Here in Australia we have some halfwit called Clive Palmer, he is a tosser. He is in mining. He has run many times he absolutely spends millions on adds pre election, get this, he send an SMS to every person in Australia " I do not believe in spam electioneering by SMS, and if I get in I will ban it' He spent millions (about 18 million I believe) and he came in well behind the Marijuana part who spent nothing. The image is real and not a joke

@Stinkie I must point out that the theory about oligarchy. It is just a theory. But lets see how it plays out. Nothing is off the table though.

I think the COMAC 919 will fail to get traction in the world market for many years due to it not having many millions of safe flying hours, I am only talking about myself here but I would not fly on one, and that is why I think western world airlines would invest right now due to passengers perhaps have the same fear as myself. 713x COMAC 919 have been ordered but I think that is for the a domestic market ATM. I think all theories should be considered, at the moment as it is early days but right now but trumps minions. I think now would be a good time to invest in Airbus. So many norms are being thrown away, feels like a real nightmare getting worse by the . Now there is speculation out there that some say the f35 has a remote OFF switch, I say this is speculation only ATM Australia has just bought 78 of them and they are delivered.

Signal thing, yeh so crazy and incapable, the FBI woman being questioned by the senator, saying that what was passed on was not classified so it could be disseminated then the senator "ok if it was not classified show me what it was".................silence! What about trump saying Ukraine attacked Russia? you could not make this stuff up. It seems s to me that trump is making an oligarchy, even with my objective head on, He (it) is dismantling the US government checks and balances bit by bit. He is taking an axe to the courts of the land which would and getting rid of anybody how stands in his way. Some might say if we could get rid of him Vance would step up, what a mess we are in. The Australian Leader has stated publicly that Australia can no longer trust or rely upon the US government I am am thinking that other leader are saying the same. In Aus. we have a facility called pine gap which is top secret American "over the horizon radar" what sort of what would we do with that US critical US infrastructure if are Governments distance the US? Never in my life had I ever given the thought.Why is trump siding up to putting, WTF

Chaos is Billed yearly AU $1 080 so USD $680

All good, no worries Mike

No, I use a lot of sources to find out things that interest me. Chat GTP is very accurate and objective and is certainly accurate. I will continue to use it. And about me chewing pink pills You only see what I post here. I am not obsessed but finding out and research what I please. This world feels like it is balancing on a knife edge from so many ways. If it sounds in any way that I am a conspiracy theorist I am certainly am not I like the game of finding the truth, it normally takes a while but I enjoy the game.

I watched a video called "I Asked AI If Trump Is a RUSSIAN ASSET. And Here’s What It Said" It is balanced and not conspiracy platform, nor is it definitive, is interesting however Chat GTP breaks down some interesting things about trumps nature and motivation. If you have a bit of spare time I think is is worth a look

My computer has started acting weird over the last week or so

@orgelf Hey mate I have sen a link to Australian music artists. If you watch the vid I think the graphic will be very appreciated by you. The music is as ground breaking as the imagery "PNAU" they also directed the song by Cold Heart - Elton John & Dua Lipa. Every time I listen to them genius come to mind. Stunning graphics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeawokXyvXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzQX8OIWhghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIfTD2i50s8

Jus amazing work, what is your workflow and does it involve AI?

I am trying to download models from 3D warehouse when I download model into my main model when I do that it bug splats my file. So instead of down loading into my file I open 3D warehouse it says download blocked so obviously I get no download. if I shut 3D warehouse down and open it again. sometimes it lets me download 1 item and then "download blocked"

The 2 thing a prob not connected. any ideas?

Hi Guys< take my word for this please. I came up with a scenario on what Trump and musk are up to (above post) I posted that post 6 days ago coincidently, as this video was released 6 days ago, but I only found this in my YT algorithm about an hour ago (I swear) This guy has brought up almost the exact scenario. What i saw in trumps is that his actions are exactly what you would need to do to tank an economy, I saw the pattern very, very clearly. Then I saw this Video I was so shocked as in the back of my mind I was questioning my metal health, I posted the the question to an AI bot. It said the concept above had possibility. But also pointed out that there would be checks and balances in place within admiration. I wounder maybe trump is trashing and gutting institutions as a smokescreen that he is also getting rid of those that do these "Checks and balances" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OLNnRRAC4

@Mike-Amos said in Texture Production (question):

Having a quick look, Materialize seems to be free, open source. Worthy of a look at least.

Bounding Box Software - Materialize

(boundingboxsoftware.com)

Thanks Mike

@pilou I want one, I need one

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich are any of your suggested app's free?

@Mike-Amos said in Elephant in the room:

The thing is HOW it is done rather than it being done at all.

Sidling up to putin and dumping on just about everyone else does nobody any good.

Yes How, I am in totally aware of the deficit and how much the US owes. It is not sustainable. But you do not solve anything by tanking the economy. and making enemies of friends. loosing many billions of dollars on the sale of the F35 peoples are considering the Swedish Grippen. And I will bet my bottom dollar on the world will stop buying Boing and buy the Airbus. Us has a great need for aluminium for the boing imagine the price of a 737 with a 25% tariff and the aluminium component. What about putting 25% Tarif on a rolls Royce engine?
Absolutely crazy, full on crazy. Bloodbath for the US economy, bloodbath and the repercussions will hit us all

Went to the market to buy Mandarins a few days ago and the were grown in the US, I bought oranges

I am doing my second paid job for the same client (local government) . It is a complex sports pavilion. The Architect is talented but has "brick fever" and has 12 very different bricks in one building. I am trying to get in touch with the right people within the brick manufacturer to see if the have textures on their products. If not, how could I produce the textures myself? I have even considered doing the bricks in geometry, like Lego blocks. The 3d images below were just block sketchup model was by the architect. They asked me to build the model from the Construction drawings is a proof of concept exercise

250211_ABBEVILLE _MATERIALS.pdf

Hi Guys, I have been given a job to model a local government sports pavilion, The roof has me pretty scared I have attached an image or 2 that was done by the Architect it is a block sketch so not suitable for a render. Anyway my main point is that I am required to build the very complex design. Additionally I will be required to produce some high quality texture. I have attached an image of some of the bricks (there is actually 10 different types of custom bricks which is scary. Anyway I am trying to contact the brick makers and am awaiting a call to see if they have the textures for my needs, but I am thinking they may not have them.

Could somebody please let me know how to produce the textures myself using some app, or even AI. I can easily produce normal maps but the tiled primary tenure is what I am concerned about. I could get them done on fiver but that does not always go well in communication issues, I have ven considered doing the bricks with geometry but am unsure about the file size.

Any suggestions/ advice please?