You probably don't need to uninstall and reinstall SketchUp.

The colors and shadows are really good. I wonder sometimes how the rendering is actually done internally. Posing and posting more natural colors can become tricky with each level of complexity added to the objects. Kitchen objects though plain & simple can be hard to objectify virtually.

I am currently working on modelling my town: Hummelo, the Netherlands in around 1900. I have started an blog in English about it recently: http://serrarens.nl/en/. More information on the models can be found in Dutch: http://serrarens.nl/nl/. If you're interested I can try to upload some pictures. My ultimate goal is not the model itself, but to relive the history as realistically as possible. For that reason, I am using the models in combination with the Unity3D engine to get a interactive environment. I expect to be working on this for at least another year to complete. Pascal Serrarens.

@trogluddite said: @chrisglasier said: ...for use on line... ...the only owner being the manufacturer Which brings its own problems - ... Sorry I did not make the point clearly. It is the structure of the digital market I am concerned about. Rather than consider the distribution of software with products it seems beneficial to consider it as provision of services like public utilities - extension of the web sites on tap experiment (W3C protocols and development languages being the utility). All the arguments about competitiveness and so on apply to both ways, but the big plus for utilities is the avoidance of currently unresolvable ownership issues.

I like the project with lacobel, but still too dark in the room ... I'm curious what your camera settings in the options ISO, shutter speed, fnumber?

Thats a lens flare filter from photoshop. Rendered with Maxwell.

I'm in FF, I get the same result as Speaker. [image: 1TVG_Capture.JPG]

Don't have a clue what you guys are talking about but if I made something like that I would have both arms in casts from patting myself on the back. I love the lighting effects

Here's a quick example of a projectedges3plane tool <span class="syntaxdefault"></span><span class="syntaxkeyword">require&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /></span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">begin<br />TIG&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">c</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">2011<br /></span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">end<br />module&nbsp;TIG<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Camera"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_item</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"TIG.projectedges2plane"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">){</span><span class="syntaxdefault">self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">projectedges2plane</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()}</span><span class="syntaxdefault">unless&nbsp;file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">))<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">))<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">def&nbsp;self</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">projectedges2plane</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_entities<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">camera<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;eye</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">eye<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">target<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dir</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">cam</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">direction<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ss</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">selection<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;es</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=[]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ss</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">es&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword"><<&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">if&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.class==</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Edge</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">not&nbsp;ss</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">messagebox</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"No&nbsp;Edges&nbsp;in&nbsp;Selection!"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">nil<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;end<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">start_operation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"TIG.projectedges2plane"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">group</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_group<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;group</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">name</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxstring">"TIG.projectedges2plane"<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">group</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">entities<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;pp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">eye</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">offset</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dir</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">eye</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">distance</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">tar</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)/</span><span class="syntaxdefault">2</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">plane</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dir</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">es</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ps</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">start</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">position<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;vs</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ps</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vector_to</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">eye</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ls</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ps</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vs</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pps</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Geom</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">intersect_line_plane</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ls</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">plane</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pe</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">e</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">end</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">position<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ve</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pe</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vector_to</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">eye</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">le</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pe</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ve</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ppe</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Geom</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">intersect_line_plane</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">le</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">plane</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_line</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pps</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ppe</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">t0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Geom</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Transformation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.new()<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">intersect_with</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">true</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">t0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">t0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">true</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_a</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">commit_operation<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;end<br />end</span> It places a plane half way between the camera eye and target, it then projects the vertices of all selected edges onto that plane as a flat 2d grouped set of edges; to get the plane vertical use camera>2pt_perspective. Copy/paste code into a file called 'TIG-projectedges2plane.rb' in the Plugins folder it appears as an item in the Camera menu.[image: 4fxB_Capture.PNG][image: 3ubP_Capture1.PNG][image: UH4g_Capture2.PNG][image: ZM08_Capture3.PNG]

this may help you in the United States... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use_%28U.S._trademark_law%29 when describing, suggesting the use of or critiquing a product it is considered "fair use"... the big point will be are you making money from the use of the trademark? if so then you'll need to acquire permission or license to use the trademark.

@speaker said: Here is the full house. [image: yeONJ.jpg] Really nice visual, Am I right in thinking the green and red ducts are part of a MVHR unit? If so the only criticism I could offer is that the green supply valves in the far left corner would get whats known as cross talk, they should be staggered Exceptional visual though

Nice. Well done!

Thanks. I always try to make the exterior exposure bigger for a more photorealistic look. It also helps to merge the interior and the exterior togeather more naturally.

I came across this thread while looking for solutions to some of my issue. i.e 'formulas' They're not perfect but I'm pretty proud of them, especially the drawer cabinet, with all the drawer boxes. Go ahead. Stretch out the floor cabinets to the construction lines along the walls. The wall cabinets stretch on the Z axis as well as the X axis. As I said, a work in progress. Walls 2.skp

that is sweeeet.

Nice. Excellent overview. What was the final file size of the animation?

Im almost certain you want your RAM in multiples of 3 if you've got an i7 processor, so in short the bloke in the shop was wrong. Something to do with it having a triple channel memory controller, or so my brief reading tells me. http://techgage.com/article/intel_core_i7_-_choosing_the_best_memory_kit/ http://www.tomshardware.com/news/corsair-triple-channel-ddr3,6614.html http://www.palicomp.co.uk/pc-components/motherboard-cpu-ram-bundles/intel-core-i7-bundles/prod_188.html

Excellent. (I'm running out of adjectives, here)

great texturing! great image.

I have to agree with earthmover. The scene give me the feeling the house is empty and without life. Almost abandoned. The scene needs some more vegetation and there needs to be more around the pool. The quality of the render (lighting, AA, etc.) is nice. Scott