Hi to everyone, just found my way here now. Cool
Great renderings Jeff, like always. That is the Saarinen table from FormFonts you have in the first render right? I had trouble with those faceted edges on that one myself. It is true that with the added realism of Maxwell those sharp and faceted edges become more apparent than with some other products. The low poly models seem to work better with a more CG:ish look. The problem is often that low-poly geometry that looks fine in SU just doesn’t render well. I have noticed this also when rendering curved surfaces with a shiny surface.
Here is a quick example of three Panton chairs. One is a low-poly FormFonts chair with a messy mesh. One is s rather high poly Evermotion chair with a clean mesh. The third one, found on the SU forum, is something in between. Can you tell which one is the low-poly one?
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When I use high-poly models in SketchUp I always try keeping them on separate layers, so you can turn them of when working on different parts of the model. I think SU can handle a big file, but displaying everything in a high-poly model is where the problems start.

Nondestructive bevelled edges is definitely on my SU wishlist.

Sheik