Tina, check out this link: http://www.gag.org/pegs/index.php Graphic Artists Guild handbook -- all you ever want to know about your copyrights. Available also on Amazon - used editions for as little as $4 or so....

Ha Ha, line up a bunch of those and you can have your own course that changes. Not only layout but climate

This should be going into the SU wish list. I'd like to be able to lock a model somehow, have it only respond for viewing. Gaieus, you're correct, passwords can be cracked, but you need not make it easy to do. Banks use 128 bit encryption (AFAIK) for online banking, so I would assume that that level of encryption would be the starting point. Personally, I don't believe in releasing the CAD / 3D data to a client. I've done it (once or twice) before, but I put up a good fight and won't release it unless I'm well compensated for the data.

Hahahaa, only pulling your leg Tina. You knew this of course Mike PS: Mr Lucey was my father's name ..... now your pulling my leg

Tom, thanks. Yes, lighting would be crucial if I ever finish these. At the time, I didn't want to put too much time into them if the client wasn't going to pay for those views. So I presented them as "shells", no pretty stuff. But for portfolio sake, I'm going to revisit all of these drawings some day and finish/change them to the way I wanted them to be! LOL That's why I've come here to get advise and comments. Thank you all soooo much. I'm actually getting a hankering to work on these again.... in my spare time, ha-ha-ha.

Congratulations, Tina! You're looking at some REAL enjoyable times ahead. I know, I'm a grandfather.

A belated Happy B'day, Tom. Sorry i missed it yesterday.

Lovely image, Tina!

Woah! I'm away for a couple of days and...... TOM! that upshot is gorgeous! @thomthom said: If the render engine supported displacementmaps, would that produce a sufficient result? Forgive my thomthom, but I don't know what that is? Andy, I love you work, you are more the qualified to answer! I tried ground view but the client would go for it. He has been very firm with what he wanted soooo.... Here it is finished Roger I feel your pain, I have been working till I fall asleep at my desk for 3 weeks and trying to pack inbetween. (but that not a bad thing, right!) This is a great discussion. Anyone else have some fun angles. I'm going to play with some as soon as I clear my drawing board a little and move some couches!

well, nothing to be ashamed off I did watch last time a podcast from school. they did a good job explaining importing cad- files. enjoy

Anssi, I don't have to export when bringing a model into SU. I am using ADT 2004, for some reason when you import into SU it would go all skiewampus (that is the technical term) Don't know where I found this work around, but here it goes, hope you can understand it..... In ADT, set view to "top view" switch to "front view" back to "top view" then click the "undo" arrow then file, export to AutoCAD 2000 open SU import model and everything should be fine don't forget the OPTIONS button for settings Thanks for replying. I'll keep my ears out and let you know if I find anything.

Thanks for a great model. Mateo

hehe, that was a good one. the idea with the name mixed with the nickname was taken from the movies/cartoon credits. didn't know that it was not so obvious. thanks Coen for interview TBD

Thanks! That was a great day and a sequence of great pics in that one moment. Memories for a lifetime

Hi group. I have just proposed to Google Boulder that they incorporate our colorcharts.org databases into Sketchup. Right now SU is sadly lacking in this area. In order to accomplish great results; calibrate your monitor, use high quality source data and you can manage colors from additive color to subtractive color just as easily as any graphic artist. Printing ink and paint colorant have a lot of similarities, they are both pigment ground up in a clear carrier. You already know that all print media graphic artists manage color from additive color to subtractive color and do color correction on their desktops with spectacular results. Why would you think the same is not available to you when managing paint colors? Here are the two different approaches to obtaining digital paint chip source data for virtual display purposes. The first is by using an inexpensive $300 colorimeter like the Pantone Color Cue. Colorimeter’s have a very low degree of quality and only come up with a close approximation of colors. Anyone using this method to display paint colors on their websites also makes disclaimer statements that the screen color is not to be relied upon and you should purchase a test sample of the paint before proceeding with your paint order. The cost of scanning a color chip using this method is pennies! The above is not considered by the paint industry as a scientific approach and therefore is never used to color match or formulate paint. The second approach is spectrophotometers. This is the one the paint industry uses and relies upon. It is also the one we use. Spectrophotometers and their ancillary equipment start in the $10,000 range and go all the way up to several hundred thousand dollars. Ours cost around $100,000. Low end spectrophotometers read 31 data points across the UV/Vis electromagnetic spectrum. Spectrophotometers over $50,000 will read 400 data points or more. Here is a link for more data http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet-visible_spectroscopy. Read “Practical Considerations” on the same link. In laymen’s terms the vast difference between low end and high end spectrophotometers is like trying to use a carpenters tape measure VS a machinists micrometer to obtain high quality incremental data. What this means to you is the higher quality of measured data you start with the better your reproducible results will be for either virtual visualization purposes or paint formulation.

Nice work, Tina. The last kitchen render is great - the added depth and realism of the shadows in combination with your style are stunning. Keep posting your progress.

The eagle has landed... http://www.sketchucation.com/scf/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2146&p=19004#p19004