Hansmar – great mist/fog scene.

Adbc – did you get the 3D googles? Thanks Horo for sending them, beautiful gesture.

I used a terrain from David and Horo’s Object Clouds -2D and 3D and a freebie from Sketchup Warehouse for this peninsula scene. I couldn’t resist an Anaglyph using the ALS. I like the plane flying out but not too happy with peninsula, I wanted it to recede a bit more.

I need someone to create a base character, male and female that I can pose later as needed, I need them in a body suit, very similar to the Tron suits, I will supply details of the outfit.

It needs to be low poly as it will be imported into Sketchup after modeling and posing. Paid gig.

SketchUp Make 2017 is free.  Maybe I'm missing something in your query?

-Mike

he could be referring to when there was a standard free and pro version and the standard free version didn't export to .OBJ

As I understand it, the creator of the script doesn't intend to make .obj files a part of the process and will supply the ruby needed for Sketchup AND the DS script necessary to make this all function. At least that's how I read it. So, exporting to .obj isn't needed.

Laurie

Progress reports and enthusiastic support are being posted over on this thread :)  ... Just in case anyone else wants to pass on encouraging words or help to ModelerMJ

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/169576/sketchup-importer-early-progress-report

 

Those surfaces should reflect light; Iray has no problem with that. If you're rendering in Studio, you need to add mirror/sequin shaders to the appropriate surfaces. 

There's a free mirror shader at http://www.sharecg.com/v/81125/favorite/21/DAZ-Studio/Iray-Mirror-Shader - usage rights are both commercial and personal, so if you want to offer this project for sale if/when you move it out of Sketchup, you would be able to use that shader for your surfaces setting.

The problem with Iray is that it reflects surfaces that are emitting light, but it does nor reflect light coming from a Spot light. The mirror shader reflects only the environment, so when it is totally dark and you only use a spot light, there is nothing to reflect and the effect is gone. The only way I found are metallic Flakes. But they cannot really be adapted the way a need them, since they are randomly applyed.

Most impressive work!!! I'm a 3DL user so no IRay expert, but the caustic sampler (in the render settings tab) should make it possible to have light bounce from reflective surfaces. Good luck with your project, I'm really impressed that you actually made a 3d audience

Yikes! I tryed the caustic sampler... my computer gave up un that one! I need a bigger harddrive! It run out of space! I still have about 30 GB but it wasn't enough...

 

Those surfaces should reflect light; Iray has no problem with that. If you're rendering in Studio, you need to add mirror/sequin shaders to the appropriate surfaces. 

There's a free mirror shader at http://www.sharecg.com/v/81125/favorite/21/DAZ-Studio/Iray-Mirror-Shader - usage rights are both commercial and personal, so if you want to offer this project for sale if/when you move it out of Sketchup, you would be able to use that shader for your surfaces setting.

The problem with Iray is that it reflects surfaces that are emitting light, but it does nor reflect light coming from a Spot light. The mirror shader reflects only the environment, so when it is totally dark and you only use a spot light, there is nothing to reflect and the effect is gone. The only way I found are metallic Flakes. But they cannot really be adapted the way a need them, since they are randomly applyed.

Most impressive work!!! I'm a 3DL user so no IRay expert, but the caustic sampler (in the render settings tab) should make it possible to have light bounce from reflective surfaces. Good luck with your project, I'm really impressed that you actually made a 3d audience

@Sven Dullah - Caustic sampler, yes, I know where to find it. What does it do? Never used it before.

 

Those surfaces should reflect light; Iray has no problem with that. If you're rendering in Studio, you need to add mirror/sequin shaders to the appropriate surfaces. 

There's a free mirror shader at http://www.sharecg.com/v/81125/favorite/21/DAZ-Studio/Iray-Mirror-Shader - usage rights are both commercial and personal, so if you want to offer this project for sale if/when you move it out of Sketchup, you would be able to use that shader for your surfaces setting.

The problem with Iray is that it reflects surfaces that are emitting light, but it does nor reflect light coming from a Spot light. The mirror shader reflects only the environment, so when it is totally dark and you only use a spot light, there is nothing to reflect and the effect is gone. The only way I found are metallic Flakes. But they cannot really be adapted the way a need them, since they are randomly applyed.

