Sorry, confirm that the crash still happens.

@pixelcruncher

I am getting a crash when minimising or closing Rayscaper latest version.

Also this. Setpoint error, graphic did not save. The crash of Sketchup is repeatable.

A condition on sale from google to trimble was a couple (Five?) years maintaining Sketchup with a free version. V17 was the last.

I raise my hat to you, magic.

Very cool.

Going back to motors again, this is the latest Kitbash from older components/models.

Essentially a clay render for fit.

Last free version of Sketchup is V17.

Just one other thought for today, I take it these renders are used to suggest schemes for potential users of a refurbishment or building company. In this case the clientelle will want to choose materials etc so how deep do these options run with your system?

Saying to a customer that "It will look like this but different, seems like a retrograde step. Just a thought.

Horses for course etc, agreed. Thought for the day, can ai be used as an educational tool to TEACH rendering? Assess the product folk are getting and SUGGEST method of improvement. Manual renders, like DSLR, have options up the yazoo and even making CAD/Sketchup models can confront the novice with lots of confusing palettes which can be visually disturbing. Perhaps ai can be a real tool for change and ALLOW the user to be more creative while retaining independence?

@kacper7 G'[day Kacper, good to see you here, I come from a rather laboured history with computing starting with a ZX80 and the Atari STFM (Still have but the mouse is long gone during a move and no idea how to actually attach it to a screen). Lots under that bridge.

I actually got a scholarship to Chelsea college of art but they cancelled all scholarships just before the course started and I joined the army instead.

So, my opinion is based on old school and the idea of taking decisions away from me makes me wonder where there is room for anything BUT these ai products.

Render the way I am used to is a very personal process, yes some assistance would be good but not taking over completely. I actuall LIKE to be able to select textures and light levels, a lot of my renders are on the dark and moody side which architectural types dislike because is is not how they do renders.

I know, if I make a house and render it, the subject is architectural, think more the renders you might see in gaming or art station etc.

Main point from this? I am and will remain an individual rather than a drone doing things a set way because I have to be in the Matrix.

Do I/would I, ignore suggestions? No but a methos of choosing mats/textures etc would imho, be the way to go. I have tried the Sketchup thing and find it irritates the heck out of me, even while I admit it is leaps ahead of the first version I tried, it just decides FOR me.

No thanks.

Your product is definitely worth a longer look/test but not really my cup of Darjeeling thanks mate.

I wish you all, the very best for your project, being a Trekkie I cannot do less.

Stay well out there, you and yours.

"Small things make perfection, but perfection is no small thing … Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble".

Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet of Seaton, OBE (27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933)

It would probably work in something like a camping barn.

@Rich-O-Brien

That alone makes it worthy of submission.......

Foliage like this will reduce the temperature of the homes it is attached to so that alone makes it worthwhile.. Any water savings from recycling brown water will be a bonus.

I agree with ^, development of form follows function so when we take lessons from nature we are listening to what is essentially already developed. Most of us do not see or listen. You are doing that for us. Majid, thanks for this lecture series.

Bravo, the shadows and light balance blowing my mind.

@HornOxx

Mate, blown away by the system you came up with, if that is amateur fashion, the next step is going to blow everyone away.

More please.

@HornOxx

This topic has reminded me of a series of programs about what would happen if humans vanished overnight and on into the future. How things would deteriorate over time.
The USS Texas and other battleship museums, the high rise buildings around the world.
What would happen to these structures without maintenance over protracted periods.
Quite an eye opener. Not trying to put a dampener on the topic btw, just pointing out in the earlier post that folk like their windows to let light in an I love the whole idea but a little restraint might be more realistic.

Life After People - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

I can definitely see that this sort of thing is NEEDED, for water recycling purposes if nothing else. I saw a project in Manhattan where the planting from top to bottom of a tower block was used to reclaim brown water produced by residents. Lots of room for projects like this to manage hotter climates without massive energy drain.
We can do this if the will (Power) is there.

Agreed, my one problem would be complaints and potential suits from folk who have their windows obscured from daylight. Perhaps cut down on the foliage quantity a bit.

Nicely done, Sir.