Design Styles for Rendering

[Bo Cook]

I work for a designer who used to use sketchup. I now do her drawings but in VW. She would like to create a more watercolour design style, like the one in sketchup.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can do this. I don't have photoshop but do have pixilmator.

And is VW going to have this option ever: to add styles to the rendering?

[PVA - Admin]

Like this?

[img:center]https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=12367&filename=wc%20sample.PNG[/img]

You can if you have Renderworks.

Should be located under View > Rendering > Artistic Renderworks, in the Artistic Renderworks Settings, choose one of the Watercolor modes.

[PVA - Admin]

Something more detailed like this:

http://www.sketchupartists.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/14_watercolor2nomer.jpg

You would get by applying and Artistic Renderworks mode as the foreground render, with something like OpenGL or Shaded Polygon in the background, if not another Renderworks mode.

[Bo Cook]

JimW, I couldn't find my post so I am sorry I disappeared after writing it. Yes, basically they want gravely textures and a more rough sketchy - but coloured- 3D visuals.

Shame VW doesn't offer up as many as Sketchup.

Thanks for your suggestion. I will try what you said and see if it works for them.

[PVA - Admin]

Do you mean these would be useful as preconfigured render styles?

Currently the main line of thinking has been that users would configure their own to their liking, but I can see offering more default preconfigured realistic and artistic styles as beneficial.

(Im going to move this to the wishlist board to remind me to submit it later.)