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Maybe a pony wall with a glass wall on the upper? (like a shower) I don't know if roof would cut that off though.

Thank you guys... the back ground was the issue. Don't know why, I've used this background before and never noticed the green. The house soffit is a forest green, but this porch is white. So I learned something new today, Thanks again! I saved this message for future use.

Worked all weekend to get this done for a client to see first thing in the AM. I am in PBR mode, and my ceiling/soffits are green when they are to be white. I am doing a 59 second walk around for marketing. The only way to keep this ball rolling is to do in normal camera view. Any ideas on why its green? I played with shadows and sun locations and nothing changes. Never saw a green shadow anyways..

Not related to the subject. Just curious, where are you located or where is this house going to be built. Had lived in Missouri for many years, I've done many homes with exterior shelters or basement access, but none in the middle of a home. Just thought it was unique...

here are my clicks... to get what you need.

I'm with David on this one too.. No dragging, shifting..just pull the knob up and move.. Its a great tool.

Actually Rene I have always been a fan of your work, and others on here. I found your YouTube videos on Twinmotion and watching now that Fathers Day dinner is digesting. I will keep in mind for future jobs that require more than out of the box renders, that people like your self can do better and help me out. I will need to make clients aware of this adder to the charge. I like the idea of the light meter thing too puntloos, if that would have helped. Like my view showed, same area, same light, same time of day, yet one is obviously darker.

Thanks Nick... This def helped my standard view, but how do I get the either the RT or PBR to show more accurate? I know I, as others have, kinda gotten frustrated on all these settings we are to know, and margins are not big enough these days to pay someone else to do this work, especially, IMO, when Chief should run a decent RT or PBR right out of the box. I've attached views from the entry of this house (standard camera, a PBR camera and a Ray Trace (10 passes), and two looking back to the entry from nook (RT & PBR). The wall color is SW 6252, trim is SW 6246; attached the swatch's so you can see where I need to go. As you can see the PBR is not even close esp. at the column or the mantle. However with the RT view, the foyer view is very dark and the view showing the FP is pretty descent. Same RT settings for both. How do I lighten the view from foyer? Not a expert on Lumion or Twinmotion, but willing to learn them. Would these make these views better? This house with all the windows on the east and west side, should be very bright. Sorry for all the questions and attachments.. trying to communicate. BTW, anything with a rope light will take a min of an hour for a RT.. all those lights!

Yeah, my bad.. I tried to go back and recall to this as soon as I hit submit.. I saw the topic soon after.

I thought when we paid for the SSA that all catalogs were free via Chief? I saw that there were some new 3D plant catalogs, but will not let you download without paying a fee. Yes I am logged in, in case you were going ask. :-)

Still wonder why we need a room divider for a fence to a wall connection. Its a PIT.. to space just right. Something labeled as a fence should be intelligent enough to know not to connect somehow.. my $0.02

Curious on why you didn't do the vaulted on the first floor? Is this why your lights look flat instead of matching ceiling slope?

Even though Chief has descent CAD tools, I'd do this in AutoCAD. Better solid modeling tools and easier to use IMO. Then convert to a symbol in Chief.. Assuming you are using Chief... nothing on your signature. Have you went to the vendor's website? Small chance, like 0.000001% they might have this as a file to download. Check 3D Warehouse as well, and the other free 3D sites.

Didn't know that.. learn something everyday. So using the screw requires no digging or concrete, or you still need to do that too? Here I thought all houses up north looked like this... eh! As always, your very helpful Chop

Interesting work gents... In Missouri and here in Florida, I've worked with slab/crawl and full basements has foundations, never a helical screw. When would a helical screw be needed? Even on the beach here its on concrete or wood pilings, about 15' off grade depending on the area.

I'm sorry that this is not related to your question.. but that is the most unique user ID (1090291004350551) I have ever saw... just sayin!

Thanks Robert and Graham. Beach life is better than work life, even though it was real windy and water was choppy. Still something about that Vitamin D.... heals all kinds of things! Outsourcing I don't think will work, even though that sounds wonderful. The builders are cutting cost too, and do their research. They see the ads for Chief and look for us, me, to get realistic renders for their marketing. I would love to learn this, instead of plugging away and like you said Robert, and watch that money go down the drain. I charge by the job, so added hours equals less money. Its not terribly busy right now, even though spring is typically overwhelming. I will do some research on this, but any advice to point me in a direction of learning more would be great. Suggestions of add-on's too. I'm smart in the 3D world, just need to learn key terms and setting on the rendering part. My goal is to get Rabbits and Graham, and others quality without having to add a lot more cost to my clients. This would be great for the pictures. The walk through are a different story though. I love this idea. What's that texture on your walls graham, I like it!

PART II of my gripe, Sorry I am venting here. Why in a BPR mode do I need to have it night time to get any descent results. I have read through so many of the post, some are pages and pages of info.. a lot of it confusing too. Where can I go to in the knowledge base to find simple instructions? Do I really need to adjust lums, sun angle, etc., etc. in every view? Try searching "physical based rendering" in Chiefs Knowledge Base. Nothing, maybe at least refer to a page or link of the experts on here?? I love Rabbits, and Kitchen (Graham's) stuff. How do I get there without cussing? :-) I think I need a break, heading to the beach!

Chiefer's, I have seen so many comments and ideas on how to make PBR a better tool. I know when we first got it (9 or 10??), it took a little bit to understand. But it seems now I need a college degree in video graphics and lighting to make this work. Is there a better way to do this? I have a client who wants walk through's, showing shadows, textures, etc. for marketing (and believe me these are not fun). When I do these walk through vids using PBR, every time I go into a room, everything is off. I have to pause and adjust material definitions to get any sense of worth. Is there something I can do that it would be a smooth transition? I have my lights set at 200, and all are on. My vid card shouldn't be an issue either. Stumped here. I uploaded a quick test video showing my concerns. test.wmv

I have never seen that before. Your system max'd out by chance?

was that a summer backdrop with all that snow up there in MN? :-)

Your awesome.. thanks. That was it. 99.9% of designs are with north up, but this house was to long..

Now that I have this house designed.. and north is to the right of the screen. How do I change the sun angle so that south will be from the left side of screen? Basically I need this angel to rotate 90 degrees clockwise to give me the right shadows. As of right now high noon on June 26th, the sun light is coming from the N.E.

Thanks Johnny, I love the hotkey idea. Long day.. brain is fried.. the experts gave a great answer.