Exceptional exporter! I can actually import models into Zbrush from SketchUp without them being almot completely unusable. Thank you!

I understand that SketchUp has a single plane method of applying UV Coordinates; however, I can't seem to get them to be seamless and/or non-distorted on a rounded object. So I'm curious to know if there is some kind of plugin that creates a flat texture map of the model in question. Or if there is a way to use SketchUp's method more efficiently than that would also be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

@unknownuser said:

Where is this screenshot, can you show your model and see how i can help, i use sketchup for developing games and it works effectively

My bad, I thought it uploaded

So, I love SketchUp because of its ease of use, however, I know that it isn't the best at creating meshes, as the screenshot shows. After trying so many different tutorials, guides, and forums to fix this, I haven't found a solution.

On a side note: I'm making models to use with Cryengine, and they need to be as efficient as possible.

So, I've finally decided to switch to 3ds Max for my game creation purposes, everything else I still plan on using Sketchup for though. However, I need some with simple things like separating objects into sections, creating holes for windows or door in the mesh, and just general ease of use. (Or, if you can help me fix my polygon problem otherwise, fantastic!)

So here are the 3D Programs, I currently use:

• Google Sketchup 8
• Meshlab 64-bit
• CryEngine 3.5.4
• MakeHuman
• Daz 3D Studio

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I'm experimenting with the the new beta of VRay 1.6, and it seems that when I render something the texture maps don't appear when I use the RT engine, but yet they do when I use the regular rendering engine. Help?

In my case at least, even though SketchUp itself limits the resolution, the VRay rendering engine doesn't. I usually render at 2048x1536, and I use one non-repeating texture on the floors of my models, and they come out crystal clear.

I couldn't understand if aren't sure if it will be limited or that you know its limited and trying to figure out why. So I answered to the former.

I've been searching for days now and I can't seem to find the IOR of warm (37c) human blood, can anybody help?

NOTE: I posted the link to this a few months ago, but it was quickly removed due to a misunderstanding occurring because the file come from BitSnoop.com, normally a site used for pirating digital media. But perfectly legal content exists on the site, and this file is entirely legal and free of virus, (I use it personally). If you do not feel safe using a torrent to download the collection, you are more than welcome not to download the collection, but just know that its a tested file and is a legal download. Its a torrent because its easier to use torrents for very large files, due to loss of a collection and speed of download. I just haven't got around to reposting this since the misunderstanding had been solved.

Hello, this is a very large collection of VRAY for SketchUp materials. While there are very specific materials that are missing, i.e. non-conventional use materials. There around probably around 1100 different materials in the collection. But take note that there are some duplicate materials, for reasons I do not know. This file comes in a little shy of 7GB, so be prepared for the download. The file is password protected, and the password is "4render" (Without the quotes).

Good luck fellow SkecthUp artists!

The Link: http://bitsnoop.com/vray-for-sketchup-materials-7gb-vis-q22433315.html

(You will need a bittorrent client; my suggestion is uTorrent.)

NOTE: I posted the link to this a few months ago, but it was quickly removed due to a misunderstanding occurring because the file come from BitSnoop.com, normally a site used for pirating digital media. But perfectly legal content exists on the site, and this file is entirely legal and free of virus, (I use it personally). If you do not feel safe using a torrent to download the collection, you are more than welcome not to download the collection, but just know that its a tested file and is a legal download. Its a torrent because its easier to use torrents for very large files, due to loss of a collection and speed of download. I just haven't got around to reposting this since the misunderstanding had been solved.

Hello, this is a very large collection of VRAY for SketchUp materials. While there are very specific materials that are missing, i.e. non-conventional use materials. There around probably around 1100 different materials in the collection. But take note that there are some duplicate materials, for reasons I do not know. This file comes in a little shy of 7GB, so be prepared for the download. The file is password protected, and the password is "4render" (Without the quotes).

Good luck fellow SkecthUp artists!

The Link: http://bitsnoop.com/vray-for-sketchup-materials-7gb-vis-q22433315.html

(You will need a bittorrent client; my suggestion is uTorrent.)

I found that this website has some very well made free textures, HDR maps, sky maps, and some models, I've used them and they are very well done. (NOTE: For nearly all the models, you will need an .obj importer.)

http://www.viz-people.com/free-stuff