I did get thrupaint...havent quite got it mastered though. Need to read the instructions:) Just for the heck of it, I tried using the followmeandkeep plugin even though it is a straight forward follow me situation and so far the materials are staying oriented correctly around corners...not sure why that would be, but it works. p

Looks great Paul, nice model.

Oh well sorry If I upset you. Could you pop back when you have a minute and delete the threads that you think you have already deleted so that other people don't start replying to them too. Just a heads up, posting in the General Discussion forum actually limits the number of people who see your question as it only visible to premium members and above. So for a wider audience unrelated to premium issues you are better off in a different section.

Time? What's that? Are you going to come to the meetup?

Tig, Thanks for the thoughts/ideas. I do not think cad orgin issue is at fault here, but I will look closer to be sure. I will try to get the file to a reasonable size and give you the link. I am on a deadline at the moment so I will not have time to do it until tomorrow. Thanks for your help. paul

Thank you all!

Anyway cool result!

Based on your sample, I would say the best way to do this is just use SketchUp and Photoshop Extended. You can export your animation with the applied style you have right our of SketchUp as MP4 movie format. You could also export as a series of images or as a and open the movie file in Photoshop Extended and edit it there. Another option is to export the animation as a series of layers and overlay them in Photoshop. PS Extended allows you to do this and you can achieve some incredible results along with filters and adjustment layers.

Paul, there'd be room on the boat if you wanted to do some drawing work while you're sailing.

There is also the problem that a downloaded file might be "blocked". To fix that, right click on it and go to Properties. One the General tab, sometimes there is an option to "unblock" (or is it unlock?) something like that anyhow. Click that and that can also help make it so a file will begin working.

@cyberdactyl said: That's quite a double trough generated. How did the rain gutter work out? no gutters. @editor22 said: Wow its a shame you forgot about this, I would have loved to see a completed picture I have done some other work with the home owner recently...I will give him a call and ask him to send me a photo and I will post it. p

I was aware that su is not a 64 bit application and therfore not able to benifit easily from the extra ram. I do believe that my sysyem is a bit of a pig in using ram and may only leave about 2.5gb of the 4.0gb available for su to run on. The additional ram will bring me to 8 total (sorry I was not clear on that). I know this will help with certain portions of the rendering process in podium and my hope is that it will allow su to take and use all it can. Since I determined that I had two things causing my system to run slowly...1. overheating 2. I did not have the use hardware accelerator box checked. and now both those items have been fixed, I am running as smoothly as I ever have and that is not bad at all. So, my hope is that the additional ram will make things just a bit better than they ever were. Can't hurt. Tig you were right to end that last bit with a confused emot. I was, I am, and I will be even more confused if I dig into those threads. Thanks p

Thank you Dave Thank you Gaieus Thank you Sonder I will not be rendering the scenes with an outside rendering application and I also want to keep the model dynamic for further design developemant so this leads me to using scenes in layout as you suggest. Thank you for other ideas also. Paul

Thank you Brodie for taking the time to explain a couple thinks to me. I will look into colorMunki. Paul

That's OK - your post made me fix a minor issue with nested components... For the avoidance of doubt... The default punch-depth of 20"/500mm should suit most set ups. If you make it mush bigger it might clash with other things in the model. If you make it too small it might not punch right through thicker walls. The punched hole is either the punch depth OR to the inner face of the wall you are working on IF it is less or equal to the punch depth. If you have a range of walls 4/6/8/10/12/16" then a 20" setting will work for all of them, with no need to change anything. If you suddenly have a 'castle' with a wall that's ~40" thick you can change the setting temporarily to allow for that...

Thanks. p

It is ghosted out until you turn on shadows at all.

This may be the last image for this job. The clients have decided to use us for this remodel job but the budget may not justify any further modeling/rendering. On a daily basis sketchup & podium and the help that can be found on these forums proves to becoming more and more essential to our companies ability to communicate with our clients, sub contractrs and each other. Thanks for all your comments. Paul [image: 9MA6_greatroom.jpg][image: CoN4_great-room-proposed.jpg]

Pbacot, You observation of the 16Th of an inch dimensions is a keen one. Normally I do not dimension to that degree of accuracy. In this case however, we are the builder, and the field dimensions were taken by me and the drawing of the stone is actually the size that it will be cut to. The Stone supplier may choose to adjust slightly if it makes sense to them to do so, but this gives them an accurate starting point. Also, math does not lie. If I take an existing overall measurement and need a certain equal number of divisions within that measurement and it comes out at xx 1/16", so be it. The guys in the field will laugh, call me an idiot, discuss what color the sky is in my world, and then make it happen, but they will at least have an accurate plan to start with. I absolutely agree that the craftsman should be shown what we want, not how to get there. Especially when dealing in such artistic mediums as interior cut stone and Finish carpentry. The good ones are artists! Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I will post finished photos. ]p

I LOVE Irfanview and never knew it did that. Thanks Jim!!