Hmm yes, all sounds very good even for someone who is pretty bad at sketchup like me..
I'll try that in work tomorrow - thank you Dave for making my monday morning more bearable!

Ah I see.
Well if I was using the method of putting tiles together to make an image export for a texture, I may as well use those tiles across the roof I think

If I did model a tile, is there a proper technique/tool I should look up to allow me to copy it over the roof face? (then maybe sorting out the edges at the end)

I'm not looking for it to be totally automatic, just a short process if I already have the initial tile modelled (as in I can quickly grab it from my folder of pre-made tiles, and paste them all over the roof, and then apply a colour to them all - all in a fairly short time frame?)
If so my boss would be very happy!

I'm not concerned with being able to instantly replace all the tiles with another. If the client has chosen a tile from catalogue or similar means then that's the only one I want to put on the model.
What I'd like to be able to do is model one of each of the tiles we offer to choose from, then once they choose one I'd like to be able to quickly paste this all over the roof in a way to achieve a realistic outcome.
Ideally I'd use textures but that sort of defeats the object of the "what you see is what you get" that I'm after.

Hello
I have catalogues of roof tiles at work.
I'd like to enable clients to choose their tiles and I'd then apply them to their 3d render

Is it possible to effectively paste tiles over a roof ? Not using textures. Just actual 3d tiles? This would allow me to do this and give them an accurate representation.

Good find for serious jobs

Hey everyone, I've lurked this forum for a while and finally got round to registering!

I work for a company primarily doing loft conversions. I use Autocad to do 2d plans for quotation and construction purposes.
I have also used many 3d programs personally though, including sketchup.

I've seen many companys using programs like 3ds max/autocad for 3d, and making walkthroughs/stills using renderers like vray etc.
I've had some experience doing that just at home for practice, but wouldn't like to do it professionally due to waiting for renders! (I am NOT sorting out a render farm )

With the rise of things like Lumion and Twinmotion etc. I am starting to think I could produce walkthroughs and stills very quickly though..
True the result wont be photorealistic like vray or something, but surely with a nice computer (my new rig with a 3gb 580 card is coming next week!) I could achieve perfectly nice results?

It all seems to easy though.. sketchup and for example twinmotion..

Anyone have experience doing something like that freelance? What do you think the results/speed etc. would be like? If I did I'd be aiming for smaller jobs than what I see online (people doing huge complexes etc.). More real estate or things like that.

Also how much would I earn? It's hard to see prices online as these companies usually only give private quotes. I'm going to add it all up and if I can do something I enjoy for some extra pocket, I'll get straight on it!

Sorry for sounding so clueless in my first post. I'll try to contribute something to this great forum in the future

Michael