hi there, I am new to sketchup. Could someone please help me by suggesting the best and easiest way to go about rendering architectural models in sketchup pro. The best program to download? Helpful tutorials? Many thanks, Lou

This is an old age question and I haven’t read all of the previous comments, nor am I going to, as I don’t want it to dilute my answer. In our opinion there is only two(obviously their are may more and I’m am sure they are all good in there own way) VRay (Without a doubt returns the highest qualit…

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I’ve been using Shaderlight for about three years. It produces very high quality renderings directly from Shetchup. It has a very simple user interface also. The company (ArtVPS – ArtVPS.COM on the web) also provides optional cloud-based rendering for those with slower PCs.

I went through the same try and fail with about 5 different rendering plugins and the best in my opinion is Podium. Seems like I have to do a lot of tweeking in V-ray and some of the others to hit the render button and not like the tweeks and to have to start over. Podium seems to work without much …

I use Shaderlight by ArtVPS , Simple and has its limitations. But its affordable and does the job for simple previsual presentations. [image]

As topic says, it seem like there is a ton of render program to chose from. Iv tried a little of V-Ray and it seems ok. The comunity seems big, and there is lots of videos on youtube on howto. Which is kind of important, so one does not have to spend lots of time learning. Though i find some stuff a…

I use V-Ray. The lighting is pretty complicated, but I love the texturing interface. I hear good things about LumenRT as well. I’ve never heard of Thea Render. I hear really good things about Maxwell Render as well. There are dozens to choose from. My advise, would be to check out the free trials th…

You are spot on when you say there are a ton of rendering apps / plugins out there. I like Shaderlight. It is not as configurable as many of the other rendering tools out there, but the trade off is ease of use. When I was looking at tools, aside from price I was looking for something that rende…

I use Kerkythea, mostly because it is free! It is easy to get a quick and dirty render, and can do some good stuff if you take the time to adjust textures and lights.

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ryanc March 25, 2015, 7:44pm 24

Hi Julian, I have been using Podium for architectural renderings and I am considering a purchase, I am interested in the license if it is still available! - ryanc@smartroofnyc.com

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