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Replace Materials - but keep the name
As part of our Material Styles project, we needed a quick way to place library materials into a model without changing the name of the material.This is valuable if you prefer to have functional...
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Layer Material Schemes for AutoCAD
With Layer Material Schemes you can save sets of material assignments for your model, and then quickly reload them into the same model or other models.Daniel has created a video to show you how to use...
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AccuRender nXt based rendering products
The AccuRender nXt Engine– is used in IRender nXt for SketchUp, AccuRender nXt for Revit and nXtRender for AutoCad. Whatever modelling package you use nXt is the best choice for a rendering...
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Render Plus Blog - SketchUp, AutoCAD, iPad Apps and more...: AccuRender nXt based rendering products
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Holiday Rendering Contest
Create a holiday, Xmas or Winter scene in SketchUp or AutoCAD, render it with nXtRender or IRender nXt, share it, and win a prize! By popular demand we will run a Xmas scene competition.We will give...
View ArticleVote for your favorites in the Xmas Rendering Contest
The Finalist for the Christmas contest are available in a slide show here:Xmas Contest Finalists You can vote for your favorites and we will post the winners in about a week.Contest Voting The winners...
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View Wizard for SketchUp
I'm pretty excited about this new feature Rich has put together for IRender nXt. The View Wizard makes it easy to save SketchUp Views, share them between models, and use them for rendering.The really...
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Xmas Rendering Contest Winners
Rendering Contest - Xmas 2013Here are the winners from the 2013 Xmas Rendering ContestFirst Place - If you can't stand the heatSubmitted by: Daniel HargreavesRendered with: nXtRender for AutoCADSecond...
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Help us get a fair review
The SketchUp Extensions page allows SketchUp users to review SketchUp Plugins.I am in favor of reviews, and use them a lot for travel, etc. However, the only review we got on the IRender nXt page...
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Why doesn't turning off a light make my scene darker
The first time I tried out Lighting Channels I was confused that lowering the intensity of a lightdidn't make the scene darker. The same effect is true when you add or remove a light from your SketchUp...
View ArticleIRender nXt Review
I want to thank everyone who has added a review to the IRender nXt page on the SketchUp Extensions page. I think it helps prospective users to be able to see what others think about a product.Here is a...
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SketchUp 2014 was released today!
SketchUp 2014 was released today!To use Render Plus products with SketchUp 2014 you will need to download the latest version.Download new VersionIf your license is current, (purchased withing the past...
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Materials and Textures
SketchUp has done a great job of letting you place colors and textured materials directly in your model.With a Photorealistic Renderer you can add reflective properties and also higher quality...
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Lighting
Lighting is an important aspect of a Photorealistic rendering.There are three basic types of lighting from the sun and sky, lighting from artificial lights, and indirect lighting reflected from...
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3D Warehouse Changes
With the release of SketchUp 2014, SketchUp changed the organization and URLs of the 3D Warehouse. In order to use our IRender Ready lights, trees and mirrors, you will need to refresh the local...
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Studio Rendering Sample
We had a client ask for help making a Studio rendering.I took a model, placed it in a studio background geometry from the 3D Warehouse provided by Solo a few years ago, and the Studio rendering...
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Studio Quality Rendering
Studio Quality RenderingA Studio Quality Rendering attempts to duplicate a photograph which would be made by a professional photographer in a studio. In the photo studio, lights would be placed...
View ArticleIRender nXt review
We have received some nice reviews on the SketchUp Extensions page.Here is the most recent:-----I started my company Mesh-3D 3 years ago to provide affordable 3D visualisations for Architects and...
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Studio Rendering Sample
We have a client who is trying to produce Studio Quality renderings of furniture much like this. (This is a photograph.)I pointed out that IRender nXt has Studio Rendering defaults that make renderings...
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Tip of the Week - Edge Lines
Use Edge lines for better detail Kitchen rendered with edge lines: (Not a Photo. This is a Photo Realistic rendering created with IRender nXt from a SketchUp model.) Kitchen rendered without edge...
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