Reply With QuoteThat's because Sketch Up uses the real sun position to determine lighting and not the standard top left. I get knocked for the same thing all of the time.
For whatever reason (shading maybe?) your overhead shots give the illusion of depth, only in reverse of what you're going for. I have to concentrate to make myself see the buildings as rising up, rather than resembling big polygonal holes in the ground.
That might just be me though.
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That's because Sketch Up uses the real sun position to determine lighting and not the standard top left. I get knocked for the same thing all of the time.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
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Top-left lighting is only standard if North is up, you live in the southern hemisphere, and it is afternoonOriginally Posted by Ascension
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I'm throwing you some rep because this is a massive undertaking for Sketchup
I'm not sure if you've tried this or if it is a potential solution, but one way to create a flat-looking 2D view is to go to the [camera] menu, select [standard views], [top] and then also in the camera menu set the mode to [parallel projection] This eliminates the angular differences in the POV resulting in a more traditional floorplan (or map) look. You can see an example of the difference this makes here.
If the shadows are the issue, you might just try adjusting the time of day slider in the shadow controls.
Awesome awesome stuff! Gonna rep you big time.
So... you are going to produce a sketchup tutorial for all us semi-competent budding sketchup mappers, right?
I kinda like the giant pit anyways
Anyone have any idea if this was ever completed or what became of the project or the author? With the recent release of Dark Sun for 4e Dungeons and Dragons I know I'd be wildly excited for this and I imagine many others would be as well
The links are broken....
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