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Rendering Challenges on SketchUcation
A good way to learn about rendering with SketchUp and to share your own renderings is with the Rendering Challenges on SketchUcation.Typically someone posts a SketchUp model, or links to a model on the...
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Clay Rendering
Clay Rendering is created by treating all the materials as white, and ignoring textures.It highlights the quality of the actual model, rather than colors and textures.This is a "clay rendering" with...
View ArticleIRender nXt - Bug Fixes and New Features
Here is a list of bug fixes and new features from the past year.Rather than put out annual versions, we post new releases whenever we add a new feature or bug fix. Here is what one reviewer on the...
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SketchUp Rendering Group on LinkedIn
We have started a new group for all users of SketchUp Rendering on LinkedIn: SketchUp Rendering Group.This is for anyone interested in SketchUp Rendering and for users of all rendering products to...
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Balancing Rendering Quality and Rendering Speed.
Balancing Rendering Quality and Rendering Speed. A complex, high-resolution image takes time to render. Every 3D designer has to live with this in-escapable truth. But that doesn't mean you have to...
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IRender nXt Interior Pool Tutorial
View TutorialThis is a great tutorial for learning many different aspects of IRender nXtThis Tutorial, basic room model and some of the components were built by Jorge López. Jorge López is an architect...
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3D Design Studio
Render Plus has combined all of their SketchUp plugin and add-ons into a single package - the 3D Design Studio.This is a comprehensive package of plugins and add-ons for SketchUp to provide the tools...
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New Release of nXtRender for AutoCAD
We have released a new version of nXtRender for AutoCAD - version 0343-NI04This release include both some core engine changes and some User Interface changes.Version Numbers343 is the nXT engine...
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SketchUp 2015 Released
SketchUp 2015 was released in October 2014. This has lots of exciting new features. The biggest of these is support for 64 bit processors. If you have been running into problems because your models are...
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Here are a couple of comments on the 64bit version of SketchUp 2015 from the SketchUcation forum:by hellnbak » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:21 pm Was going to wait till some of the inevitable bugs were worked...
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Using ArielVision for Kitchen Renderings
We received a query from a client who wanted to us ArielVision to render Kitchens, We pointed out that ArielVision should be perfect for simple renderings of Kitchens. One of our partners, Mozaik,...
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Warning when stopping or closing rendering
A user sent us a suggestion:I have a suggestion for a program modification if its possible. When I am rendering and I hit the change settings button it brings up an error message. On the other hand,...
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Soft Shadows
We had an enquiry from a client:Do you have an example of the "soft" render to check out?" Are you referring to Sketchy Shadows or Soft Shadows? Soft Shadows is done entire from SketchUp by merging...
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Soft and harsh Sun Shadows
Most clients are looking for softer shadows - especially for exterior scenes.Today a client want to know how to make the shadows more defined.Both of these conditions are determined by the amount of...
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Auto Reflection for renderings
Auto Reflection Auto Reflection makes materials with words like metal or plastic in them reflective based on the words in the material name - without having to set material properties for each...
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Lighting Channels
Adjust groups of light with slider bars Lighting Channels is an important new feature of IRender nXt which lets you quickly adjust light sources. By assigning channels to sun, sky, and groups of...
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Visible Light Paths
Visible Light PathsView spot light beams as if shining in a hazy room.This feature creates a transparent lamp beam with a pattern to emulate light passing through a smoky or foggy room.You can define a...
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Foreground images and Watermarks
Foreground ImageUse images for foregroundForeground Images are special images which you can place in front of your model. They can be used for logos and pattern masks, as well as stencils placed in...
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Rendering Fractal Trees
RpTreeMakerTree placed in SketchUp and rendered wirh nXtRender/IRender Create custom, fractal, trees and plants. The tree is regenerated each time the tree is rendered.The more you are zoomed in, the...
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Top View Trees for Landscapes
While working with RpTreeMaker we decided to have it also create Top View tree images which would be useful for Top View landscape renderings. Top View Trees for LandscapesTop View and Side View trees...
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