Scene Errors when using Maxwell Fire with Grass.

Scene Errors when using Maxwell Fire with Grass.#379118

By ftropiano@smartcentres.com - Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:46 pm

- Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:46 pm #379118

I am trying to render a model using Sketchup with the Grass application.
The grass application alone through Maxwell Fire works fine, when I bring in my SU model it shows me the message of "scene errors".
I have upgraded to the most recent update. And support has suggested I post here to get assistance from the plugin developer.

Re: Scene Errors when using Maxwell Fire with Grass.#379119

By JDHill - Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:57 pm

- Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:57 pm #379119

When you say you are using the most recent update, does that include the version 3.0.4 plugin available on the Maxwell Betas page?

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Re: Scene Errors when using Maxwell Fire with Grass.#379120

By ftropiano@smartcentres.com - Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:07 pm

- Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:07 pm #379120

yes that is correct.
is there a way I can you send you the file for you to look at?

Re: Scene Errors when using Maxwell Fire with Grass.#379121

By JDHill - Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:10 pm

- Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:10 pm #379121

Yes, please send it (a SKP, and as simple as possible) to jeremy at nextlimit dotcom, and let me know which OS and version you are using, and which version of SketchUp.

Next Limit Team

Re: Scene Errors when using Maxwell Fire with Grass.#379123

By JDHill - Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:02 pm

- Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:02 pm #379123

The problem appears to be that there is not enough memory to render using these grass settings (mainly, the 2000 blades/m^2) on a plane of this size. Rather than crash the SketchUp process due to lack of memory, the grass extension is returning an error. It may work fine in Maxwell Studio or Maxwell Render, since those are 64-bit applications.

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