This is a model I’ve been making in sketchup which I'm going to render in Bryce.  Thought Id get some opinions on it.  Its actually a model of a building not far from where I live which is pretty derelict at the moment but is supposed to be being renovated and turned into flats.

this is it with no texture

 

and a detail shot

 

and starting with some textures

 

 

I think it looks terrific! It's very similar to a building in the downtown near here. Did you UV map it? The brick textures on the side seem to be spot-on as far as size and scale.

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I actually applied the textures back  in sketchup.  In there you can place an image as a texture and resize it on the fly.  you can actually measure it to an exact brick size vertually to the milimeter, the easest texturing ive found.  I then exported it as a wavefront obj file and imported it into bryce and bryce keeps the textures.

 

ooooooooooooooooo....... This building isn't going to be up for download is it?  This would be perfect for an illustration or two I've had a mind for.  Reminds me of some railroad buildings I've seen for offices built around the turn of the 20th here.

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I didn't know about Sketchup's texturing capabilities, or being able to export your model with textures. That fact alone makes it an even more attractive modeler. There was a fellow here by the name of derjimi who was an avid and skilled modeler with Sketchup, but I haven't seen him around here in a long while. I may have to give it a try, though I'm so used to Wings.

Yes I find sketchup the easiest modeller I’ve ever used, especially for architectural type stuff which it was really intended for.

 

In case you didn’t know there’s  a free version available, Google sketchup form their site. It has some limitations the most obvious one not being able to export your models, but all the modelling tools are there so it’s a good way to try it out.

 

Nice tool... I downloaded sketchup ....  

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I actually applied the textures back  in sketchup.  In there you can place an image as a texture and resize it on the fly.  you can actually measure it to an exact brick size vertually to the milimeter, the easest texturing ive found.  I then exported it as a wavefront obj file and imported it into bryce and bryce keeps the textures.

 

Wow!  And how much is Sketchup?

 

(looks at site)

 

ah.... that much.

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yea  sketchup isn't cheap £315.00 which would be about $600 I think, but not as expensive as some other modelers I supose. Then again it hasnt got  a renderer built in as such apart form the sketchy look (which is really good for some stuff) but bryce seems to be the answer to that.

I happend to get it  as I was doing some work on a web site and some other artwork for a structural engineers.  I had a go on it while there and was hooked.  As they had to buy quite a few licenses anyway I had them get me one  as part of my payment for the work (well most of the payment really) because i thought if I got the money id probably never get round to getting it. 

 I notice the upgrade form the last version is £60.00.  I just  hope the upgrade to version 6 when it comes out is affordable.

 

didnt google aquire sketch up and put it for free download? (or so i heard)

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Yes google did aquire it they now have 2 versions. The free version is google sketchup.  its aimed at making models for google earth.  you can pretty much make the same stuff with it as you can with the pro version but it dosent allow you to export your models as 3ds or object or anything.  I thnk it also has a limit to the resolution you can produce images at.

 

Neat building! Show us the back side?  errm... That would be the building's, not yours ;)

Looks a lot like buildings around a city where I grew up. I was just discussing modelling some of them couple of weeks ago.

Back home they would print large advertizing posters, about the size of the blank space on the side of your building, and glue them to the building... over and over again. After a few yeas and several dozen posters... well you can imagine the 'look'

Sketchup you say... Hmmm, I demoed it for something work related about 6 mo. ago... didn't work for that, but I didn't even think to try it for personal stuff...  Sheesh, how silly of me!
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ha,ha, caught me out I havent actually put any detail on the back yet:)