Good Materials??

[jim_tim]

Hi, I'm very new to Vray for sketchup - just at the very early experimental stage. I'm having some trouble finding good materials. Can anybody point me in the right direction??

Thank you

[dcauldwell_cg]

Re: Good Materials??

You could try these for starters + take your own photos

http://www.cgtextures.com/ (very good range – hi-res - free)
http://www.evermotion.org/index.php
http://www.accustudio.com/
http://www.arroway.de/en/index.html
http://www.cgarchitect.com/
http://www.ambientlight.co.uk/index.php
http://www.got3d.com/
http://www.mtextur.com/
http://www.elucidesign.com/Other_Pro...ary/Index.html (wood veneer library)
http://www.veneerwood.com/engl/furnier/furnier.html (wood veneer library)

[jim_tim]

Re: Good Materials??

Oh excellent thank you very much indeed for your concise and rapid response. I shall soon upload my efforts for some constructive crit ;D

Thanks again

[-Keith]

Re: Good Materials??

You can also download materials straight from ASGvis.
Check out this link:
http://software.asgvis.com/index.php...itle=Materials

[jim_tim]

Re: Good Materials??

Thank you Alrami. excellent link! ;D

[jim_tim]

Re: Good Materials??

Can anybody tell me if the following link contains materials suitable for Vray for sketchup?

http://software.asgvis.com/index.php...itle=Materials

I tried to download a grass texture but when i tried to import it into my model it just said invalid vismat file.

[stefanq]

Re: Good Materials??

http://www.vray.com/free_vray_tools/...on/index.shtml
James, don't forget to look into the material settings. You will learn allot. I'll search for more, but it will take a while. I have to dig hard in the forum, but it's all in here.....somewere :P

[jim_tim]

Re: Good Materials??

I have learnt how to edit my own materials but I was just wondering why this particular material may not be working. Thank you for another good link ;D

[jim_tim]

Re: Good Materials??

Stefanq, thank you for your endeavours but after downloading that matrial library - when i try to import any of those materials i'm gettin the same error message 'invalid asgvis material file'.

I'm not sure how to use these materials. I have set up a scene with materials I have created myself but I would like to experiment with some ready made downloadable materials.

Cheers

[jim_tim]

Re: Good Materials??

If anybody could shed any light on the above it would be much appreciated. I really dont know how to import these materials into my model. Could it be that they dont work with the older version of Vray? ???

[stefanq]

Re: Good Materials??

I think you need to use the last release of vray.

[-Keith]

Re: Good Materials??

Stefanq is right

the newest release of V-Ray included some changes to the way materials are handled by the software and as a direct result our material library had to be updated.

You can get the latest version of V-Ray for SketchUp here:
http://software.asgvis.com/index.php...182&Itemid=480

[jim_tim]

Re: Good Materials??

Ah right.... thank you. I shall look into this