Dennis_Gavin Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 blue with gray reflections from the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 It's a mirror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 blue with gray reflections from the road I'm with Dennis on this one. "mattyt12" - where did you get those? 3D Warehouse? Would you mind sharing? I have an upscale mountain home in the works that those would look great in front of. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt12 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I'm with Dennis on this one. "mattyt12" - where did you get those? 3D Warehouse? Would you mind sharing? I have an upscale mountain home in the works that those would look great in front of. Thanks, Mike Not a problem, cant remember what model the bmw was, too long ago but the merc: https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=uc0689cdb-11ee-4c6a-882d-e234b4d0a394 The calibz files and material settings are here though https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6a7epsfqzprnw9d/AAA6be0l2oWSY_iju7gssT0Za?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Thanks, mattyt12. They look great. When I downloaded them some of the textures didn't make it. Both cars are white so I guess it was the exterior paint color. Also, on the BMW, the rear tag shows about 48" above the bumper; the texture for the tag didn't make it either. Not complaining - I appreciate the effort. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Here is a hint. The exact same car with the colors of the sky and concrete reversed: So what color is the car? That’s kind of hard to pin down. Let me try to explain how I arrived at the result in the OP. I started out to see if I could get one of the vehicles from the Library Browser to display more realistically in a ray trace. My idea was to place the library symbol on a piece of generic road and see if I could get the road stripes to reflect off of the rocker panels. To do this I obviously needed a more reflective surface than the OOB default supplied by Chief. Chief classifies the Material for the Body Color as a “General Material” and as such you can manipulate several characteristics but not specifically reflectivity. This got me thinking about what type of material would be more reflective and since I was working on a metal car with a shiny paint job I brilliantly deduced that what I needed was a “shiny metal” material. Well imagine my surprise when I opened the Material Class menu and, bingo, one of the choices was “Shiny Metal”. It turns out that one of the characteristics you can control with this class of material is “Reflection” although this can only be done in ray trace views. There is a sliding bar where you can adjust the amount of reflection form 0% to 100% and there is a corresponding color swatch which varies from black to white. Armed with this new material I set out to try a few test RT’s. Since I wanted a highly reflective surface I set “Reflection” to 75% and ran a test run. So here is the first answer to the question. The car I had displayed in the “Perspective Full Overview” camera view I was using for the ray trace was bright red but it turned out that didn’t matter. As the ray trace came into view I was puzzled but pleasantly surprised that the car looked really shiny but it was not red but rather had the blue and gray tones from the surrounding background and sky. Thinking I must have somehow altered the color I went back and opened the material for the car body but it was still bright red. I did a second ray trace and got the same results I had with the first one. Since it was obvious that something was overriding the car’s material color I tried clicking on the color swatch beside the Reflection slider and it opened the Color Selector dbx from whence I was able to change the car’s color. Anyhow, this is what I’ve learned. If you don’t supply a color and use the default black to white values on the Reflection slider you essentially get a clear reflective surface not unlike a chrome surface or a mirror as Jonathan predicted. Everything above the equator bulge of the car reflects the values of the sky and everything below the equator bulge reflect the ground colors. If you supply your own color you will then get a reflective colored surface. So what color is the car? It’s red, but it isn’t. It’s no color or any color. It’s basically like a chameleon; it takes on the color of its surroundings. Hope this isn't TMI. Top row: How cars display in Standard View Middle row: How cars display using default "Shiny Metal" color settings in ray trace Bottom row: How cars display adding color to "Shiny Metal" settings in ray trace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeGia Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Nice tutorial! You should post it in the tips section. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 A lot of 3rd party rendering software use a "layer based" material system. It's how you can achieve more natural and realistic material properties... You basically did a simplified version of that...good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Rich_Winsor So what color is the car? It’s red, but it isn’t. It’s no color or any color. It’s basically like a chameleon; it takes on the color of its surroundings. Hope this isn't TMI. Well, I stand corrected! Who would have thought "Red?" Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco2017 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Here are a few elevations I've done over the past couple of months. I haven't posted on here lately because I honestly forgot this thread existed. There is a group on Facebook some of the users share their renderings on. Here is the linkhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UsersofChiefArchitect/ Check it out! There are quite a few users who have joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Here is one I ran through the FotoSketcher program. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Nice job Alan and Ross! Here's a bit of dockside tranquility out of CAX7... jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Latest Chief Goodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Here's one of my A-Frame Cabin projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Kool stuff guys. Joe, if I may ask, how do you handle roof runoff on those structures? It seems to me that there would be a virtual torrent cascading down onto those nice flower beds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Rich, It's no more than you would get off of a lower sloped roof. The speed is faster at the eave line (ground level) so gutters are not effective. But if you had a roof on a 2 story building without gutters, you would get the same effect - it's just the law of gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Joe, is that CA stair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 NIce work Jintu and Joe. Joe - one bad for me is the TWO fires in the fire place....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 On this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for Scott Harris' Kiosk video in the SSA video library that instructed me on properly modeling a multi-tiered roof. Attached is a ten-plane pentagonal "onion" roof. And folks wonder about the value of SSA. jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Joe, is that CA stair? No, it's one of my Spiral Stair Symbols. It's made up of components that I have. Let me know if you need a custom Spiral Stair. I'll quote you a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 NIce work Jintu and Joe. Joe - one bad for me is the TWO fires in the fire place....... What, don't you think 2 fires is better than 1? Unfortunately that fireplace is a Chief supplied symbol. I'll need to do a little fancy footwork to fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 No, it's one of my Spiral Stair Symbols. It's made up of components that I have. Let me know if you need a custom Spiral Stair. I'll quote you a price. Thanks Joe, I've been able to use CA stairs so far. Mine have all been outdoor or patio stair so metal has been fine. If interior it should be a fancy stair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 On this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for Scott Harris' Kiosk video in the SSA video library that instructed me on properly modeling a multi-tiered roof. Attached is a ten-plane pentagonal "onion" roof. And folks wonder about the value of SSA. jon You too had been hijacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 You too had been hijacked. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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