@marked001 said:

http://curbed.cc/MN7Vwb

Congrats Mate, looks great.

I would delete the offending plugins and then re-download them.

I use the copy along a path plugin and make the line a component.

Strangely when I open the skip the shadows work fine.

Maybe I'm missing something

Could the inside face be transparent?

Maybe you accidentally painted the component with the transparent texture?

Welcome, there are a few of us with outdoor design here and willing to help

@thomthom said:

On a general note, I generally model with V-Ray unloaded. And load it only when it comes to the stage I need to render. That way I void many of the potential bugs related to materials.

Similar to Thom, I model without materials until I'm ready to start rendering and then slowly build up the texture, test rendering as I go.

Would be good to upload the problem .skp

Looks good , are you going to render it?

@andybot said:

wow!

Did you find it?

down to the right of youtube

I cant download the file. PM it to me

I can suggest a few things, first is that you need to empty the cache under the vray plguins menu.

you can attach the .skp to the posts as well

No worries, I found animations very temperamental.

@rich o brien said:

@unknownuser said:

what's a "post program"?

He meant a Post Processing program like PhotoShop or GIMP.

Yeah sorry, I was in a bit of a rush.

@allison22 said:

I used 1024x768 with 29.97 fps without compression. The smaller avi files that were not corrupted looked
great after conversion to hi-res WMP format. Using any lower resolution is hardly worth looking at.

It sounds like you have reach a file size ceiling.

I would export as images if you want to go high or do shorter chapters and use an editing software to put them together.

Thanks Paul

@grizzler said:

I've been asked if I could have a go at preparing a design for a friends garden and before I start doing things the long/difficult/wrong way like I normally do, I thought I should seek your advice.

Are there any tips/rubies that you think are particularly helpful when doing this sort of thing? I'm more used top dealing with practical sheet metal than beauty and organic stuff

For a start I would avoid 3D plants, use a post program to add in veg if you are rendering especially. Face-me components are always a good option.

I would include at least the back of the house this will give you a back ground for the image exports.

That is very nice.

@allison22 said:

My exported SketchUp 8 AVI animations that exceed 2 GB in size will not play on Realplayer or WMP. However, when I
reduce the number of scenes and get the size under 2 GB, they play fine. Why is the size difference causing this problem ?

AVI's are not the 'nicest' of file types because they don't deal with large file sizes that well.

I export all my animations as single images and then use quicktime pro 7 to put the images together into a movie.

What pixel dimensions are you exporting at?

@nimesh said:

Hi,

I'm new to the forums, I wonder if anyone will be able to help?!?

I need to create a surface between these two arcs. Can't think of how to do it! I know the answer is probably really simple. Can anyone recommend a plugin?

I have attached the simple model- it has the two arcs and a gradient through the middle.

Any help would be fantastic!

Thanks

Nimesh

I've taken a look at you example and the simplest way is to use the sand box tool to create the surface.

I've attached a jpeg, is this what you wanted to do?

Select the two arcs and then click on the map contour button.