TIG, was the PP work easy to do? My PP skills are ok but you've done a really good job for such a 'bodge job'!

Huge thanks guys, really appreciate it.

Lee

At my wits end trying to find a texture that looks something like the attached. There's plenty of roof tiles but can't find any that are of a similar colour. Happpy to make the bump map myself but would really appreciate it if anyone can point me towards a reasonable (and preferably seamless) texture.

Many thanks in hope.

Lee

Super, John. And I love how you post up progress images.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039719/Simon-Dale-How-I-built-hobbit-house-Wales-just-3-000.html

Looks pretty cool, must have surely cost more than £3k, though?!

Great photos, the 2nd one is especially good. Sold my SLR a few years ago and there's not a week goes by where I don't regret it.

@unknownuser said:

[attachment=0:3orkamc6]<!-- ia0 -->29.2 first kings mlt.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3orkamc6]I spent my layoff time designing a Gothic cathedral because I read Ken Follet's "Pillars of the Earth".

Probably my favourite ever book! Love it. Did you catch the TV series?

You have a cool model there too, looks like a real labour of love.

Thanks for your efforts Gai, I really appreciate it. It is indeed a strange problem. I'm hoping it's just a project-specific problem, but we'll see in the future.

Thanks again.

Sorry Gai,

I realise I was not very clear. It was late last night and I'd had a drink.

I want to be able to render the "zoomed" scene. I PM'd using the 'proper' scene and the 'zoomed' is a new scene.

However, when I render the 'zoomed' scene using the TWR, the view defaults back to 'wide angle' view that is displayed in 'proper'.

I have tried using your advice from the SU forums to create a new, non-PM scene but when I do that, the camera never reverts back to the correct location, the FOV seems to be out.

Hope this makes sense. If not, don't worry. I've taken to just rendering the 'proper' scene at a higher resolution.

Many thanks,

Stunning, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the responses, I really do appreciate it, going to have another go tomorrow night though as my brain is frazzled. Done a 10k race today and am going to bed with a nice cup of tea and a book.

Thanks again, SketchUcation rocks.

P.s. If anyone does try my model, I would like to render the scene 'zoomed' but without the PM setting as this messes up the render.

@dave r said:

Did you update the scene after making the changes? Or you could create a new scene after making the changes and keep the original scene as it is.

Yeah, I've created a new scene, but it still keeps the photomatch settings, which means that it's 'zoomed out'. Sorry, I realise that I am about as clear as mud.

I have got the file here, if anyone is bored: http://www.sendspace.com/file/am3r6b

I think it will have to do.

But when I do this, because I have 'zoomed in' to the building to get a better, close up view of it, it renders the original scene. Grrrr.

Hi all,

I've been trying to do a quick render for a client of some sketch drawings they have prepaped.

I want to put my model (and subsequent render) into a screen-shot from Street View.

However, to do a render I need to delete the photomatch but keep the scene, which I can't seem to do. I have tried following Gai's advice on the SU forums: http://www.google.fr/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=028b82700cae0902&hl=en but it doesn't seem to work. Whenever I delete the scene and go to 'previous', it's always a different view than the one I want.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Love it! And the photo of yourself in the background!

I originally got excited at your title as I thought you'd modelled a brewery - heaven on earth!

Fabulous.

Wow, where are you? I'm pretty sure I would actually melt in those conditions.

Well done Dermot! Amazing stuff, very inspiring. Time for a nice, cold pint now I hope?!

@tig said:

Paypal doesn't accept beer!
However, I do

Could you point me to it, please?

@tig said:

If you ever plan to be in the NE let me know...

Love Northumberland, went to Newcastle uni and lived up there for 6 years, on and off, in total. Even proposed on Holy Island. Lot's of happy memories.

@tig said:

Done and dusted I hope...

Thanks so much TIG, absolutely brilliant of you.

I owe you a pint of Gold Tankard from Wylam (one of my faves and near you by your profile).