What step am I missing???

[Dirkmy]

I have been a Sketchup user for quite awhile and am in the process of learning 3ds Max. I have imported sketchup models into max and started adding lighting. Nothing seems to work. All of the units are the same. In inches. Using photometric lighting. I downloaded the GH House Challenge model off another forum. Opened up the 3ds model and added lighting. Added lighting. Worked fine. Imported the Sketchup file. Added lighting. Nothing. I am pulling my hair out trying to figure it out. I want to slowly migrate to 3ds but it is going to take some time so I know i will need to incorporate sketchup with 3ds while learning. Can anyone let me know if i am missing a step or need to check a setting? Thanks for your time

 

Dirk

[John Dollus]

is it still black if you assign a new material to everything like a default grey for example?

[Dirkmy]

I think it has to do with the automated daylighting system I tried a few different settings in the mr Photographic Exposure Control Then removed the mrSun all together.

 

 

Am I just not understanding something? Are there any good tutorials about this anyone could direct me to? Thanks for your help

 

Dirk

[Ismael]

Sketchup usually imports things like glass as single sided planes without thickness. What are you using, just Max? This image I did with Vray 1.5 in Max2010 from the GH SKP file. Share some more data or have you solved the problem?

[Dirkmy]

I modeled in SketchUp and imported into 3ds Max. I started remodeling the exact same project in 3ds and added lighting and am getting a totally different outcome than from importing straight sketchup. Do users usually adjust the mr Photographic Exposure Control using the presets or the DSLR controls?

[xEndlessxUrbiax]

The first image you have where the exposure is set to 10.0 seems pretty good. What more do you want than that? Interior scenes need higher exposure. Once you add your interior lights, and fix your materials inside of Max, I'm sure you'll have a good result.