@Gus-R Do you mind if I download that first image and use it in architectural renders? Not for a while the washing machine has flooded the kitchen, loively.

@marked001 said in Pond House: Really love those first sketchy ones. Is that a sketchup style? Thanks. That's "pen sketch" in D5 Render.

@Rich-O-Brien Sand scale is good enough for who it's for. I was missing the floor in a couple of renderings where you could see the furniture floating in midair that no one noticed.

@tuna1957 I got that from BikeFarmer on Youtube.

@Gus-R Plus I'm a little paranoid after that last repair.

I thought about renting a Mustang convertible to take a trip around the Rockies (I'm right next to them) but you need a credit card. Debit card won't do. Plus at the time they weren't available. That was years ago so the urge isn't there anymore. Now I haven't driven anything in years.

@TIG It was stuck with my old computer name. I had to get two new ssd's and a new Windows 10 Pro install. I reinstalled SU and everything was almost still there and everything was working fine. I re-associated the directories except for the templates which was stuck with the old name which was no longer present. That meant I kept getting a warning on SU start-up. So I created a dummy user directory with the old name and SU...templates and it took.

@Rich-O-Brien Right? Microsoft always has the same cut and paste answers. It was sort of by accident that I found the answer and as is often the case I had to find the answer myself. I was bolt up trying to fix this thing since Friday and 20 packs of cigarettes later I fixed the damn thing. Maybe this is the answer for the commonly disappearing start menu with other people? I don't know. I should add that the answer I found wasn't directly associated with my issue. All I saw was "Windows Font Cache" and went from there. I saw Cirque du Soleil many moons ago in San Francisco.

@Gus-R said in Wire Wheels 1967 Alfa Romeo: Probably the most complicated software I've ever used. It will click and then you'll have SketchUp's best companion.

Well done as always!

Very sharp, atmosphere.....

@ntxdave Start with something simple. Like a basic ranch with four sides and a simple roof with one roof slope. Focus on the modeling first and later with rendering, materials, site work, etc. [image: 1736116414944-robatto-simple-house-resized.jpg]

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@Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich.

@L-i-am I didn't know what was there so it sort of turned out that way.

@Rich-O-Brien Rich! You know what's funny is the brick is a default brick material from SU, I ran it through D5's AI material whiz bang machine.

@alvis Thanks Mike, Bryan and Alvis. Here's some finals with people. [image: 1730056215708-destin-couple-resized.jpg] [image: 1730056226655-destin-outdoor-kitchen-1-resized.jpg] [image: 1730056234251-destin-outdoor-kitchen-2-resized.jpg]

Excellent as always!

@Rich-O-Brien This one is from "Central's Book of Homes" from Central Lumber Company which I got from Internet Archive which is still down. I saved five of them in PDF form before Internet Archive ran into trouble.

@Rich-O-Brien Reminds me of the NPR renders of a member from some time ago. They were special too. These renders always make me smile.