Most impressive work!!! I'm a 3DL user so no IRay expert, but the caustic sampler (in the render settings tab) should make it possible to have light bounce from reflective surfaces. Good luck with your project, I'm really impressed that you actually made a 3d audience

I for one would have loved to have that long long trailer for sure but I am only one of many I guess!!

I do look forward to you selling it maybe at Rendo!!!!

I love to create things, and they always do good for my purposes, since I know how I want them to look. But honestly, since I am creating everything in Sketchup, I have no idea about UV-mapping and texturing. Most of the times I use materials and shaders from other people. I am working on finding and learning a way to create proper textures. The day I will be good at it, I will retexturize everything and try to put it onto a store. Actually the trailer itself is not using any special texture but if anyone would like to put a specific design on it, it would be a challenge because the UV's are a total mess! :-)

 

Those surfaces should reflect light; Iray has no problem with that. If you're rendering in Studio, you need to add mirror/sequin shaders to the appropriate surfaces. 

There's a free mirror shader at http://www.sharecg.com/v/81125/favorite/21/DAZ-Studio/Iray-Mirror-Shader - usage rights are both commercial and personal, so if you want to offer this project for sale if/when you move it out of Sketchup, you would be able to use that shader for your surfaces setting.

The problem with Iray is that it reflects surfaces that are emitting light, but it does nor reflect light coming from a Spot light. The mirror shader reflects only the environment, so when it is totally dark and you only use a spot light, there is nothing to reflect and the effect is gone. The only way I found are metallic Flakes. But they cannot really be adapted the way a need them, since they are randomly applyed.

That is quite a project you have going with all that detail in the scene. You must have quite the computer ;-)

The night scene shots are great, but so is everything!

Great stuff! Would love to see some real dramatic lighting on some of these.

Thank you @Rakuda

I am waiting for the right Idea to come up! :-) But meantimes I keep building and sooner or later I will come up with something spectacular. One thing bothers me with Iray... That surfaces like mirrors and sequins, don't reflect light! That would be awesome! :-)

Those surfaces should reflect light; Iray has no problem with that. If you're rendering in Studio, you need to add mirror/sequin shaders to the appropriate surfaces. 

There's a free mirror shader at http://www.sharecg.com/v/81125/favorite/21/DAZ-Studio/Iray-Mirror-Shader - usage rights are both commercial and personal, so if you want to offer this project for sale if/when you move it out of Sketchup, you would be able to use that shader for your surfaces setting.

nothing wrong with Sketchup and you are rocking it 

I just want to point out that everything i create, like this parade wagon and any of the circus items, aren't not done with the common 3D software everyone is using. I am modelling everything in Sketchup! I'm to lazy to learn any of the others. They all seem so complicated. :-)

Hi , 

I need some help to make a real gun prop for one of my character. I modelized a gun with sketchup, and wanted to translate it into a prop, knowing that the double canon can deploy itself, and the gun is opening to load it. 

I don't know how to start. The parametrage of the model must be all done in daz3D ? Or do I have to prepare it in 3DS MAX or soft like that ? 

Thanx a lot to help a newbie again ^^"

There are a few varieties at the 3D warehouse https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/?q=m4a1&searchTab=model but you'll have to convert them to .OBJ with the free trial version of sketchup or another app (I use ultimate unwrap 3D)

here is one I just checked out, looks ok after slapping some iray shaders on it.

SketchUp Make 2017 is free.  Maybe I'm missing something in your query?

-Mike

he could be referring to when there was a standard free and pro version and the standard free version didn't export to .OBJ

SketchUp Make 2017 is free.  Maybe I'm missing something in your query?

-Mike

...aw bugger. was hoping for a better way to convert .skp files without having to buy a Sketchup licence.  Wish Google would never have sold it off.

Thanks.

No, this requires SketchUp.  The tool consists of a Ruby script that runs inside SketchUp, and exports your model to an intermediate XML file, which is then read by a Daz script and turned into geometry there.

AFAIK SketchUp Make 2017 is the last official stand-alone release, as Trimble is moving toward an all on-line environment.  Sketchup Make 2017 can still be downloaded but soon will be unsupported.  This is not to say that it cannot continue to be used to create awesome models, and of course there is the 3D Warehouse with its immense amount of content to draw from as well.

HTH
-Mike

For Invid this can be a good starting base

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/u00347108-5309-41cf-ad7c-4ffca5030dd3/Robotech-Invid

But is for Sketchfab.