Materials not working properly in sketchup

[Wagori]

well, i created some materials in V-ray material studio, saved them, and applied them to a surface in sketchup. when i render there is no bump or displacement in my renders.

this are my materials




and this is how it looks in sketchup
no bump or displacement



also, thebump doesn't work

if i use a grayscale of the normal image for bump, i get no bump but is i use the normal image with displacement and set it to invert i get bump.

but not in sketchup

how can i get the same materials i create in materail studio working in my sketchup renders.

(already tried physical camera off, light emitters etc etc)

[dalomar_cg]

Re: Materials not working properly in sketchup

The bump and displacement features are rather hit or miss in SU because of how SU handles the geometry. Bump will usually be more reliable then displacement, but having objects within groups tends to throw things off a bit. There was a post around that proposed a good workflow for setting up displacement so that it works...do a search and it should come up.

[Wagori]

Re: Materials not working properly in sketchup

you mean this topic?

http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=c...0&topic=2632.0

i'm trying al his options right now

i had my grass working last time but when i wanted to test my marble and added it, everything was flat again.

my stone wall is getting allong good, i'll post a render in a minute.

then i'm going to try it with multiple materials

btw, if i understand this right. it's useless to create an material in materialstudio becouse it wont work properly in SU?

here is my render

rectangulair light obove the midle, double sided



it works

[Wagori]

Re: Materials not working properly in sketchup

ok, i got it working

for flat surfaces you must use displacement, for 3D (walls) you have to use bumpmap (the way i use it now)

tomorrow i'll find out an better way xD

quick model and render


i'm thinking about creating a tutorial with the basics becouse right now there is no good tutorial explaining bump mapping

[leechunhoang]

Re: Materials not working properly in sketchup

Dear Wagori,
Hi, I'm a newbie here. May I ask wht setting should I apply to render a night club? I facing difficulties here. Ur help will be grealy appreciated. Thnx.

[Wagori]

Re: Materials not working properly in sketchup

if you mean the lights setup. take al look at this tutorial

http://www.xeav.net/index.php?option...sk=view&id=117