The environment maps included play a big role to get a suitable appearance...

The roughness doesn't quite match the expected result with certain HDRs

Definitely a nice addition to have in the viewport. SKP file sizes obviously take a hit because of the additional maps packed into the file.

Now that I've thought more you can actually also buy from within SketchUp. If you open the license dialog for any extension that requires a license there a purchase button there.

@Gus-R Now you're just showing off with the McTwist

@Box Thanks for sharing that. Seriously talented stuff.

@majid Those latest images look like a Mars colony.

@HornOxx we have yet to complete the menu for this new forum.

But if you visit our homepage and hover the PluginStore menu you can access Buy Extensions.

I'll add it to these forums next week. It's Paddys Weekend here so I'm enjoying the extended weekend.

No, TrueBend will generate the internal loops it needs to do the bending. So that's probably the most efficient method.

I only used QFT to help me cut loops so Smoove would work.

At quantum level I'd say trying to understand it is a whole new branch of science.

Did you see Google Quantum Chip? https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/

Willow performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion (that is, 1025) years — a number that vastly exceeds the age of the Universe.

Its kinda frightening that we have the ability to play in a realm we can't yet fully explain.

@L-i-am Handsome stuff as always.

If you import the exported dwg back into SketchUp do you see double lines?

If NO it could be the importer in your app that's the cause. If YES, then there maybe something in the source SKP file.

Once you include a secondary app into the mix the likely cause would be harder to detect. Can you reproduce on just a small sample of geometry?

Set Finishing to Erase Original Face

I've 3 under 16. They see me do stuff all the time in 3D and understand the fundamentals.

Kids have a ton of options to get into 3D. Roblox, a gaming sandbox, allows them to delve into coding, modelling and animation.

My eldest lad does tech drawing and engineering in school and it's Autodesk products that are pushed. But he did do the Donut Tutorial in Blender and nailed it.

There's also apps like Godot that are great to get kids into coding, game creations and 3D.

I think if SketchUp was part of the school curriculum here then maybe there would be more uptake. But Open Source software is easiest point of entry for kids interested.

It comes down to parents and teachers helping them discover 3D. As soon as it becomes homework you've put a red flag up!

It may make the Liam of today cringe. But that younger Liam could still do something a very small percentage of people can.

I don't think there's a 'bad' render. But there are renders where the user didn't experiment enough or settled on a result. They are both serviceable images if the point was 'a day time interior.'

I think that as you rank up in rendering more and more factors need considering. That leads to more knowledge. Some plateau at a level and other keep pushing. Every push places you into a smaller and smaller bracket.

Rendering is science in my opinion.

@box said:

You're slightly misunderstanding what Rich is saying/doing.

I must take the stone out of me mouth before I speak

Yummy. Great feature to add.

@L-i-am said in retopology?:

@L-i-am Thanks Rich, might it be easier to import the model into blender?

There's a workflow I use where I exported quad meshes from Blender to OBJ format.

Thomthom's Quadface Tools has an OBJ import that converts the OBJ quads to SU quads.

Its probably a topic I should put together an article on so users can benefit from that type of pipeline. Having it my head it not benefitting anyone.

I know @panixia also has a particular approach to go from SU to Substance Painter and support UDIMs which is something the community would benefit from.

@Dave-R You plan to print that? Its a beautiful model.

Soon you'll be able to open a digital museum of historical devices

@Gus-R said in Oooops:

@Rich-O-Brien Get off my lawn!

The right side bar's text is kind of small for my aging eyes. Can you make the font bigger?

We'll be tweaking as we go so expect improvements. As you can imagine migrating was a big challenge. Keeping historical stuff was important.

So poke around for a bit before piling on the requests

Great update Sam. Thanks for sharing.

When I look at the plans all I see is the most beautifully packed UV map.

I'd say the chair is pretty hefty to lift too.