@andybot said:

No, the flakes are not available in vfs 2.0

Some time back, one of the vray support guys shared a material that approximates the flake effect:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=322%26amp;t=57937%26amp;p=527195#p527195

hope this helps!

Andy

Oh, looks great! Didn't knew about this one!

Thanks!

Hello,

I just wondered, and really got me stuck, is there a way to reproduce metallic flake paint in V-Ray for SU?

I know that in max it's a pre-established setting which gives the flake aspect to a metallic paint, but can't this be done inside VFSU?

Made all the tutorials with metallic car paints but can't get the flakes to appear.

Help

Yet again V-ray loaded model and MSWindows gives this message, for the 1st time ever. Even if with 16GB of RAM and 3D model using only 3GBs. While building raycaster accelerator the computer freezes and mouse cursor moves very hard.

No displacements, totally cleaned model, purged and with synced materials and maps.

Any sollution to this?

Later edit: Solved it. It's just the model management wrong. Had to hide some components that were invisible on this scene, the second floor and some plants on there right that are visible in another scene. Thanks in advance!

Still getting the VFB flashing, after switching the tab to Windows Explorer or anywhere outside the VFB, it starts going crazy. But it stops when I'm minimizing the SU main window and leave visible only the VFB on the desktop.

The problem persists even after clean reinstalling windows and softwares. I made also a RAM and hard-drive upgrade.

Gotta love fachwerk housing (on the left). You're making an art of it.

I really like your compositions. They're like epochal postcards. It seems you're an enthusiast for old homes and architectural styles. Good to know, it's a rare thing for one to own such passion.

Very nice! Though bumpiness in the floor seems too hard for that kind of reflection and scale. Watch out for the polycount on that lime color seat, it has unwanted triangles that make the image to not look realistic.

You also can tune the HDRi inside an external editing program to match your scene colors and lights.

@tedvitale_cg said:

Go to Preferences> Extensions> V-Ray For Sketchup and see what version you are on. If you have a version number lower than 2.00.25539 you need to upgrade to the current release version.

So, this will fix the VFB flashing issue?

With V-Ray the model loads 6GBs [before rendering] to 8GBs [when rendering] of RAM.

Thanks!

@valerostudio said:

Nope, it is not solved and still does come back randomly. I think it might have something to do woth creating a light while within a group or component. I agree that just saying "restart" is not a good solution or answer. Let's hope that all of these bugs are gone with the next release that we so patiently wait for. Now I'm starting to sound like I did when I was using 1.49.01 and that's scary!

For me it worked to cut/copy the IES model from the model which shows this bug into an empty skp, test it and copy it back.

Hi there,

I'm having some issues with the VFB, it starts flashing like crazy when trying to render a huge panoramic image with 7000x3500px resolution.

I tried to use the Render to VRImage function, including No Memory and Preview presets, output .exr file, but with no results. It's loading the model (145MB in size), going through all passes before Light Cache building, then it starts flickering at 40% LC. I tried to open and re-open the file, which takes some time and it's really annoying to re-open it each time I get this error.

I'm running SU2015 x64 bit, with V-Ray 2.00 on a workstation with Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHZ, 16GB's or physical RAM, 28332MB's virtual RAM, video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX745 12175GB's of memory.

I hope there is a trick to solve this problem

Yes, it works after restarting SU, but when you have a model that loads 8GBs of your RAM, it's not the best sollution to restart, because it will load again very long time.

Another solving is to copy your IES inside another SU, test it, then copy it back to your model.

@okomta said:

Thanks guys...I hope anyone could post their car too..use this thread for show car..hehehehe...
Is omikron around here?,, i can not see his car,,,

Yes I am, but didn't got the time lately in modeling any car from scratch, just playing with bodykits and blank models.

Anyway, it seems that you're doing an impressive job!

Looks really good! I like the race track render more. This looks like an Alfa Romeo 4C, so that should be the interior.

Thanks a lot, it worked! Here's the result

No idea, anyone?

Sick! Didn't knew Keyshot can do such wonderful interiors! Amazing work and concept, too. The sketches are wonderous. I hope they won't be just concepts GG

Cute! Is this going to be built?

Looks really good! I like the architectural lighting of the wall.

@horsinho said:

That solved it indeed, Thank you very much. First time I had this problem, from now on I'll be aware of this. Thanks again.

Glad it worked!

Hi,

Since some time I'm encountering a light glitch when rendering immitated LED lights. I tried numerous ways to keep the light inside the LED block but it keeps breaking away from the mesh and it shows up chaotic. The 3D model is a Humster3D product, very complex and well done.

In the first image it seems that the car body is transparent when it's not, and in the second the exterior parts - the bumper and trunk integrated aileron - get too much light. I'm using a frosted glass for the LED covering since the 2sided didn't show better results. Each omni light has 3W power.

I'm using SU 2015 64bit with VR 2.0 64bit.

Or if it's wrong, are there better ways to simulate BMW backlight LEDs using Vray? I'm using as reference Duron Automotive's BMW M6 renderings.