I am just now getting a chance to dig into Artlantis Studio 2, so I took this old scene and rendered it with minimal changes. I do really like the addition of the infinate plane and the sky generator in the new version. Render times can be a killer if you are not working on a decent machine I have heard but luckily I do not have that issue. As I do more I will post more. Comments are welcome.
Scott
hopefully we can this forum section started with some other Artlantis 2 users 
Please see the post on the quality of Artlantis 2 here:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=171&t=7648
Scott
Reymond,
Looks nice. You know about the backwall so we will leave that be...
The people look a bit strange to me except the guy at the cart. He fits nicely.
The background also does not seem to fit right.
Overall it is nice but I do not know if I would wait 18 hours.
Scott
Vray for Sketchup. Not as hard to use as many think.
Thanks for the comments Pete.
Scott
This is a recently complete project for a county building. These were modeled in Sketchup and rendered in Vray. Comment are welcome. I know these are not perfect (they cut 24 hours out of my deadline:)
Scott
Alan is right it is back up.
Thanks for checking guys.
Scott
Hands down I think the podium render looks the best and has the best overall feel to it.
Scott
Eric,
Nice clean design. There is a texture issue on the ceiling in the first interior shot. The carpet is terrible though.
Scott
I do not mean to point out the obvious but there are going to be some major structural issues with this design. The size of that cantilever is tremendous. I do not like the design either. It looks like a big dead tree in the middle of the city. Just my thoughts.
Scott
Jason,
Great views. Your work has such an identifiable look to it. Very clean and great representations. Nice work.
Scott
Its not really the novelty of it it is the usefulness to me. Not having to pan around to do things on a large plan would save my time and playing an animation for a client on this would for sure blow them away. It would pay for itself fairly quick.
Scott
Here are a couple of my favorites.
Best regards,
Scott
P.S. Pete, Did you get my clipmap email I sent you?
I have seen these suits and guys flying in them before but nothing like this video. That was just crazy!
Scott
Ross,
Great topic! I truly believe it is the small pleasures and the little things that can make a big difference in life. I find the small pleasures in my daughter and my soon the be daughter (days away). Seeing my daughter smile or feeling my soon to be daughter kick brings me joy. I work as much as I do to try to make a better life for my family. Long hours and a lot of work make it all worth it to see my family happy. I went through a real rough patch a while back where I was just a real bitter person and was nothing less than a real jerk to be around. I was holding far to much emotional baggage and took out my frustrations on the ones I loved and also people I did not even know. One day my daughter asked why I never smiled and why I was always upset. She said it is hard to be happy when you are so sad. It was like someone hit me in the chest with a baseball bat! From that point on I realized that I need to find the little things in life to be happy about, and she was right in front of me. From that point on I have dropped my emotional baggage and lived for my family. Life is far to short to be bitter.
All I can tell people is that you get one chance to live and if you are not living life to the fullest then you need to re-evaluate things in your life. One quick look around you and you will see something to be happy about.
I know this might be a little off your subject but my simple pleasures are seeing those around me happy and if I can have a little hand in that then I am doing something right.
Best regards,
Scott
Esc, Shift, Ctrl, Alt.....All together on the left side of the control disk.
Scott
Alan,
Exactly why you need the spacepilot....ctrl abn shift are on the device itself
Scott