As mentioned in this post. To create night I made a 'night time sky' jpg to use as a sky texture, otherwise it never really gets dark enough.
What index of refraction setting are you using for your glass? if it is near 1.0, then because the light won't bend the object will appear invisible.
Do you design everything in SketchUp? I only ask after importing your 3DS sconce model straight into Sweet Home, have you tried it, have a look and see what happens?
Maybe SketchUp isn't good at exporting 3DS?When you ticked "Use light angle as power knob" had you rotated the light bulbs you added to the scene? I ask because they start switched off, at zero degrees, so require some rotation to produce light, around 30-40 seems about right for candle light, adjust to taste (And no! I don't mean eat the candles!!)
Your current project is looking interesting!
db4tech
