My first try to render car in Thea. Model is downloaded from 3dwarehouse ..

@shura said:

Hello Dave,

you are right - and this is kind of a disadvantage...
...although in rendering you will not see the edges, and of course you can switch off all edges and profiles in styles - but then the whole model would be without them.

afaik there is no easy way to hide all profiles and edges, but I might be just unknowing (hopefully, please someone point to the right method or plugin)

cheers
alex

You can organize your tree and put leaf edges on separate hidden layer - see attached example.
Select all leafs by material then deselect faces and put edges on separate layer ... or choose hide command ..

This plugin should be helpfull:
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=109

Bo

tree_small.skp

1001bit plugin make contour tool works pretty good ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxEobkkGeM

Render[In] ...

@shura said:

Thanks for bringing up Tree(d) again. I already abandoned it because the of the limited export formats - but I just realized that I didn't have the newest version.

So for anyone who is scratching his head like I did:

Download Tree(D) version 3.1 because in v3.0 there is no obj-export available.

Now it works with TIGs obj-importer, but for some reason the materials don't get imported.
Any idea what I am doing wrong here?

Textures must be in the same folder together with exported *.obj and *.mtl files.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=29722&hilit=tree+starling&start=15#p262163

Really beta beta ..version.. 3 bugsplats during half an hour when trying to render few not very complex scenes

This is example of successful render

Other apps integrate SU workflow step by step ...

@aidus said:

And again, nothing included what users asked for a long time. One huge dissapointment and my choice is now 3ds max. Google you suck!

3ds max - US$ 3495,-
SU8 Pro - US$ 495,-
SU8 Free -US$ 0,-

........

@jarynzlesa said:

:sketchstatic:

Zázračné žárovky - magic bulbs

@tomsdesk said:

My Twilight try...

@andriyg81 said:

Interesting work,
Exteriors look a little washed out for my taste. I would like to see color tweaked a little (grass, sky) and maybe a little more contrast.
Interior on the other hand looks a little too dark and gloom.
But I think it is nothing Photoshop can't fix

I wanted them to be a little bit "washed" but these are first shots and you are right - it deserves more care and tweaking...

Interior was rendered with preset unbiased interior mode - about 100 passes. I am sure it would look brighter and finer after 200... 300... 400 ...
Definitely I will try later

My actual work - I am experimenting with workflow:

VW09 BIM 3D model -> exported via 3ds format -> imported into SU -> model simplified + repared + tweaked -> Twilight render

Trees are made in Tree[d] and imported via obj
Grass is generated by Makefur plugin
Trees, grass, house + building site model are separate files inserted into master file via TIGs Xref plugin

Fresh and energizing .. and those ballons!

Menger in the field

@martin-art said:

Couldn't resist a quick render.

Nice! Could be fine to add some crew. I wasn't looking for a canoeist figure in warehouse but there must be some

@martin-art said:

Very cool model, look forward to seeing some renders.

How did you pattern the disks on the nose mast?

I used only materials availible in SU and Twilight templates. Nose mast material is brushed aluminium (a little bit tweaked)...

Chair loft chair party

Twilight + Metropolis light transport/50passes. Ceiling was accidentally hidden so there is more light than in previous scenes.

@unknownuser said:

Very cool.

Thanks