sketchup to cheetah
well... a new project has come up that exceeds my demands of sketchup and i was looking into getting either cheetah or cinema. i would much rather perfer cheetah but i keep running into a wall going from sketchup to cheetah. i dont know how everyone posts how easy the transition is, when i bring in a 3ds model straight and hit render... i get a very sub-par small rendering. is there any tutorial of this process? this would open up many doors for me i think. i used to do this type of thing going from autocad to 3d studio years back... only now i dont remember how to do it. granted i have very limited knowledge back then too.
one of the biggest problems i run into is bringing in an model and working with it in cheetah. i can seem to change materials. the whole thing seems to be grouped together. when i select it and make it editable... then only polygons are selectable but i still cannot change materials and stuff.
i guess i am just running on short fuse due to my stress level... i am supposed to learn the program and be able to design, model and render a retail store prototype for a client within the next few weeks. all this while the regular projects are still there.
any help or point in the direction of a tutorial or guide would be helpful.
thanks everyone... and on your part... keep up the great work.
well... a new project has come up that exceeds my demands of sketchup and i was looking into getting either cheetah or cinema. i would much rather perfer cheetah but i keep running into a wall going from sketchup to cheetah. i dont know how everyone posts how easy the transition is, when i bring in a 3ds model straight and hit render... i get a very sub-par small rendering. is there any tutorial of this process? this would open up many doors for me i think. i used to do this type of thing going from autocad to 3d studio years back... only now i dont remember how to do it. granted i have very limited knowledge back then too.
one of the biggest problems i run into is bringing in an model and working with it in cheetah. i can seem to change materials. the whole thing seems to be grouped together. when i select it and make it editable... then only polygons are selectable but i still cannot change materials and stuff.
i guess i am just running on short fuse due to my stress level... i am supposed to learn the program and be able to design, model and render a retail store prototype for a client within the next few weeks. all this while the regular projects are still there.
any help or point in the direction of a tutorial or guide would be helpful.
thanks everyone... and on your part... keep up the great work.