Hello guys!

I´m currently trying to export some sketchup models to import into Geovisionary.

The files must be converted to shape, since I´ve been told Geovisionary only reads shapes.

Is there a way to export skp files to .shp?
Is there anyone there that has done this or know of another methods?

Thanks in advance

Hello guys!
Here I am again.. Its been already 1 and a half year that I come here each semester asking for help at some point, and I always get it from you guys! Thanks for that!

This time Im here to ask you about tree material for sketchup. I already did some research last semester but still couldnt get what I wanted. Im trying to find nice tree model (not shrubs, but 3d models) that could look reall nice when rendered with vray in SU.

Do you guys know any models? the problem I got till now were related to the size of some trees (tooo complex and threfore ended up rendered with some green squares around leafs groups) and there were also problems with some tree that require bump work. I simpluy couldnt get it.

So, do you guys have any sugestion for me? what should I do to get nice tree images and results in some renders im preparing for a urban site presentation for my semester project at the uni?

Thanks again for yout attention!

ps. im sending you 2 images; one with the square tree problem, and other with the final tree I used last semester, which I would very much like to improve now! coments welcome too! cya!!

Hello guys!

Im glad to have this forum to come to whenever I find myself lost in sketchup. For that I am thanfull to all of you!
This time I had another problem with v-ray that I wanted to ask here.

While doing a realy simple and fast rendering at work; something simple that shouldnt take more than half an hour with modeling, I came to a point where I dont know what to do.
After modeling a small room, I simply colored it with the paint tool in sketchup. As the room is basically white with some pink details, I didnt want to work on textures in vray at all, but just "click" render. But the result was a surprise. The imagem got generally pink because of those little pink details here and there.

Do you guys know what to to in this situation? How can i quickly set up the render doing it so to avoid that the color of such small details get to the "air" of my image? How can I preserve the real color or stuff in small spaces (at this case with only one opening) not letting other colors interfere?

thanks for your attention guys; and sorry for the english!

Joao rsm.

Have you tried selecting all the terrain and smoothing it to a single mesh?

joao rsm

I dont know If I am allowed to ask for that here, but could someone post the SkIndigo 1.0.9 install rar?

I´ve been trying to download it from the Indigo site for like a week but the link to the SkIndigo 1.0.9 is down and they seem to not care, as I sent a email some days ago and didnt even get any answer.

Sorry if I am no t allowed to ask for that here, but since the program is a freeware I tought there should be no problem at all...

Thanks anyway!

Joao rsm

Oh! Just noticed that!

Thank ou a lot! I really didnt know the sun in Su would add any modifications in the renders in vray. Because of the setting process in vray, I even tought that the shadow and sun setups in sketch were ignored and therefore didnt pay attention to that!

thanks a lot for that!

joao rsm

Great Great!

That seams already pretty better!! I tought about turning on some kind of sun in the vray options but just couldnt find it!

Where did u turn it on? inside the vray options? where there?

thanks a lot!!

joao rsm

Here it is again. tested, and works fine.

joao rsm

for help 2.rar

having trouble uploading it!

gonna try again now!

sorry for that!

joao rsm

Hello again!

As requested, here is the model!

As a student, I use lots of models I save from the net, some from here, some from other free stuff sites. As I dont remember anymore from where I got all the stuff, I apologise if I am using something from someone here without making the right notes.

Anyway, here it is! Any help, hint and ideas are welcome for making it less dark!
ps. Had to do a .rar cause the file is too big. sorry for that.

joao rsm

for help.zip

Hello guys!! I hope I can get some help here...

Well, after making a model for a university work, I tried to test some renders with vray inside sketchup! I then found a hge problem I really cant solve.

As you can see on the picture, the render was made inside an apartment, without any artificial lights. Even with so many glass doors and windows, I couldnt get the image so be brighter that the example I am sending. I tried many things, and checked all the details I knew about that could make some difference, but none did.

The glasses faces are all correctly oriented; the GI skylight is at 300 (tried from 3 to 300, and it doesnt seen to be any difference between 30 and 300!).

I really wanted to get an image without any artificial ilumination, and that simulated the space as if it was like midday or something. I know I could remove the roof and there would be plenty of light, but I really wnat to avoid that because I am planing on doing details on the roof I want to show, and I also donty like the shadow results without it, that kinda show that the place received direct ilumination from above.

So what should I do to get a brighter place, as if that was a picture as bright as a place like that can be at midday, without turning on the lights...? I know it would be brighter than the result I got.
Please help me finding any common mistakes and making standart smart set ups that help this kind of problem!

And thanks a lot for the time and attention!!

Joao rsm.

Oh,

I´m so sorry! I was talking about textures in vray!

thanks for the hint hehe

joao rsm

Hello guys!

OK. It really sounds kinda dumb, but the tittle is right... I am really having some trouble trying to make some nice walls textures. Nothing fancy, but really normal painted walls or maybe like those textured painted walls... Do you guys have any hints for me? I am really lost and dont know what kind of reflection, refraction and other stuff I should be looking for to make my walls (internal and external) look nice, be them white or colored...

Any hints?

thanks a lot guys!

Hello guys! Here I am again asking for help...

This time with vray inside Su! Im finding fun getting so many nice pictures from sketch and dealing with light, but right now I got stucked trying to do a cone light in sketchup (with vray) and I couldnt get it. You have the omni-directional light and the rectangular light, so which one should I use and how should I use it to create a directed visible cone of light? (not a light the simply illuminates all the enviroment.)

Thanks again for the greatest discussions here!! Do not post a lot, but as for reading...

joao rsm

Hello people!

Just saw one of the movies about some plugins and they showed how easy it can be to use this Make face plugin with imports from autocad that come with only lines. But I just cant find where to download this script. Does any of you know where, as well as other plugins like intersect overlapping lines, close open lines and delete short lines (all showed in a video from the 3d basecamp)?

Thanks a lot!

joao rsm

This helps really a lot!! thanks very much!! I always try to fix my problems but I already had tried everything I could think of, so thanks!!

Best regards

Joao RSM

I have a Logitech mouse with a really fuzzy driver and software! Should I uninstall it?
As for the AA on 0x, that also means Ill be having to work with a worse quality image on sketchup, doesnt it?

Thanks a lot for the help!!
Joao RSM

Hello!! Well, I've been working with sketchup for like 2 years for all my Uni projects and now something is happening that I really cant solve.

In this 2 years I've changed my PC some times and now I just bought me a really good one with a
GForce 9800 GTX, that is supposed to be really good! But when I am using sketchup now, I am having a graphic crash on my monitor! Always when I press and hold my mouse button or for example sometimes when I use the line tool and go over a building, the image just crash, and I cant see anything more. Do any of you already had this problem or know how to solve it? Is it related to my graphic board? I just dont understand, because all other programs, and also some very detailed games are just working great with the Gforce I have!

Please some one help! I also added a picture to show how my image is turning out when I try to do something. In the image the building was supposed to stay correct in the middle of the screen, but instead of that, it crashes and becomes like that!

Thanks guys

Joao RSM

Hey guys! First of all thanks for all the work and stuff there is going on here! I am new to sketchup and all and I am really impressed with everything!
And what most got my attention was these styles and the possibility to get so mane diferrent types of final images in the program, and therefore I wanted to ask you if any one of you already tried to do a sort of game cel shaded look alike style like this one in zelda?

I dont even know if the oficial library already has something like that, but if not, and one of you has already a cool style to share, please dont hesitate to share!

Thanks anyway folks! And get up the amazing work here!

Cya!

joao rsm
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