maybe there's a clue from this webpage... [web 100%,700:1zuoda1t]http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000078[/web:1zuoda1t]

Hey Jason, Thanks for the reply! I will try this. Best, Pieter

Maxwell Render is at 50% off again thanks to Spain's goals against Italy -- sale discount is valid until July 8th. Best, Jason.

Here's a similar shot [image: h30o_Battlecruiser-Solaris_final2.jpg] I made some modelling changes I'm not really sold on here BTW. Best, Jason.

@unknownuser said: Zmodeler also post #357 This thread is a true gem "This thread is a true gem": right it is sir! a great (and long) numeric trip [image: marcheur-1.gif] thanks Pilou *+s

Thanks Tom. And you should Francois, it's not my design. It's not apparent from this particular image but it's actually a houseboat named Watervilla de Omval. It may not be too far from you actually as it's in Amsterdam. Here's a link with a lot of good photos, floor plans, and an address http://architecturelab.net/2010/11/watervilla-de-omval-amsterdam-by-31architects/ Richard, my goodness, you're still around? I thought you'd fallen into a hole long ago I seem to see you so rarely these days! I hope you're just too swamped with work these days. As grandma always says, you really should come around more often Anyways, thanks for the congrats, it means a lot coming from you. -Brodie

Better to use easy free Real Time render like SimLab Composer Lite (max 1920 * 1080) [image: FreeFinal-min.jpg]

This is alot more advanced than Mapzone(which is still a cool tool). Here's a marketplace for substances made in the Substance Designer application: http://www.turbosquid.com/Substance The thing to remember here is each substance can be varied to thousands of material variations with a few moves of a slider... once you've built the substance it becomes a "on the fly" texture generator for you. This is particularly useful in game and film texture design. Best, Jason.

Hey I didn't see you edit this to include the plugin -- very cool! Thank-you Best, Jason.

wew awesome

Thank-you both... since I realized the math may be a bit abstract I created a model to illustrate what is being calculated. The plane at the bottom represents the "filmback/sensor" of the camera. The cone represents the image being projected through the camera "lens" onto the "filmback/sensor" from the idealized "Normal" focal length. The idea is that the closer the lens is to the filmback/sensor (short focal length = the cone gets smaller) the more perspective distortion creeps in -- Conversely if the lens is moved further away from the filmback/sensor(long focal length = the cone gets larger) the less perspective you will see. As you change the size of the desired output image the filmback/sensor size changes to match which makes the lens projection of the focal length no longer match the desired perspective distortion. Ideally there is a balanced placement of the lens from the filmback/sensor which creates "Normal" perspective as we humans generally see it with our naked eyes... but since when you change the filmback/sensor size the focal length is no longer the same, "Normal" perspective is a constantly moving target. This was not as large of an issue in real cameras as the film/sensor size was not very likely to change in any given camera, but since we can and do change those parameters in 3D there needs to be some way to predict "normal" perspective for any given output. This DC has also been modified to create calculations for 35mm equivalent focal lengths -- which could also be desirable, because again the same goal is the point: consistency of output regardless of aspect ratio. I have updated the first post to contain the new version. Best, Jason.

Sounds more like a bug report. There's a link the the Bug Report section - a sticky. Follow that and submit your bug to Google. What you propose as a feature request is a workaround for a bug - it'd be better to have the bug fixed.

I imagine I've seen a Face to Component plugin... can't remember the name or author.

using Sketchup to insult people...who woulda thought?!? Nice, Jason!

OK, I added this on the request forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=4452d26f07caaf18&hl=en Best, Jason.

All. And since we can't comment about future releases, I think you know the answer to that question without my intervention. b

No, thank-you ... anything I can pass on is going to help make more sense of the separation in the tools and the "why" behind it. Just fact finding and trying to make double sure I know what is really happening... you know what they say, "measure twice, cut once" Best, Jason.

Jason, mate I am so with you on all those requests! Doing graphic works in LO is simply a JOY, but you still need to take them in illustrator via PDF to create compound paths and colour conversion to CYMK!

Thank-you.