I used jpegs for landscapes
Are you looking for a animation I know i saw a ruby to do that just can't remember were.

found it

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=33054

This was a quick demo

Do bear in mind you have created a scene where there are many more bounces to resolve than normal (by virtue of having mirrors reflecting into each other -- AGS is just a metal mirror with reduced opacity) -- this will take time to resolve and as I said SL 18 would be the minimum I would personally accept as "final".

Best,
Jason.

Both of the developers for our plugin were helping you actually. Both Joe and Myself. The entire issue was caused by us being unable to write our error log out to the folder where we normally put it. So we just changed the path to your user folder and it started working just fine.

As a quick heads up, and to save you any additional frustration, our manual is a tad outdated (it's about 3 versions old). So the manual will give you a good idea of where to get started, but you should also have a look at our youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE2F8B612F375E98E

Yep, you are way behind!! Shame on you!! 😉

Use Maxwell Z-Clipping instead of SketchUp section planes for the type of scene you have shown -- this works, always has.

Best,
Jason.

Darn, the good ones are always taken!! lol 😉

Thanks again for your help Jason.

Anita

Hi Peter,

You're creating SU stuff and being paid for it??!! Go you!! I'm taking on work for others just for the experience and I'm doing it for nothing!! Bah humbug! But you're right, the more you do, the more you learn (hence my 45 degree mitre!!). I'd still like to see your efforts whether they are earth shattering or not!!

Anita

Hi Rich,

Yep, I'm running the latest Sketchup v8 and I uninstalled Vray and installed it again. I've removed Maxwell Render in previous attempts when installing Vray and it makes no difference. I have a paid license of Maxwell Render this time and I'm hesitant to uninstall it!! There is obviously something on my laptop that doesn't agree with Vray. And I'm no closer to solving this issue. Vray support team were uselss.

Thanks
Anita

Thanks for this peeps. Wow, I never realised that you had to calculate all of this stuff just to print something. Everytime I think I'm getting somewhere there's always something else to consider!!! Grrrrrr!!! Jason, I reduced the image to half an A4 page because I knew that if it was too big it may have been blurred but it still wasn't overly clear.

Idahoj thanks for that link - I'm going to have to undertake quite a bit of study to familiarise myself with all of this ppi and dpi stuff. Sigh.

Cheers
Anita

Hi Dave, yea you're probably right - it's a Maxwell question. I'm importing an MXM file that includes a JPEG but everytime I try to set the displacement Sketchup closes.

Anita

Yes exactly It would save so much time, I am modeling alot of architecture, things like 3d bevel siding, brickwork etc. , doing one now I will post later of an older building with a rough textured block. Im thinking: select face, extrude edges x distance past thickness, array component, explode all, intersect with model erase negative space, reverse faces in negative space, or something along those lines. My ultimate wish would be some kind of code driven geometry, or smart component that would recognize edges and adjust itself accordingly, ultimatly I would love to see a program that would do perhaps stone work without tiling, using some random number generator function, and some ways to mix the shape with out repeating.

textured block on brickworks project.png