I'm not a programmer nor a developer but a (very) simple end-user of software products :)

and I would like to know if anybody here has heard about http://www.caustic.com

and their approach on ray-tracing? They claim to have developed a certain very
affordable piece of hardware/card in ...

Hi TIG,

I'm looking forward to octane having alpha-channel-support.

the links have been quite inlightening - especially kudos entry.

I did some experiments with '3dcoat' and 'rhino5beta' which
look promising too (exporting obj's with baked in decals).
tomorrow I will even give 'truespace 7.1' a ...

hello TIG,

thx for your answer.

Here's another attempt with a zipped-skp-file.

I visited the refractivesoftware-site a few minutes ago
and one of the gallery-show-examples struck me.

Its a scene with something that does look like buttons on a car-console.
The creator successfully mapped ...

forgot to include the sketchup-file. here it is.

best

klaus

hello TIG,

in the first place I can't thank you enough for the great work you have done here.
Not to speak about the numerous great plugs for sketchup that you have written.

Its unaffordable to be able to just press a button or two and off you go with octane.

I however have a question, which you ...

Hello there,

maximum respect again for octane - its my recommendation to everyone in the business.
Who thought this was ever possible a few years ago? I did'nt at all.

May I dare one urgend question though - will there be lightsources other than sunlight or hdri...so spot, omni, area
in one of the ...