@dave r said:
I find switching to parallel projecting and a view that shows the cutting planes on edge works best.
dave
Another good tip when modeling symmetrical things.
The automatical grouping thing would still be handy for all other forms though.
Thanks for the reply. appreciated.
Thanks Jeff for that reply.
I share the exact same need.
It should be great if Whaat would incorporate a function like that for the 'organic modeling' module he is elaborating.
Thanks by the way for that 'right to left' selection method. I didn't know that and it sounds quite useful.
Cheers,
Kwistenbiebel
I was thinking.....Can the 'joint-push pull' tool be used to extrude a part of the body and thus creating clothing?
I mean for instance, 'joint extrude' the torso to make a sweater etcetera....
the only thing that bothers me that it is dificult to select the needed parts for that. (That's why I posed the question on intersecting and getting groups automatically, in the how-to section)
By the way,
These images were made with Sketchup (+render engine) + Makehuman, which I find a super piece of software. This humanmaker is in my top 5 list of 'easy to use' software.
Hi all,
It's something that bothers me since long time.
sometimes when trying to cut an organic form in half by intersecting it with e.g a plane, selecting the geometry by hand is a tedious job.
I would love it if the interesection would automatically generate groups.
(for instance two halves of an apple as seperate groups).
Is this possible in some way? Maybe some ruby exists for it?
Thanks in advance, your help is appreciated.
Regards,
Kwistenbiebel
Nice one Frolfer.
The noise for me personally is not a hassle....as I know any unbiased engine has problems in that department, this is one of the more clean images.
Nice materials as well.
Indeed those shadows on the second image look nice.
My question: is Artlantis worth the money?
I mean, 900 euro. Photorealism seems possible with artlantis, but more difficult to achieve than other (cheaper) packages.
What is your opinion on this Scott?
That video is a very nice 'proof of concept'.
Great coding Adam !
The background 360° is definitely cool as well.
Is it a 'equirectangular'(lat/long) image or a 'sky probe' image?
The ambient occlusion render method seems really fast and on a textured model the effect is not bad at all.
(still hoping though to have other render engines behind it in a later phase 
)
Keep up the great stuff!
Regards,
Kwistenbiebel
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That's really funny.
Sounds like the right place to have a motivational poster.
Thanks Fred.
Tinanne,
Incredible 'let-me-be-in-that-scene' athmosphere.
Bring on the cocktails, the jacuzzi is on .
Kids will love a slide like that.
Fred,
Some of the organic stuff can also be achieved by using 'displacement maps' which (some) SU render engines support.
A quick try out:
the skin doesn't have any thickness in sketchup, but by assigning a black and white displacement image it suddenly gains 3D:
The mono surfaced ('smooved') mesh in Sketchup:
The displacement map used:
The athmosphere is really awesome.
It makes me want to attend a game there.
Perfect light!
@solo said:
The elevator shaft could be called the 'Esophagus' with an office strategically positioned for the CEO called the 'Heart'
That should be 'the Brain' not?
Yes , some well assigned materials to the object would make this even more awesome.
Very cool.
Cool .
I would feel honoured if this would be actually used.
It makes it worth doing renders.
As a 'motivational poster':
If you guys want to use it to print as a poster for your students, feel free to download the big version here:
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/LATE-FOR-SCHOOL-POSTER.jpg
(clicking on the image at the link, enlarges the view)
It would be great if some photos of the actual printed poster hanging in a school/office would be posted here.
Regards,
Kwistenbiebel
Adding a second view.
I used a 'displacement map'(= a bump map that actually changes the 3D geometry of the object when rendering) for the pavement and wall tiling:
