Hi all, I just downloaded CFL Shape Bender and am getting unexpected results. Am using SU 17 make. Can somebody please advise what may be going wrong.

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Thanks filibis, Tig, downloaded it and it works and thank you also Fredo!

Hi all, I am trying to give a piece of complex geometry thickness, and have attached an example of what I mean. I thought there was a plugin called "extrude surface" and or "joint push pull" but was unable to find either in extension warehouse. Can somebody point me in the right direction as to which program would be best to achieve thickness to the attached model image.
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Hi Garry, why do you need sketchup pro to download models from 3d warehouse? And I am curious why you would be using sketchup 8? I think 3d warehouse is only compatible with sketchup 13 and above. Why wouldn't you download sketchup make 2017?

Thanks guys, I will try to get my head around it a bit more. Rich, how did you predict where the triangulation's were needed?

Artisan 1.skpHi all, I am very new to artisan have only started playing with the program today. I have been experimenting with trying to get a shape analogous to how a jet engine "blends" with a wing. I have had a few issues that I have overcome. However the "engine cowls" blend of to the same corner with bad results. I have built is from scratch twice with no change to behavior. I have attached the Skp file. Any help would be appreciated

I recently get a mesh showing in place of the hidden item. I find it distracting could somebody tell me how to get rid of this mesh?

Thank you Rich and Sam, I think this may be a solution for myself wanting to make organic wood playground elements. as they are kind of organic and free-form anyway a bit of randomness can be tolerated. And as Rich says poly count needs to be considered. Would still like to ask if anyone has any experience with a free 3D scanner please post with good or bad results it would be very much appreciated.

Hi, I am trying to find out about free 3D (android) scanners the results of which could be imported into Sketchup?. Has anyone had any experience with them and would care to advise?

Hi all, I need to learn how to model and render very organic timber/wood. I have attached some images the renders I have done (the Wigwam and "fairy garden log")However they take a while and are not optimal I have achieved these with standard techniques. The real wood images are like what I aim to achieve.
Are there techniques with mapping and texturing that would improve my efficiency and produce more realistic results? I have seen some pretty amazing things done with texture and I assume "bump" but that is beyond my skill level ATM. Can somebody please let me know if there is another approach I should learn for better results.

Hi all, I am in the process of getting my head around materials and textures. I see that when rendering to get "bump" I require a "normals" map. Since I am new to this, what is the difference between a "normal" and a " bump" map?

Hi I have played around with the render engine to try and improve on the first render. One problem was the fake looking fire which was a flat image. I made some simple 3d shapes and made most surfaces black. Then I made some of the smaller faces burnt orange and khaki and made then light emitters. I think its a big improvement. Comments and criticism welcome.

I hear you RV But no environment map here, just default Sun and sky.

Hi Nick, thanks for your advice. All points noted, I was aware of most of them but run out of energy. The render has no post processing and is just a render output only. The edge of the materials will be fixed in Photoshop when I am happy with the render. Its amazing how you can play about for hours fine tuning it is quite exhausting. I also thought the fire looked a bit intense so I will tone that down a bit. The plugin is called Raylectron (V4.95). Prior versions made me feel like a beta tester but I am really happy with it now and am excitedly waiting for version 5 to come out. I do not understand Trace depth, does a higher number mean a better render because as it bounces more times?

Hi all, this is my first go at interior rendering. I designed an extension for a friend and did the interior design also. It is not perfect but heading in the right direction I think.The render time was 14 mins with my CPU.

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I bought version 2 a while back, I thought it was awful especially how tricky it was with the orientation of faces. I stopped using it, buggy as anything. I then had a go with the Punch version (4.0) a vast improvement but still a bit "buggy" After persevering for about a year ( using now and again) Version 4.95 is very good indeed. I have tried a few (cheaper} render engines. Raylectron is the best money I have ever spent, and the support is second to none!

I am trying to import textures into SU. I seem to be able to import the image but not the normal map into the materials, as SU only allows me to select one of the files for instance the Image or the Normals map but not both. Obviously I am not doing it correctly can anyone lead me in the right direction?
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Guys I have just deleted the link to HDRI"s I posted Sorry but they contain some sort of virus
The site is called emotion HDRI"s when to use the HDRI it will do about 6 render cycles and then focus in on a texture and "No Emotion" will be displayed on that zoomed in on texture. Suggest you get rid of anything you downloaded ASAP

(edited) That was a false alarm. I do not know what happened with my first render, but I have downloaded a few HDRI;s and rendered with no issues. In fact they seem like vert good quality and work well.

NoEmotion HDRs

NoEmotion HDRs

(noemotionhdrs.net)

Hi rv1974, it was strange. I was happily rendering it did about 6 passes, was looking good then all of a sudden the screen was filled with a shot of the ground, about 300mmx300mm with a watermark filling the screen and the rendering had ceased. Weird! I guess the words "no emotions" filling the screen looked like something an evil troll would sign, if you get my drift.

(Edited)I have downloaded a number of HDR;s from "No Emotion website with no other problems. In fact they work really well.

Guys I have just deleted the link to HDRI"s I posted in "corner bar" Sorry but they contain some sort of virus
The site is called emotion HDRI"s when to use the HDRI it will do about 6 render cycles and then focus in on a texture and "No Emotion" will be displayed on that zoomed in on texture. Suggest you get rid of anything you downloaded ASAP.