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by Fletch
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Black Friday 2023
Replies: 5
Views: 47035

Re: Black Friday 2023

Subject: Twilight Render and macOS M1 processors Please note, at this time Twilight Render does not run natively on the macOS M1 processor. If you have a macOS computer running the M1 processor, you will need to run SketchUp using the Rosetta 2 application. You can find out more about using Rosetta...
by Fletch
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: Pull up a Chair
Topic: Transfering TR to new computer
Replies: 1
Views: 9408

Re: Transfering TR to new computer

your license is connected to your mother board, so you can just email licensing@twilightrender (dot) com and let us know you upgraded computers to get new license. however, I am worried about how Twilight will work on M2 architecture. You may have to run Rosetta. As they are both "apple silicon...
by Fletch
Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Very slow render time
Replies: 15
Views: 68237

Re: Very slow render time

here I've created the soffit strip light and the shelf led lights using series of tiny spots.
rendered on Easy 02 low it renders in just over 9 minutes.
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rendered on Easy 04 it renders in 15 minutes.
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by Fletch
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Very slow render time
Replies: 15
Views: 68237

Re: Very slow render time

for exteriors, hide all unseen geometry, turn off all lights and emitters, render with Easy 08 and physical sky, use fastforward denoise for fast and high quality results.
by Fletch
Sat Dec 02, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Very slow render time
Replies: 15
Views: 68237

Re: Very slow render time

You can clear all materials in the scene go to Extensions>Twilight V2 > Clean > Clean Materials This will allow you to quickly apply new templates if you wish to get a "do over" on a scene and you can't find where a problem exists. I did this with your scene, and with Pro, the Glass and ot...
by Fletch
Sat Dec 02, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Very slow render time
Replies: 15
Views: 68237

Re: Very slow render time

additional changes I've made: improved geometry of couch model, added carpet texture to rug under living room furn, adjust any whites to be darker at around 70% adjust brightness of other materials in the scene to be lower relative to the drop in the white's brightness. enable edge lines for cabinet...
by Fletch
Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:05 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Very slow render time
Replies: 15
Views: 68237

Re: Very slow render time

First impression: 1: You have Emitter light strips on the bookshelves that jump up render times drastically. The light emitter material is called "Color B01" 2: for items that are not in the view or effecting the veiw - hide those items or put all items on different tags and turn off tags ...
by Fletch
Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Very slow render time
Replies: 15
Views: 68237

Re: Very slow render time

Message received.
by Fletch
Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: Questions & Feedback
Topic: Very slow render time
Replies: 15
Views: 68237

Re: Very slow render time

Hi Fletch, Thanks for your help. I'm currently using the hobby version, and evaluating if it will work out for me. There is no "Extensions>Twilight V2> Diagnostic " available in the hobby version. The materials I used are from images about 50KB in size. I believe that is typical of Sketch...
by Fletch
Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: Pull up a Chair
Topic: Nader Khalili Iranian/American architect has innovative ideas
Replies: 7
Views: 82993

Nader Khalili Iranian/American architect has innovative ideas

I read Nader's book "Racing Alone" back in 2006 or 2007, turns out he died soon after that which I didn't know. :cry: There's another which I did not read called "Earth Bag Building". But Nader Khalili wrote many books . hesperia-united-states-iranianborn-architect-nader-khalili....