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In the example file it's not as a clean and pre-planned as your good example.
I think that it is doable but not on the file shared. Where the tube is intersecting the flat top face is a bit of a mess. The tube geometry has a few probably unintentional edges.
You can do this but you need to pre-plan the profiles to get the nice results Dave does in his sleep.
@Mike-Amos If the sun coming in the window is a directional light you should raise the angle values slightly to soften the shadow.
I sometime mix both HDRIs and Directional Lights to get the light the way I want it.
HDRs are great but some might offer you the background you want but not the light direction or power. Adding a directional to give you more artistic controls is sometimes a good hack.
Be mindful of power values and balance it.
A directional light with zero angle results in crisp clean shadows...
Increasing it to 2-3 will soften edges....
@Dave-R You'd struggle to get the same reflections that real geometry would produce.
But it's also kind of deflating to know you actually modelled the cable strands.
What people may have missed is that this pulley is needed to pick Dave's wallet up its so heavy!
@Dave-R Are you open sourcing the print files for others or is it a commercial product for the living aids sector?
I knew someone who invented a sock removal aid that ended up licensed to some large US based living aid supplier. It was initially an aid for wetsuit removal that caught the eye of an investor who saw a use in living aids.
Those clips that receive the belt must be pretty unique in the space.
Did you try SPGears?
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It's a fabulous model. Is the bloom effect a D5 post-processing step? It doesn't lessen the render but it feels artificial.
Overall, the whole scene is stunning.
@jumpjack said:
could chatgpt automatically turn a 32 bit .rb source into 64 bit?
I asked it how to lose weight and it beat me up and took my shoes
Here's how it was made....click to play gif
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Took me ages to find it. But I love this type of use of SketchUp. PNG billboards are such powerful assets.
@Gus-R said in EMD SD-45 Union Pacific Update:
troubleshooting the object and projecting lines issue.
Those are relationship lines that are not an issue. Think of them as helpers in Blender to identify if object have parents or constraints
@HornOxx can you describe what it is you want to do?
@jo-ke I never know what to say about AI images...
Its impressive at what it does.
@Gus-R I commend your attention to detail.
It’s interesting to see the engineering that went into this tech.
Are these D5 clay renders?
@HornOxx The reason I ask is because I use a AutoHotkey Window Resizer to resize SketchUp so the my viewport is a particular ratio. It takes a little bit of setup but saves me from guesswork.
As an example if I hit CTRL+F10 it resizes SketchUp so its viewport is 600px x 600px. Now I can export 1:1 image ratio at whatever resolution I need.
Its a bit hacky but I've used it for years.
@Tru-la-la Lol....I wish I had that hair and the bike!
My Opel Combo is not as cool 
The sparkle material is nice!
@Gus-R Clay render are such clear descriptors for geometric detail. Looks really clean
@TIG said
but Rich knows how, and perhaps he can share his example script, or point you/us to someone else's ?
To be clear, my AHK script, is cobbled together from other scripts and is dependent on a particular UI setup in SketchUp. This is a complete hack with a very blunt axe but it works for me.
NOTE: This works on any active window its not limited to SketchUp
Download and install AutoHotkey
Download and unzip this into a folder wherever you want on your system
Resizer.zip
If you double click the ResizeWindows.ahk it will add an icon to your tray so you know when you have it active for use.
The shortcuts keys I've set are:
If you open the ResizeWindows.ahk with a text editor you will see the following:
#NoEnv
#SingleInstance, force
#Persistent
SendMode Input
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
Menu, Tray, Icon, %A_WorkingDir%\icons\resize.png ,, 1 ; icon
#installKeybdHook
TrayTip, %A_ScriptName%, Started, 1
^+F8:: ; Get window stats to create more presets below
WinGetActiveStats, winT, winW, winH, winX, winY
WinGetClass, class, A
MsgBox,
(
- TITLE
%winT%
- DIMENSIONS
%winW% x %winH%
)
return
^F10::ResizeWin(956,719) ; Ctrl+F10 1:1 @600px x 600px
^F9::ResizeWin(1156,719) ; Ctrl+F9 4:3 @800px x 600px
^F8::ResizeWin(1156,569) ; Ctrl+F8 16:9 @800px x 450px
^F7::ResizeWin(1301,524) ; Ctrl+F7 21:9 @945px x 405px
^!Lbutton:: ; Ctrl+Alt+Lbutton to toggle always on top
WinGet, currentWindow, ID, A
WinGet, ExStyle, ExStyle, ahk_id %currentWindow%
if (ExStyle & 0x8) ; 0x8 is WS_EX_TOPMOST.
{
Winset, AlwaysOnTop, off, ahk_id %currentWindow%
}
else
{
WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, on, ahk_id %currentWindow%
}
return
ResizeWin(Width = 0,Height = 0)
{
WinGetPos,X,Y,W,H,A
If %Width% = 0
Width := W
If %Height% = 0
Height := H
WinMove,A,,%X%,%Y%,%Width%,%Height%
}
;-----------------------------
;Collapse titlebar
LWIN & LButton::
WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, A
return
;Uncollapse titlebar
LWIN & RButton::
WinSet, Style, +0xC00000, A
return
;-----------------------------
Gui, +ToolWindow +AlwaysOnTop -SysMenu -Caption +Border
Gui, Color, cCCCCCC
SetTimer, Draw, 100
Draw:
MouseGetPos, MouseX, MouseY, MouseWin ; get mouse coords/window
WinActivate, %MouseWin%
WinGetActiveStats, Title, WinW, WinH, WinX, WinY ; get the stats of the active window
; variables
DrawW := (WinW)
DrawH := (WinH)
DrawX := (WinX - 1)
DrawY := (WinY - 1)
; show the gui
Gui, Show, NoActivate w%DrawW% h%DrawH% x%DrawX% y%DrawY%, Draw
WinSet, TransColor, CCCCCC, Draw
return
It is lines 24 to 27 that handle the resizing of the SketchUp window. These you may need to tweak to get the result you want. For me it does what I want. I could go into more details but look at this filthy hack length already.
@Mike-Amos said in Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.:
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