wow.. thanks for the fast answer..
the tool "wallgrouptool" does pretty much the job!
than you!

And that was another proove that one's never the first with a thought -especially online.

Hi everyone..

I got an idea for a plugin.. I'm shure there are a few more out there, that would appreciate it. (the honor will be yours )

the plugin should work like the wall-draw-tool in ArchiCad:

a button to draw a line, the switch for the base-line outer/middle/inner
and 2 fields to enter height and width (should be remenbered for drawing next time)

just clicking twice and having a wall.. that would be most handy for all people doing walls..

OKAY: edit:
Found it ...
ProfileBuilder
but well... its 30 bucks and a lot more than i'd need.

that archiCad-style thing would be great.

WOW ! .. THAT is extra-ordinary!! awesome detail in SU !

I especially love those ropes and "random" stuff that's kinda organic.

loving it!

well... what's exactly the problem ? You need to log in first.. then the downloads should be available...

'cause I've gotta pass the coming examination there's not much going on right now..
I'll promise we'll push it in a few weeks time..

It's like the curvsticher .. I'm looking forward for the bezier-functionality!

great work! keep it up!!

check out the http://www.material-db.com ..It's quite new but it will become BIIIIG ..
like arroway.. but legaly for free

hi chango70,
It's a problem/bug of VRay I found out a few days ago.
It occours when exporting a LINKED material and trying to import it. For there's no SketchUp-material that the vismat is linked to, SU crashes... sometimes.. most of the time..
So what I did is: not to have linked materials exported.

I'm fixing the "furry carpet" right now.. when you check back later today it will be updated.

THATS What I've been looking for! Thanks a lot!

good looking image!
thanks again for sharing!

hey! Thanks! .. they're cool

hi..
If you draw the outer lines (as you've done it already) use the plugin "curvesticher" to make the faces...
Furthermore you can try by extruding the surface and ROTATE the extruded face to give it an angle...

hi frederik
the 2cm grid might not be in proper scale but the rest of the model is... the ball inside is roughly 4cm in diameter and the outer ball is 6 .. as far as i can remember...
Try fitting a squaremeter tiles on it an you pretty much get stuck.
It's up to the user how he scales the texture on it -in realscale you won't see much of a floor. On the other hand this would suit more detailed textures...

hey..
cool, you're using the scene !
the mapping within the material-editor is a different one from the texture-coordinates sketchup applies to the geometry...
a good step is to

• apply a texture to a geometry with sketchup and create a linked material (as done in the scene)
• if there's skp-material on it, use Sketchup's material panel to change the texture instead of replacing the wohle material! (otherwise the UV-Coordinates will be lost!)
• go into the material editor and add bump-maps (or whatever)
• use the EXPLICIT MAP CHANNEL for all textures added
• for you can't easily rename the linked material DUPLICATE it an rename it for exporting...
  It's a bit of a hassle using the uv-settings in the material-editor, cause you can't visually adjust it..

Hope it will help you

we've actually have one done for http://www.material-db.com (Vray for Sketchup 6) ... feel free to use it!.. and maybe upload some new materials

The back-button is a known issue.. The Site is written in JS and AJAX and its pretty difficult to get the button working well. You have to set status-points of every click... But we'll keep that in mind and work it out as the site grows.
I changed the value of the rating to "8" (if thats okay for you ). But it might be a good idea to let the user change his mind...
Our aim is to keep the site free of charge -forever!

okay. Found the bug. will be fixed tomorrow. Thanks for replying !

edit: Done.

material-db.com ist da! ist da! materialien für VRay... modo... MaxwellRender... mentalRay... Cinema4D..

Die erste sharing-platform für digitale Materialien und Shader. Unser Ziel ist die Universalmachung von diesen Shadern. Momentan sind folgende Formate berücksichtigt: .VISMAT (Vray für SketchUp/Rhino .LXP(modo302) .MXM (MaxwellRender) .mat (MentalRay für 3DsMax) .C4D (Cinema4D R10)

Selbstverständlich ist alles kostenlos! Wir sind ein give-and-take-Vorhaben, wobei jeder Nutzer eingeladen ist, seine Materialien mit anderen zu teilen und die der anderen um fehlende Formate zu ergänzen. Wer darauf keine Lust hat, kann natürlich auch nur "nehmen" -es ist aber immer schöner auch zu geben .

Besucht http://www.material-db.com !
*material-db ist online NOW! free material database for VRay (vismat)... modo... MaxwellRender... Cinema4D

the first sharing-platform for digital materials and shaders trying to cover up the major (and maybe minor later on..) visualisation-programs. We want the users from differenet programs to share textures and presets with each other to blow up each ones material-library. For we are a free web-project we need the users to share and build up the database. But nevertheless... everybodies welcome to join us at

http://www.material-db.com*

please tell us, what you think about it!