Car Wash Equipment Layout Feedback/Advice

[ntxdave]

Continuing the discussion from the Save As PNG thread, I would like some feedback and advice on how to improve this approach to adding a TR image to a SketchUp LayOut document. I have to give you a link to the PDF file from LayOut because the TR image is too big to post here.

Sample 150ft Equipment Layout Render.pdf

Sample Equipment Layout

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I also had to scale it back to only the page that includes the rendered equipment image because the file was still to large to include the other page which includes a side and top view of the equipment, dimensions and other information (which is not rendered - just SketchUp drawings).


Here are the settings I used to create the TR image

Render Settings

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I want to thank @pbabcot for some of the settings. I played with a lot of them before settling in on the ones I used. In spite of watching some videos I have to admit that I am still not sure what all of them really mean. However, all of that aside, I would like some feedback/advice on how this could be improved.

[pbacot]

Looks great. I think you have a lot of detail there in one picture and no need for more. The metal frames stand out well over the black rollers etc. so it's easy to read the picture. Would be fun to see it animated, spinning and swishing.

[ntxdave]

Decided to go create a much smaller version of the render so that I could post it here and hope that I can get some feedback/suggestions. The render was created with 03.Low+ setting.

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[ntxdave]

Looks great. I think you have a lot of detail there in one picture and no need for more. The metal frames stand out well over the black rollers etc. so it easy to read the picture. Would be fun to see it animated, spinning and swishing.

Sorry, I did not see your post. I was adding another post myself. Thanks for your feedback.

I do have some OLD animations on ntxdave YouTube but nothing quite as well done as this model. I also had some stuff on Shapespark once upon a time but think those may be dead now.

[tuna57]

Generally I think it's a nice image. Like pbacot said it's a lot of info to get across in one view. The only thing I see as a negative is the shadows being thrown by the text and guides, I find them a little distracting to my old eyes. Not sure how you created the image or how easy it would be to kill only those shadows. All in all still .

[pbacot]

And if you can figure out how to not bend up my license plates, that'd be beautiful!

[ntxdave]

Thanks for the feedback guys...…….I appreciate it. I am trying to figure how if I can improve it in any way.

…..The only thing I see as a negative is the shadows being thrown by the text and guides, I find them a little distracting to my old eyes. Not sure how you created the image or how easy it would be to kill only those shadows..... .

This is the biggest distraction to me as well. Since I have shadows turned off, I do not know what is causing the shadows. I am wondering if it might really be reflections. I am still trying and will let you know if I figure out how to solve it.

[ntxdave]

OK guys, I think I made an improvement so that the text shows up better...…….let me know what you think.

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[tuna57]

Definitely makes the text more readable for me.

[Fletch]

To speed up rendering, eliminate reflections where they are not needed, eliminate specular. Try the "Perfect Reflection" templates.
Avoid saturated colors - keep colors below 90% saturation or brightness. These increase errors/render time.
Be sure there are no light emitting materials.

Try Medium, not Medium+ to increase quality without too much time increase.
You can make a custom render setting of the Easy Medium that set the AA to 1.0 - which will cause AA to only render on the edges (not calculating AA inside of reflections - which would appear to not be needed in your scene here)