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This is just an update. I took a few steps back and rethought the texture. I'm not rendering with Vraysun or Sky for now. I might try to add it in later. Is there anyway to get a higher resolution on the textures? The texture itself is very detailed, but that doesn't seem to show up on renders...Would output resolution do that or is it in other settings?

I dont think Chaosgroup has made a vray for revit. Revit has recently adopted mental ray and I've seen some very good and almost realistic renders with it, but the only downside is the time it takes to render. If you still want to use Vray, you could export your to 3dsmax or some other program that has a vray plugin.

Thanks again for the reply. I understand how the concrete should look but have trouble translating that into the UVW settings. I've just finished modeling the storefront and just have to fill all the windows above with glass. I've changed the texturemapping to box and changed the repetition. I still feel like something is missing from the concrete. Any ideas? I'll try it again with an HDRI in a few mins when I locate one. Thanks again Ralf

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to try and finish the last bits of modelling so I can focus on texture and lighting. In the mean time I have a few questions. Would it help if I applied an HDRI map or should I actually model the environment? Also do you know of any reasons why my texture is mapped so strangely? Do you have any tips or guidelines for mapping textures on the geometry like mine? Thanks again.

Hey I've only started using vray recently and this is one of my first real attempts at creating some serious renderings. The attached rendering is still being developed and I'll update this thread when the project is done. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to improve my lighting or textures? Thanks

Is it just me or does anyone else ever feel like boolean difference isn't very consistent? I've used it a bunch of times and I know you can get errors with your surfaces not being capped, but thats not it this time. I just get "Boolean difference failed." Any ideas? Thanks

I've used 3DS Max on my macbook pro its about a year and a half old on boot camp on xp and on 7 and although I haven't used it too much, I'd say pretty surely that you wouldn't have too much of a problem at all.