OctaneRender for SketchUp 2.24.2.1 - Test Release

[pasmangiu]

y have tested the proxy , it works just perfect,but i detected a problem on a big scene ,(see atached images ) when i hit render it loads the scene , but after this , only the hdri bakround/enviorement appears in the render window
in version 0.15.2 , i was able to render the scene , so i don't think that this is a low memory issue

[fivebythree]

Usually on big scenes I tend to proxy within a proxy. That's why this issue was so important, and needed fixed.

[pasmangiu]

"proxy within a proxy" ? how is this ? and how it helps ?
can you explain this please ?

[smicha]

Same as using scatter under a scatter node

[pasmangiu]

i don"t really undresteand , but i will do a little reasearch based on what you guys said , thanks

[smicha]

i don"t really undresteand , but i will do a little reasearch based on what you guys said , thanks

have you ever used the standalone?

[pasmangiu]

no i have not , except for making proxies , i don't like leaving Sketchup. this is why i wood really like to see the out of core memory feature implemented in sketchup . I do only archviz , and the scenes are always big

[fivebythree]

Think of it as a transparent matryoshka doll. Apply a the OCS to a block. Export those blocks within another proxy export. And render the top level with everything showing up as fully rendered elements. The idea is save on system resources. I had to work this way when I originally worked solely on a laptop.

A video of how it works here - Its like that movie inception.
https://youtu.be/sQygBzsQ6Os

Essentially you could keep going deeper with the inception. Just save your layers and ocs's in different folders. I find if you put 2 ocs files into the same folder their assets can be duplicated if not named properly. I don't like leaving SketchUp either.

[pasmangiu]

thank you very much" fivebythree" i get it now. it's actualy simple , and if it saves vram , it's really great , this is my bigest problem with graphics cards and octane , i have just 3gb , and the ones with more vram are really expensive and still very limited

[fivebythree]

Glad I could help pasmangiu!

I have 2 780 cards, and sometimes that doesn't feel like enough. The cards were more expensive than the whole computer.

The great thing about this method is you can have a blank scene at the end and have everything populated. Its amazing technology... that wasn't getting utilized for months and months.