@sepo said:

We are talking renders, right? So no scribing

Well, I was hoping you'd come over and scribe the wood to fit the stone wall for real.

"In this case I would put skirting board on the junction with wall."

So you'll be over to scribe the skirting board to fit the stone?

Here's a new version with the white stone with bump cranked up. I also got a bit more strategic about cropping.

Thanks for the suggestion Gai. I did change the color and started it cooking. I like the stone being more white but the shadow still looks like it is falling on a flat surface. I set the bump to 6.00. Problem is, I have no idea what sort of range there is or what sort of scale there is to the bump map level. I'm going to stop the render and increase the bump more to see what happens.

Thank you gai. I know that stone is too flat. I had tried adding som bump to the wall but it looked pretty awful. I suppose I should try something other than the stone but I was looking for a nice contrast to the wood and steel.

I'll give it another shot, though, with some bump.

thanks again.

Dave

Sort of dark and moody but I kind of like the stage-like lighting. 46 passes of MLT.

FWIW, here's the cabinet with the QSWO texture applied. I only made sure the grain orientation was correct but it is clear I need to find some additional textures for this.

Thank you all. No, Eric, I haven't built one yet. I have the same concern about the foot rests. I was thinking of drilling extra holes through the straps and the legs and using an annealed steel rod as a rivet. If it was ground and filed off flush, it wouldn't be visible. The bolts and nuts called out for the project are square. I kind of like the idea of those.

Coen, I like the icons, too. It's all cool.

It's probably been said but I thought I'd make a new post to say it again.

Thanks for setting this up. I'm not a fan of the Google Groups layout either. This arrangement seems so much more user friendly. It's great to see the activity, too.

Keep up the great work.

Dave

Thank you.

First run through KT.

This is based on one in a woodworking magazine I have.

Well, yeah. You know that endorphine rush is kind of addicting.

Thank you.

Just for exercise.

Hey Modelhead! I had a bit of a chance to play with that texture. It works pretty well. See this link: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=3953

Thank you very much. I wish I understood how to do what you did. I imagine I could find some additional quarter sawn oak textures that could be handled the same way and they could be used together to create some variation.

Thanks again.

Dave

Here are three variations of a quarter sawn oak texture. Thanks to Modelhead for converting the lousy JPG I gave him into something very usable.

Quarter Sawn Oak.skp

Wow! That Looks great! I'll see if I can play with that tonight and make it work. I'll let you know. Thank you.

Tinanne, thank you. You're right about the imbalance in lighting in the case. I expect that in reality, the difference would be less noticeable. I could probably turn down the point light sources a bit.

Modelhead, thanks to you as well. Quareter sawn refers to a method for cutting wood so that you have very straight grain--not the flames or cathedral grain one typically thinks of as wood grain. In oak, especially white oak, quaretersawn lumber displays ray flecks along with the straight grain. Here's a photo I found in a Google search. http://www.thecountrywoodshop.com/images/P4010008.JPG

Here's a display case I designed. It is a modification of a china cabinet design I came up with for a client a few months ago. A different client wants a similar but taller case to display plaques and trophys in. It needs to fit in with some Arts & Crafts period furniture. I need a good quarter sawn oak texture though.

Rendered in Kerkythea. MLT-368 passes overnight.

Also needs some goods to fill the case.

@wo3dan said:

Gaieus, somewhere around Nov 18 some people didn’t seem to know ‘this trick’ and I bet you that his three year old still does not know. But not for long. [/qoute]
You're not kidding! That kid is already using one of the PCs aas well as the iMac. He will be using SketchUp before too long.

@unknownuser said:

You see, both of them are putting a perfect component together. This could be applied to similar components since SU does not handle parametric components.
And I know, it was just a minor thing to mention. So please forgive me this time, please!!!

cheers, Wo3Dan

No need, nothing to forgive. Your point was well taken. It should be a well known thing and I should not have omitted it. No worries.

Dave

I did this one last night for a friend. Thought I'd post it as another example of this method.