hi! I am looking add a rendering plug-in to my Skp Pro 18 for presentation/schematic drawings… (Using a MacBook Pro…) Any opinions? Recommendations? Thanks! Heather

Thank you - I appreciate the short list… Simple is good, meaning not time consuming, unnecessarily complicated… Lumion has been recommended to be previously… but I am looking for second options. Thanks for some leads!

Give Twilight Render a shot. It’s doesn’t have a steep learning curve, and while not feature packed, does have both options for quick renders as well as longer, progressive high quality renders. It all supports lighting, which at a hundred bucks is a good performance to cost ratio.

Your graphics chip can have an impact on which rendering software you use. Do you have discrete graphics in your Mac Book Pro? For one of the simplest interfaces for rendering software, I recommend Raylectron. Has a free trial like most options.

Everyone is going to recommend only the plugins they know or have experience with. That said, some other questions to ask yourself are: Do you want to do more than just still images: ie, VR, realtime rendering, animation, etc? Price. As you can see there are some free to low price points on up? I…

I find Keyshot very helpful now that you can import native SketchUp without a Plugin. There is also a Plugin you can use I believe. I find it good for workflow but less for speed ( I prefer GPU based Octane and Thea for that).

[image] Listing of available Rendering Extensions for SketchUp Extending SketchUp Rendering inside SketchUp • Allura Render (nVidia GPU) Platform: Windows License: commercial • AmbientOcclusion Platform: Windows & Mac OS License: commercial • ArielVision Platform: W…

Give Simlab Composer Pro 9 a try. If you like it it’s only $149. There is a plugin but it can import native SU files with no issue as well.

The functional limited Lite version (mainly rendering up to FullHD) is available for free even for commercial purposes!

[image] hthrswll: for presentation/schematic drawings Depending on your work purpose, this plugin might be the exact one you are looking for! [Layering Style Effects in SketchFX - SketchUp Plugin of the Week #36]

Oh good choice. I always forget about this plugin.

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