Rich_Winsor

So here is the original cropped image I purloined

off the internet to use for an old tire. I didn't really

notice the little guy on the left side of the tire until

I was editing the image. 

Using PSP I reversed the image to match the

sun direction in my camera view, edited out the

web site watermarks and changed the water

surface to a transparent background.

Then I changed the color to match the terrain.

Convert the .PNG file to a Chief image and sink it into

the terrain a couple of inches and you get a surprisingly

believable old tire that you could never model in Chief.

9 hours ago, robdyck said:

The cat on the chair is a nice touch! I'll be showing my daughter that one!

9 hours ago, ericepv said:

I always like to 'dress the scene'.

I too like to 'dress the scene' with a combination

of both 2D images and 3D objects. Here is a 100%

Chief image I have been playing with recently. All

of the items in the 'debris field' were created in

this manner. In this case the main point of adding

the debris was to disguise the transition between

the terrain and the backdrop. 

BTW, bonus points are available if you can spot

the dragonfly in the scene.

What are the odds? It's the +1420 Club. 

14 hours ago, ericepv said:

Many thanks, that's what I'm looking for. Do you have any others?

Sheepishly admitting that I never even opened the file.

Check with @Greg_NY61. He supplied the file.

BTW, how is it that dogs can look sheepish? 

18 hours ago, Greg_NY61 said:

Here you go Rich :-)

Orthodox Male.calibz

Thanks Greg.  Let's see if @ericepv can use this. 

Personally I'd rather see models of Orthodox Jewish Men.

What is the end game (exit strategy) for this charade? How

do I opt out? 

Armageddon it. Now we know how the dinosaur's felt.

Thursday the sky was so dark that by 3:30 in the afternoon

all the outside lights that are on photo cells came on.

When I was just getting started with Chief

I was struggling with trying to create a

swaybacked roof. Bill Emery helped me

to accomplish it using Polyline Subtraction.

Along the way I too encountered some

unusual results.

Well. for the record I was just taking the ball

Chopsaw threw out there and running with it.

For anyone interested the process involved

opening the image from Briarcliff in PSP and

cropping out the door frame. I also took the

liberty to convert the door glass in the image

to a transparent background. Then in Chief I

converted the PSP image into a material and

applied it to a plain slab door. I wasn't sure if

it would work, but applying the material to the

door cut a transparent hole in the slab for the

glass window. The transparent window glass

and an actual 3D handle on the door go a long

way to convincing the mind that the door isn't 

just a flat image.

And thanks for the kind words Michael. 

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6 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

Yup something like that but with the door frame cropped out so people don't fall for that trick. 

We worked on the last one together Rich but that was a few years ago I think.

Geeze, picky picky picky.  I just grabbed the 

wrong (uncropped) image when i was making

the new material for the door. Does this one

float your boat? 

2 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

There is even a fairly good image if you wanted to just do a "painted" door rather than modeling every detail.

 

Something like this?

That picture doesn't do it any favors.

Are they building a dungeon?   

On 8/14/2020 at 7:42 AM, PamelaT said:

Doing a Kitchen with Glass Counter Tops, anyone have a technique on how to get them to render as glass without increasing the emissive factor, which makes them glow.

 

Thanks Pamela

Hey PT. This is quite a wide ranging question.

There are a lot of variables that can come into

play here. What type of "render" are you using? 

For my money ray tracing will yield the best

results for you. 

For starters make sure the "reflections" box is

checked in the Camera Spec. DBX for the camera

you are using. Then you can change the Material

of the counter top to one of the glass types in the

Core Catalogs. You should also have a play with

the different Material Classes in the Define Material

DBX using the rainbow (Adjust Material Definition)

tool.

In this quick example I used a Custom Counter Top

set to 1/2 inch thick and changed the Material to

"Smoked Glass". I then used the rainbow tool to

change the  Material Class to "Transparent". I also

bumped up the "Index of Refraction" to exaggerate

the effect. 

Hope this gives you something to work with as I don't

like to see unanswered questions here on the forum. 

All I have to say about this thread is that

I'm glad I don't have anything to add. 

10 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

 

Ok great , my post was actually directed at Rich  who offered the File .....

Mick my man, you are honest to a fault. 

I was one of apparently only three who bought the

latest available version from Charles. As I recall

shortly after that the trail to Kerry Francis went cold.

With him unavailable and/or unresponding I don't 

have a problem passing it along (for free) to interested

parties.

If someone finds a current source, then by all means

go that route. It was well worth the $20 asking price

I paid.

@basilbabaa, I forgot to attach the symbol

so here it is if you can use it.

GDW Test Door.calibz

I don't want to step on anybody's toes, but if

this software is no longer being offered for

sale, I don't have a problem with giving it out

to people who would like it. It's just a small

(6.3 Mb) executable file.

You might also have a play with the "Hide Camera

Facing Exterior Walls" feature. Depending on where

the small area is (near an exterior wall) you can back

off the camera.

Search the forum for the Garage Door Wizard.

12 hours ago, DougDM said:

I think mine look better. You can't get the turns (2" and 4" rads) in CA IMO as easy as I do in SU. No Plugins, Just the Push Pull tool. Takes a couple minutes. Not only that, (not that I've tried) I don't think you can change direction from for example, an A elbow to a B elbow in one shot.

You can accomplish what you need from within

Chief using 3D molding polylines and creating

your own molding cross sections for different

downspout styles. Here are some examples

from way back in X6 & X7.

You will want to look under "clerestory".

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00955/creating-a-clerestory-style-roof.html

A 2D image of a vanity would probably be a tough

sell in a 3D view (given placement of the image and

camera angles, etc.), but I often incorporate 2D pics

into 3D views.

Similar to what Graham's doing in his example, in

this image the leaded, beveled and frosted glass in

the front door is a photo of the actual front door glass

and the young lady is also a 2D image.

In the spirit of Shelter-in-place and Social Distancing

I thought I would share where I have been holing up.

It may not look too impressive, but it has a surprising

amount of amenities.  

Looks like a delivery truck tie-down issue. 

Well I say let's get them back again, dadgummit. 

On a similar note how long have we been

able to rescind / revoke / reverse / remove,

dare I say undo reputation points we have

previously given out?

Not sure I care for this feature. I'm more of 

"a card laid is a card played" type of guy.