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  • A Offline
    altap
    last edited by altap 20 May 2011, 11:59

    Hi,

    I would like to know what rendering softwares are still free for sketchup?

    AFAIK, Indigo, Kerkythea, are no longer free...

    thanks you in advance.

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      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by 20 May 2011, 12:04

      Kerkythea is still free and there's even an update coming

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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        pilou
        last edited by 20 May 2011, 12:08

        The integrated SU2yafaray

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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          notareal
          last edited by 20 May 2011, 14:01

          @altap said:

          Hi,

          I would like to know what rendering softwares are still free for sketchup?

          AFAIK, Indigo, Kerkythea, are no longer free...

          thanks you in advance.

          Maybe you have mixed with Thea Render (from the Kerkythea developer), but Kerkythea is still free (and remains so), like said before, and a update is on the road.

          Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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            altap
            last edited by 20 May 2011, 18:05

            Thanks everyone for your answers.

            Happy to know that kerkethea is still free and that it'll be updated.

            Pilou, I havn't heard about Yafaray for sketchup before, it seems a pretty good renderer too.

            Thanks again.

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              JGA
              last edited by 20 May 2011, 21:09

              Kerkythea is a good package, with an excellent bunch of experts who are very helpful on the forum. For those who know how to use it will provide superb results & decent output for the rest of us!
              If you want pay a little money, Twilight Render provides an easier front end to the Kerkythea engine, with a template based workflow.

              Never tried, but there is a plugin for the POV-RAY rendering package created by Didier Bur http://rld.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_su2pov.php. I see the POV-Ray package bundled with engineers lighting calculation software.

              Regards,
              JGA

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                Gaieus
                last edited by 21 May 2011, 08:48

                @jga said:

                Kerkythea is a good package, with an excellent bunch of experts who are very helpful on the forum. For those who know how to use it will provide superb results & decent output for the rest of us!
                If you want pay a little money, Twilight Render provides an easier front end to the Kerkythea engine, with a template based workflow...

                Indeed Kerky is a great application and with Twilight, it is a great combo for even the rendering illiterates like myself.

                Gai...

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                  pilou
                  last edited by 21 May 2011, 09:02

                  You can also try the new free Autodesk 123D ๐Ÿ˜‰
                  It can reload a skp file and have yet something for a neat render in simple space
                  then... ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  @unknownuser said:

                  on of the next releases will include a photo realistic real time renderer using HDRi.

                  by Thomas Heermann Product Manager ADSK

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    mozzie
                    last edited by 23 May 2011, 07:00

                    two more
                    LuxRender http://www.luxrender.net/
                    There is an Su2Lux plugin, and some users in these forums.

                    Mitsuba http://www.mitsuba-renderer.org/
                    uses DAE Collada format, but very much beta, and no recent updates.

                    All have relatively steep learning curves, though.

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                      garystan
                      last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 02:57

                      **altap :

                               There ARE no  F R E E rendering plugins for Sketchup.  The prices start at $150 on up to $1000.   Out of curiosity, I checked myself.  Sorry to bust your bubble.
                      
                                                                                garystan**
                      
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                        garystan
                        last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 02:59

                        Rich O'Brien :

                                 Read my reply to altap on that question.
                        
                                                              garystan
                        
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                          JQL
                          last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 03:20

                          Check again...

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                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                            jeff hammond
                            last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 03:20

                            @garystan

                            try this:
                            http://www.kerkythea.net

                            also, fwiw, this thread is 3.5 years old.

                            dotdotdot

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                              JGA
                              last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 07:54

                              Twilight Render v2 Hobby is now a fully featured free product, with a inexpensive upgrade to the full Pro version. Well worth trying.

                              Regards,
                              JGA

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                                Dave R
                                last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 12:32

                                @garystan said:

                                **altap :

                                         There ARE no  F R E E rendering plugins for Sketchup.  The prices start at $150 on up to $1000.   Out of curiosity, I checked myself.  Sorry to bust your bubble.
                                
                                                                                          garystan**
                                

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                                  Box
                                  last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 12:55

                                  Perhaps now that your post has been shown to be wrong you might take a leaf out of your own book and...

                                  @garystan said:

                                  Everyone here is outright lying, stating that it WILL. I can provide the proof, unless these chickenshits don't have the balls to step up to the plate and admit they're wrong !!!!!!!

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                                    hellnbak
                                    last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 14:41

                                    @box said:

                                    Perhaps now that your post has been shown to be wrong you might take a leaf out of your own book and...

                                    @garystan said:

                                    Everyone here is outright lying, stating that it WILL. I can provide the proof, unless these chickenshits don't have the balls to step up to the plate and admit they're wrong !!!!!!!

                                    I don't forget much. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                    Well said

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                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 14:53

                                      Is that infamous Jeff Hammond I see up there?

                                      What he doing in with us bullshitters?

                                      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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                                      • KrisidiousK Offline
                                        Krisidious
                                        last edited by 23 Oct 2014, 15:43

                                        My list shows a few free render programs.

                                        http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=59471

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                                          Glenn at home
                                          last edited by 24 Oct 2014, 12:07

                                          @krisidious said:

                                          My list shows a few free render programs.

                                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=59471

                                          Kris, your list has Maxwell at $775. That is for the full suite. The standalone engine\plugin for SU is $99. Might want to list them both. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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