Free Sketchup Renderings *inquire within*
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uncleof6
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Go to which next level? For RC, and to stay true to this thread, and in general for RC, sketchup and hypershot are fine. Now if you want me to fire up a "next" level, perhaps one of these? However, I would want to charge to use these: (kinda not in the spirit of RC, don't you think?)
Jim
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Well I know how to use Blender,
I've used it for a good year(Maya a year before that) and know how to
animate, rig, light, texture, do materials,
setup render parameters for a scene, modeland such....
I agree you saying it's not easy and there needs to be an extrinsic reward,
it's not in the RC spirit as you said...
It's more of a have you thought of it, not "take it to the next level"
As you mentioned Sketchup and Hypershot are fine,
plus dealing with mesh gets old, and having a more simplistic higher level of control is nicer for these type of things.
I'm not much compared to be people who have
college knowledge with 3D, just a hobbyist who plays around with it and is good at some things, terrible at others.
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Had to mention that since I'm by no means trying to be arrogant.
I've used it for a good year(Maya a year before that) and know how to
animate, rig, light, texture, do materials,
setup render parameters for a scene, modeland such....
I agree you saying it's not easy and there needs to be an extrinsic reward,
it's not in the RC spirit as you said...
It's more of a have you thought of it, not "take it to the next level"
As you mentioned Sketchup and Hypershot are fine,
plus dealing with mesh gets old, and having a more simplistic higher level of control is nicer for these type of things.
I'm not much compared to be people who have
college knowledge with 3D, just a hobbyist who plays around with it and is good at some things, terrible at others.
/\
Had to mention that since I'm by no means trying to be arrogant.
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uncleof6
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Not thinking you are arrogant, it just gave me a chuckle. I have mentioned having these packages on board before, couldn't resist. :celeb2:
Jim
Haavard Stoere
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Amazing stuff you 3d experts are making:thumbsup:
I am currently making my own fishroom in 3d. Unfortunately I am having trouble finding metric fitting , tubes tableducts etc. as downloads. The dimensions I use are 20-50mm.
Hope some of you can help me.
Cheers
I am currently making my own fishroom in 3d. Unfortunately I am having trouble finding metric fitting , tubes tableducts etc. as downloads. The dimensions I use are 20-50mm.
Hope some of you can help me.
Cheers
uncleof6
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ReeferMadnessUK
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Thanks Uncle, that is outstanding, exactly what i had in mind, thanks for all your help it is really appreciated.
Have a good Christmas and New Year,
cheers
Pete.
Have a good Christmas and New Year,
cheers
Pete.
Spinnaay
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Hi There,
Could some one render this as my trial has run out?
Thanks
Thom
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=786eef0d9fedfaeaed148dd7369e3cf8
Could some one render this as my trial has run out?
Thanks
Thom
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=786eef0d9fedfaeaed148dd7369e3cf8
uncleof6
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uncleof6
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Maybe that is why my friends took my bullets away.....
It is a matter of patience--- and using move/copy (move > arrow (locks direction) > ctrl keys are your friends,) and only modeling once, and reusing the components and groups--just making slight adjustments. But yeah, it is move and eyeball till you are cross eyed. Another way to build concentric items is to build it concentric from the ground up-- i.e. skimmers Finally got around to doing an ok model of a 1.5" sanitary tee, seeing how bean has not shared his primitives yet....
Sketchup is combersome to an extent, and it is a matter of finding workarounds, for example punching a hole in a curved surface such as for a pump output, or through the body of a skimmer... and for other parts, stealing them off of 3d warehouse, and working on them a bit. I have other software, as I have stated before, but I think for the purposes of this thread, it would be unfair to use Autocad, Maya, and Lightwave.... I charge $$$ to fire those up... chuckles, and i find sketchup perfectly adequate to get the point across. There is a learning curve with it, even for those that can work with the higher end software packages, but as stugray likes to point out, a 12 year old can work with it--
Anyway some more of the same (this system was contracted based on these sketcups incidently, so it is an adequate tool.)
Jim
It is a matter of patience--- and using move/copy (move > arrow (locks direction) > ctrl keys are your friends,) and only modeling once, and reusing the components and groups--just making slight adjustments. But yeah, it is move and eyeball till you are cross eyed. Another way to build concentric items is to build it concentric from the ground up-- i.e. skimmers Finally got around to doing an ok model of a 1.5" sanitary tee, seeing how bean has not shared his primitives yet....
Sketchup is combersome to an extent, and it is a matter of finding workarounds, for example punching a hole in a curved surface such as for a pump output, or through the body of a skimmer... and for other parts, stealing them off of 3d warehouse, and working on them a bit. I have other software, as I have stated before, but I think for the purposes of this thread, it would be unfair to use Autocad, Maya, and Lightwave.... I charge $$$ to fire those up... chuckles, and i find sketchup perfectly adequate to get the point across. There is a learning curve with it, even for those that can work with the higher end software packages, but as stugray likes to point out, a 12 year old can work with it-- Anyway some more of the same (this system was contracted based on these sketcups incidently, so it is an adequate tool.)
Jim
WhoDey64
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Maybe that is why my friends took my bullets away.....
It is a matter of patience--- and using move/copy (move > arrow (locks direction) > ctrl keys are your friends,) and only modeling once, and reusing the components and groups--just making slight adjustments. But yeah, it is move and eyeball till you are cross eyed. Another way to build concentric items is to build it concentric from the ground up-- i.e. skimmers Finally got around to doing an ok model of a 1.5" sanitary tee, seeing how bean has not shared his primitives yet....
Jim
I am just your average AutoCad detailer, I could not imagine using multiple design programs, have enough trouble remembering all the Acad commands :hmm3:
Can you recommend any Freeware rendering programs that dont look totally hack? I am using KeyShot at the moment, but on a free trial. I have also been using Kerkythea, but the results are very mehhhh.
uncleof6
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Yeah, I can import an IGES file. Just make sure there are no errors, blah blah in it. Sometimes importing, don't work so good, but if everything is perfect, got a better chance.
Jim
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