Looking to BUY Version 2 Pro - but the V2 Hobby doesnt render

[LInneaG]

Hello -
I have been testing out Twilight ( Version 1 Hobby) and was getting some decent results... ( I know I need to learn more about atmosphere, lighting and materials settings in order to get it just right -- )
but I saw Version2 was out - so I thought to try it -- and it doesn't render anything but background.

Please see "Twilight V2 Hobby doesnt seem to work but V1 hobby did.pdf" .
Can you please see if I buy the Pro version of Version2 will work?
thanks!
Linneeqa

[Chris]

Can you post your SKP file? Or PM it if it's something you don't want to share.

[LInneaG]

Hi there--
Looks like it is too big to send through the forum. Just now I eliminated over halfof components to see if that would render -( or post to you) - but the it is the same size !

hmmmm...

[LInneaG]

ok -- now I copied just 4 of the banners to a new file.. reduced the size by 1/4. Still too big to send thru the forum.
( ~24 MG from 93 MG.)
I tried again to render -- and just got the background again. PLease see attached.
thanks so much for your help! Linnea

[Chris]

You can PM me with a drop box or google drive link if it's too big to post.

[Fletch]

Please post dropbox link or other file sharing link to share large files. We can not diagnos the issue without the file.
Likely culprit causing problem for your file:
1 - strange image file format such as .tga or .tiff instead of .png and .jpg for your texture files.
2 - bad geometry from importing some externally created model - usually happens when importing .3ds files or .obj files created with some other modeling program, then inserting into sketchup. Many of these files are provided on 3D warehouse and work ok in SketchUp but cause errors when rendering.
3 -

now I copied just 4 of the banners to a new file..

This is a confusing statement - not sure what this means. Hopefully if you can share the file, we will understand. Likely related to issue 1 above.
4 - see below.

In SketchUp go to “Window>Model Info>Statistics>Purge Unused” There are great plugins created for cleaning up your SketchUp models of unused and problematic unseen geometry. Models downloaded from the SketchUp Warehouse can oftentimes be a source of problems when it comes to photorealistic rendering. Eliminating and purging these models can often solve issues in problematic scenes. Multiple deep nesting of groups or components can cause problems. If your model does not render, explode "super groups" of models to be simple components. If there are groups of components more than 4 levels deep, it's likely too much. Try this before asking for help.

Preflight Checklist before you render