Realistic timber

Looking for a bit of advice on how to make the timber in my encape videos look a bit more realistic….

I usually export short clips of stairs or parts we are designing for our customers but the timber always looks flat and….. Rendered.

a couple of examples .....(not finished models just testing)

Test video of new stairs in obj of scanned building

test video of new handrail fixing for glass

Real wood? I have been known to get the chainsaw out.....

It's the computer generated stuff I've not had a lot of time with. I've just dropped the texture in to the model, not finished sorting direction of grain out yet..

Sounds like I need to play with bump and shine...

And have a butchers for larger textures.

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Interested to know if the model in the first video is a point cloud?

Its an OBJ from scanner, we scan the building and drop our stair model in so we can see any potential problems on site before manufacture.

We can also show the customer the stair designs in vr with vive… which is fantastic.

I just wanted a bit of help in making the timber on the stairs a little more realistic, I've not used bump maps or had experience with rendering before.

Ps, its says its an “OBJ” in the link text

the obj looks very good in the enscape export, just a shame about the timber..

the clip and picture below are from an obj in sketchup/enscape, took about 10 mins to export (using laptop)

I will be deleting the ladders and other bits from the OBJ next week and dropping three flights of walnut stairs in. (will be playing with the “bump settings” for timber first…)

Enscape obj export example (just a quick example)

snapshot export from enscape

screen clip of model in sketchup

I am always impressed when working with the files, not so with the cost involved

I use,

Flexijet for the measurements as it's extremely accurate. And unlike point cloud scanners you only gather the information required ( smaller easier files..)

sketchup model of flexijet output

Matterport for the .OBJ, which is good for the visual aspect including advertising the final product. but not accurate enough for manufacturing (very large files..)

click the video in the lik,

visual aspect of the scan data

sketchup model of obj

To be honest the obj in sketchup looks ok with a few clicks

A spacemouse makes thing a lot easier to navigate in the obj

I've had one for 3/4years ... Bit more than a Xbox hack

With all of the new scanners about it may seem like a convoluted way of working but as you only scan the points you require it makes post processing a breeze..

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yes, I can see this... may I ask how much is the revit system ?

Andreas

Not sure on Revit ?? If you meant flexijet they are about £11k +vat in UK

can get the prices when im back in the office tomorrow,

Flexijet and Matterport are different beasts… We use matterport to compliment Flexijet,

The link below takes you to a space created with matterport for visuals and site documentation, within the space you can download the .dxf measurements from flexijet. (curved doors) We do this for a number of contractors, helps with pricing and safety as less people required to visit site.

ref space

I should have added in my last post,

The matterport OBJ is also used for visuals when modelling...