dskogg

On 1/14/2020 at 9:34 AM, Joe_Carrick said:

It's strange that they put that in the "Accessories" tab.  It would make more sense if it was in the "Front/Sides/Back" tab.

I agree joe, you have to go out of one tab into another tab to make this work.

Thanks Michael, I spoke to chief and they didn’t know...

Hi mark, when I select paneled our auto paneled I only get flat panel, how do you change it to a door panel?

I am trying to add a custom side panel to a base cabinet and i have selected in accessories full panel, full overlay but the door panel does not

come to front of drawers, if i just use a flat panel then it does.

I know i have made this work before...any suggestions?

4 minutes ago, glennw said:

File>Import>Import Default Settings>choose a plan>Room Types

Thanks Glen, that worked...it helps if i ask the right thing...

How are you with all the fires?  I hope you and your family are ok.

Eric, what do you mean by copy the structure exactly...i copied the plan with the room types and pasted it into the plan and the room types did not show up in plan.

1 hour ago, solver said:

Are you talking about Room Types?

 

Oh Yes....room types, not room names...sorry.

Eric i opened a new plan with the room names active, copied the plan and pasted it into the plan i am working on, room names did not come thru

HI Eric, not quite sure i follow?

I have a plan that I am working on and i have somehow erased the added room types before i started plan...so now i dont have my standard room names.

Is there a way to import room names into a plan?

I have done many as builts.. I take my laptop and a laser measure to site and input plan on the spot..I set the Temp dimensions to face of drywall.. 

doesn’t take too long.. only real critical dimensions are where cabinets might go.. 

i can draw up a 2000 sq ft two storey inside of an hour.

 Have you considered doing this yourself?

I was thinking there might be another solution but i am not very good at photoshop type manipulation, i have gimp for photo software...

What about cutting the pano and rearranging the cut piece to one side or the other so the view you want would be where it needs to be?

Does this make sense?

I need some help showing how to do this..if anyone has some time.

1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said:

I’m with Mark and feel like billboards are typically the way to go.  Here's another option in that regard.  The specifics are a little involved and I only have a couple minutes, but just make your own panoramic billboard backdrop.  Here are the key points:

• You'll need to know the height to width ratio of your panoramic image. 
• Start with a cylinder, circular polyline solid, or whatever and create object to surround your building. 
• Do the math to make sure the circumference and height match the aspect ratio of your image. 
• Create a material using your panoramic image set to Stretch To Fit and use it to paint the panoramic billboard object you've created.
• In order to make the image location on the object stable (in order to get a fully controllable orientation/rotation), you'll need to remove a sliver of your circular object so that there's a break in the perimeter.  In other words, its like a chain link and not like a wedding ring.  Just make that break super super small, put it at a location that will not likely be seen much, and it shouldn't hardly be noticeable.
• You should be able to set the orientation by simply rotating the object.

Thanks Michael.. I will try it out.. your instructions make sense.. cheers.

1 hour ago, Kbird1 said:

 

If you still have it at .68 exposure ( same plan as PBR door issue ?)  try 1/2 that   I normally use .3 to .4 and then adjust brightness if needed.

 

M.

I tried adding extra degrees to pano...in order to get the right view it duplicates some of the picture so then it is distorted..you would think adding say 90 degrees would rotate background 90 deg but it doesn't...I guess the only way is to rotate plan and make sure a levels are rotated exactly the same.

I had the sun set to light the pano instead of coming into room..this is why the pano was washed out...looks better now..but still distorted.

Thanks I will try that

I read post, I will try setting angle past 360 and see if it rotates image.

in pbr view the background is very bright.. any thoughts on how to make this better?

So I should just rotate plan until the view I want is achieved?

you would think ca would have a adjustment on the backdrop?

david Skogg  

Is there a way of changing what the location of the background picture shows on a interior shot looking out?

Here is an example picture with a full 360 deg view...

2 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

I used a single ceiling light , not an Added 3D Light (source) , in each room and turn down the Sun Lux and it was alot better once the Ceiling was white again.

 

Things like this have been an issue in PBR since the start as the light picks up a colour cast as it bounces around , it's also why  you don't want a really colorful background outside , say autumn leaves as that too will "colour " the light inside the room even.

 

You door frames are also high gloss meaning they have a reflection , unlike the Door itself which is a plain white looking at the materials....

 

M.

Only thing is this is for a real estate 360 so i cant show lights that aren't there... they wanted to have a panoramic photo in background but it seems pbr doesnt really show this very well.

5 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

You've taken the ceiling out of the rooms on 4 so PBR is bouncing light off the Concrete slab I think hence the dark gray/black on the doors......, putting the Ceiling drywall back helps as does turning the Sun lux down too the 100-500 range ... also adding a single ceiling fixture in each room so you can control it's lux vs the Auto light helps too.

 

this is with sun follows camera too.......and a ceiling light behind the camera with Ceilings back on....

 

PS: the other contributing factor maybe that your Door Frames are a High Gloss White Lacquer by default. ( doors are just White )

 

 

 

mick, i added two lights in order to get rid of the black frames..doesnt make sense i would have to do this...there must be some issues with pbr.

Thanks Mick and Michael... I will give that a try...

I am trying to do a pbr of a condo suite, i added another floor on top to get rid of the light bleed at ceilings and the door jambs turn black or the entire door in some cases.

I built this door symbol but why would pbr do this?  I have seen it on the first release of pbr on white surfaces turning black.

Here is the plan, any thoughts would be much appreciated.

n4th.zip

On 11/23/2019 at 3:17 PM, robdyck said:

@dskogg Something like this? With more editing it could be greatly improved. The tricky part would be enhancing the metal dividers.

thats very cool..yes the metal would be hard..also you kind of want to see the grout lines a bit so you can tell its tile.

great job...

Hi Dustin, callacatta and Carrara marbles are very popular types today and both have white backgrounds with grey veining.. you will see these used for counters and tiles more than a dark grey marble with white veins.