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    • RE: Trouble rendering 2.5D trees

      Wow! Clay, I've never seen such...podium has worked fine by others?

      First thing I see is that the tree shown in your image doesn't need to be exploded in any way (the image is already exploded into a texture), but you will have to make each instance of the component "unique" so each will face the camera correctly when rotated.

      Also, I don't recognize the bush as one of mine and it seems to be rendering screwy also...?

      Boy, I hope someone can help you out! (Send me the model and I'll give it a closer look: tomsdrop at swbell dot net)

      posted in SketchUp Components
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    • RE: Social Housing in Brasil (Podium renders)

      Lovely!

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: New 2.5D+ tree sets available...samples here :')

      Thanks Guys! Here's a couple more views of the revised composition (with more prototype bushes)...love to hear your comments and suggestions on the images, thanks:


      tn_treeset3a-render.jpg


      tn_treeset2-render.jpg

      posted in SketchUp Components
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      tomsdesk
    • RE: Trouble rendering 2.5D trees

      Hey Edson, I sent you a reply to your email...but thought I'd post it here in case anyone else is having trouble:

      ...here's what I think is happening (but I'd need the model to check for sure):

      First, go into the "model info" popup menu, "rendering" tab, and make sure "use anti-aliased textures" is NOT checked. I think this will get rid of the furry halo effect...?

      Second, looks like you may have exploded more than just the image(s)...I still don't understand when a texture will move on a face and/or otherwise goofball when the group or component it's in is exploded (some do, some don't). When doing this step myself I make sure my camera position is "face-front" then keep double clicking until I'm highlighting the image ONLY before exploding (otherwise the texture may be affected by any scaling and movement the group/component was subjected to eariler).

      Also, be sure each tree is right-clicked and made "unique", otherwise the last instance placed will tell the rendering program which way to face all the rest (I don't know Podium, but I'm assuming it's the same as Twilight and LightUp). This gets obvious it the last is on one side of the image and another is on the far other side.

      And finally, I have to admit most of the earlier trees were made with large faces of leaves or WC textures which don't render very pretty (they get to be obviously flat planes). I wasn't going after anything that would render at the time, just low-poly...the trees now have sacrificed some bytes to render capability.

      Hope this helps...?

      posted in SketchUp Components
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    • RE: Panoramic London

      And this is simply amazing!


      tn_Image3.jpg


      tn_Image2.jpg

      posted in Corner Bar
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    • RE: Panoramic London

      This could have been really embarrassing for someone:


      tn_Image1.jpg

      posted in Corner Bar
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    • RE: House modelling on bumpy surface?

      If you don't have the site contour info: just pull the grade lines on each elevation out a few feet to create contoured planes (use the extrude lines ruby or just add a bottom line to create a vertical plan then push/pull), then fake these ground planes together at the corners...quick and dirty!

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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      tomsdesk
    • RE: New 2.5D+ tree sets available...samples here :')

      Oops...forgot to post the SU export image:


      tn_SU7-pergolado_inferior1.jpg

      posted in SketchUp Components
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      tomsdesk
    • RE: New 2.5D+ tree sets available...samples here :')

      Thanks, Guys, hope you enjoy! Did a couple of renders to see how they work (the bush/shrubs are mine too: prototypes for the next set)...here's one I like so far (with a second image pushing it into atmospheric artistic :`)


      tn_treeset1+a.jpg


      tn_treeset1+wc.jpg

      posted in SketchUp Components
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    • RE: *The Turbine Hall*

      Very Cool!

      posted in Gallery
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    • New 2.5D+ tree sets available...samples here :')

      Hey all...here's a couple of samples of the new tree sets (3,4,5) Pete kindly posted just today on his website (more pics there): enjoy! (Find a couple more of set2 here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=26618&start=30#p229446)


      tn_TDtrees_EaMbWc.jpg


      TDtrees_EaMbWc.zip

      posted in SketchUp Components sketchup
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      tomsdesk
    • RE: Ext. render for cc

      I agree: this is a lovely image (maybe cropped a bit too close on the left for perfection :`)...but still truly awesome!

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: External hard drive question...

      Done and done, Tom.
      Jan..."UAC"?

      posted in Corner Bar
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      tomsdesk
    • External hard drive question...

      I recently plugged my external hard drive (MY Book) into my laptop (XP) before turning it on and for the first time it wouldn't be recognized, and when plugging it back into my running desktop (recently upgraded to Win7) it still wasn't there...? So I powered the drive down and back up and then it worked fine...?

      The geek squad says it (the disk, not the mechanism) is about to go bye-bye big-time for good and needs to be replaced...got a second opinion you'd share, thanks?

      posted in Corner Bar
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      tomsdesk
    • RE: Can't authorize SU5...

      Anssi, ran as administrator and it took my license info just fine...thanks a bunch!
      I'll play awhile to see if I need to use compatibility mode.

      Made my day, Tom.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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      tomsdesk
    • Can't authorize SU5...

      ...I reformated my harddrive and loaded Windows 7 this weekend and now am trying to authorize my SU5: but it won't let me. HELP!

      posted in SketchUp Discussions sketchup
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      tomsdesk
    • RE: Help needed to bend a water slide.

      Alt-move the (to be) upper 11 sections up 5.25" (63/12), then the next 10 up 5.25, then the next 9...and so on until you move the last edge into position.


      Slide Dolphin2.jpg

      posted in Newbie Forum
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      tomsdesk
    • RE: Tree Clipping 'white edging' issue

      Try setting the image transparency to 98%...sure helps my tree png's.

      posted in V-Ray
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    • RE: NPR with Painter

      Landie, these are wonderous!

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Thank you trees...

      And still welcome you are! (BTW I still work in Version 5 unless I'm using Twilight to render something...it is so much less cumbersome than later versions :`)

      posted in SketchUp Components
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