jcaffee
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I use billboards, in conjunction with vegetation and background, which can be dragged around to give a more realistic appearance. The attached image uses a curved billboard to give the effect of something beyond the terrain lot.
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Graham, I turned off all the lights, merged the multiple "Glass Standard" materials and replaced fresh from the library, dropped a camera view directly in front of the large office window, and added four light sources (inside office, outside office, left of camera, and behind camera) and the shot was very grainy after 10 passes. I tried w/wo photons and caustics--no change.
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You'll need to turn photon mapping on to get rid of the black metal.
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Mike, I'm not sure what's going on with your model. It's just grainy in rt. That leads me to believe there is a bad material(s) somewhere within the plan. A couple things I did notice. Turn off all lights not directly influencing the view. Try doing what Perry suggests and use light sources for the majority of the illumination and fixture specific lights only where they are visible in the camera view.
Sorry, I don't have the time to hunt down the offending material--it can be a challenge.
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My mistake. Yep, render mode has issues. And if you look again, there is mirror on mirror on mirror (Wall, closet doors, ceiling) in this rt.
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On 12/9/2016 at 11:20 AM, DRAWZILLA said:
Mirrors will also do this , you cannot have mirrors reflecting into other mirrors.
??? The attached was either X7 or X8. It's all about the lighting. One bad light position or light against the wrong material and fireflies and glass ripples will never ray trace away.
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If anybody is using Photoshop, then I would suggest...
http://www.the-orange-box.com/portfolio/free-seamless-textures-generator-v-2/
It's free, has a low learning curve, and few quirks.
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There's a SketchUp extension to strip jpegs out of skm files. I don't remember the name, but if you search the Extension Warehouse...
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Now I understand. Thank you!
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19 minutes ago, MarkMc said:
it helps to extend the top rail of the shorter cabinet.
'splain, please. (pictures help, as I am not a cabinet guy)
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It would also help if we knew your system specifications. CT users can guess all day long on what might be the problem, but if you post system specs and a plan file, then we can give sure answers--maybe even an actual solution.
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Jimminie Christmas, it was right there. Thanks, Jon & Joe!
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I got that, but there's nowhere to edit the sig.
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I must be missing something, but has anybody figured out how to edit their signature in the new system?
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Thanks guys!
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Once you create a symbol, that's it; the symbol is a monolithic entity. I save my component parts file as a *.plan. That way, if changes are needed, then I can go back and edit.
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Scott--woof, you're asking a lot.
1) - Already available through deactivate/active. Getting CA to separate Pheobe(The internal RT engine) from the core software might be nice--some day.
2) - Export to... well, this usually involves v-ray and Adobe Premiere Pro CC; maybe some After Effects thrown in. Seriously, at what point do you say I need to hire a professional? Either that or go with the "realism" provided by Lumion. How real do you want to get? Who's your audience?
3) - Already exists within CAX8
4) - Um...
5) - Not sure I understand the collaboration part. Are you interested in Thea/V-Ray/Maxwell training? Or, do you want to look over an Archvis artist's shoulder while they do the magic? (Good luck with that)
My suggestion (for what it's worth), learn the full capabilities of the toolset you have in front of you before searching for "greener grass". Have you seen the stuff Jintu is doing straight out of Chief (On the Facebook Users Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/UsersofChiefArchitect/?ref=bookmarks )? Perhaps some paid training would be beneficial to your efforts.
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I'm incredibly jealous of my niece, who works primarily in Revit, but her firm uses SketchUp as interop/coordination software. (Yes, they have custom software that allows rapid Revit file translation to SketchUp--amongst others). Anyway, she goes on and on about the extensive skp/dae libraries she works with that will never see the light of day in 3D Warehouse or any other public forum.
I've tried to pry a few fixtures out of her greedy little hands, but she claims some proprietary blah, blah, blah. That's healthcare architects for ya.
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Without seeing your RT & Material settings, my guess is to reduce the Specular value of the floor material to <15%. It's a start.
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Parking garage, not a jail...
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Time to Show YOUR GOODIES!
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Looking good Nelson!