For my understanding the only free version available is the latest. So better look on backups.

dwg/dfx import is gone from free SU 7.1

I see that this is a good iniative, this is excatly how sketchupbar and others should have started they "work" originally. Contact to authors of those scripts and plugins in interest and nogotiate suitable terms.

So funny... did you search inspiration with google images > urinal

Here is some more inspirational material...

Solid Texture Synthesis from 2D Exemplars

(johanneskopf.de)

State of the Art in Example-based Texture Synthesis

State of the Art in Example-based Texture Synthesis

(www-sop.inria.fr)

Lapped textures would be a dream http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/hoppe/proj/lapped/

You could go even to 3D http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kenshi/LappedSolidTextures/index.html

While collecting parts of my yaw from the table I don't yet know where to use this... but seriously amazing.

@unknownuser said:

That is a nice style Tom, look forward to hearing how you achieved this.

+1

@tas_1985 said:

Well, I was doing my best to turn the table，if you still thinking we are thieves, I feel sorry about this.
last night I posted some of my project to make friendship with you, but it was removed, I fell sorry,too.
farewell

One have to work a lot to gain the trust that is lost, but I am confident that if you endure, old mistakes will be forgiven.

Thanks

@tas_1985 said:

...
But I want to say that the Chinese law allow us to make Chinesization without payment to the author as long as we do not sell them. sometimes even without the authorization.

I really like to see that law, translated properly. I only have find this http://www.chinaiprlaw.com/english/laws/laws10.htm and there a right to translation is only given to original copyright holder. What I have understood Chinese copyright law allows translation only, if it does not infrict rights of original copyright holder - so I see that your are simply explaing the missuse.
Sure there are laws that do allow modification of a software for private use in certain cases (if you have purchased an software and it does not work or in educational use), but they do not allow distribution of the modified software. Also translation is allowed, but in fairly limited form "(6) translation, or reproduction in a small quantity of copies, of a published work for use by teachers or scientific researchers, in classroom teaching or scientific research, provided that the translation or reproduction shall not be published or distributed;"
So please, no excuses. These sites are clearly infricting copyrights and it's really shameful that they representatives do come here to claim that they have right to do so.

Thank you all. The call for this beta is closed now. It will take a moment until all ~200 applications are proceeded, but you will be contacted by email, when selections are done. Further information on Thea Render forum.

@unknownuser said:

... Probably a small number (20 at most) distributed uniformly among all modeling applications.

After this (short) period of closed beta testing, an open beta will appear where everyone can see our progress and evaluate Thea Render.

best wishes
Ioannis Pantazopoulos

egoddess, "providing unauthorised translation" like you say is same offering pirated software, even if you offer it "free". Now as you know that you are doing against the will of programmers of these softwares, please remove those. Twilight, Podium and actually all I seen you are offering do have a licensing scheme and you need to crack it somehow if you want to use it without license. If you really want to contribute and help to translate software contact the authors. I an 100% sure that author of Twilight Render is interested if you are offering a translation help, even thought actions of people behind Sketchupbar do not promise a lot, but distribution of that must be happen properly. Twilight is made for everyone, it's really bargain - and if you don't effort to it why not to use Kerkythea, it's free and already been translated to many languages or Luxrender, that as open source can even be distributed from your site, if you provide the source code.

@mike lucey said:

... Lets face facts! What is some guy in China living on $100 a month (or less) going to do when he has to decide to pay 5 month salary for an appliction or download a pirate copy?

Mike

I think if someone in China has money to buy a PC, he also do have some money for the software. I seriously doupt that a guy in China living on $100 a month (or less) do have a computer.

Perhaps google has enough muscles to take the site (or pirates using the site) down. China has changed the attitude againts the piracy (at least a bit). Maybe someone close to SU developement would tip the Google SU team. btw they are ripping sketchucation.com too.

Perhaps something from
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=a6d299a60747769a10d2c5a3a5f68390

HDR to LDR work flow can create a bloom like effect.

Thanks!

@aerilius said:

2. I tried Microsoft photosynth which creates a 3d point cloud and uses it for a slideshow in 3d space. But photosynth can not export the 3d data.

Now you can http://binarymillenium.com/2008/08/exporting-point-clouds-from-photosynth.html + http://meshlabstuff.blogspot.com/

Might want to look on this http://binarymillenium.com/2008/08/photosynth-export-process-tutorial.html