable] 'traceability' of the original SKP version in that copy... Im thinking that Trimble might soon disable the ability to save in lower versions (free versions) especially if new functionalities are introduced in future updates. This will then give the Pro subscribers advantage over the SU free users. -another way of making free versions obsolete. Not that I dont want to subscribe to pro for my own personal freelance work,but until I see a difference in functionality in the SUv8 and SU2013 (apart from the import export formats, and Layout which I dont use at all) I wouldnt mind going back to my SU v8 with the useful 3rd party plugins Ive always been using. Then I will uninstall SU 2013 altogether if my conscience has to hunt me about the terms and condition I agreed with.

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I thought we had fixed that...

save your rendered in VFB history, klik on the icon "H" (at right bottom VFB), VFB history window will appear, then klik on the save icon. when you open sketchup again and open VFB history your file still in there and can be reload for region rendering.

I knew it, I have it in my arsenal of tools all along. Thanks TT!

Have you tried applying the material to negative [back] faces too?

The reference is too good, and too detailed to be a 3d. I will further investigate.I worked in the joinery factory and I tell you veneers do repeat specially if they are from one batch, and yes we do flip them sometimes, just to break the noticeable repeats.

i would say make an extrusion (follow me or curviloft) of a triangle shape along the spline path (bezier spline and maybe Curvizard) and then scale it a bit along the z-axis - eventually using the FFD plugin since it seems to be more distorted on the upper part.

@cuttingedge said: Anyways, I just learnt that split donut work on multiple selections. That was new to me too, nice!

Is the light and camera fighting for the same space? Just move the back or forward a little.

Thank you sir for these tips. I managed to do the curtain with displacement, not quite succesfully in vray for SU but Vray for max. Using the same map, Max does it quite fast too. Your chain curtain looks much more complicated. Mine is just ball chain. Thanks anyway. [image: e9v1_exhibit_1.jpg]