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      social_mogul
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      Hi,

      I've been using SU for around a week now at work. I've managed to produce some decent models of our house types but I want to be able to render these up. I've had some experience in 3ds Max but this was a long time ago. The reason I mention that is because I know that program has built-in rendering capabilities, however I can't seem to find this with SU........ Can you suggest what to do? Are there any decent rendering packages you can recommend? Thanks

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        jenujacob
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        sketchup has some pretty good sketchy styles u could use... to give that hand drawn effect... pretty useful in most cases...
        if u need photo realistic render u might want to take a look at podium which works within SU (http://www.suplugins.com).. its not free but cheap and has loads of features.... that even the most novice of users can use... a cpl of sliders to move here and there and click render... and tadaaa... u get refelectionss, bumps, and even lights!!

        if u neeed more control over ur materials and lights u could take a look at kerkythea (http://www.kerkythea.net)...
        u also have to download the su2kt plugin availabel at the website to export ur SU models into the xml files which KT (kerkythea) reads... u could add lights and even specify the materials within SU (using the su2kt 3.0 only and u have to install the material libraries which are available at the repository to do this) and export and click render. thats it.. one touch render! πŸ˜„ besides KT renders in both biased and unbiased versions and supports multicores.. πŸ˜‰ oh and its free! πŸ˜‰

        then theres Indigo (http://www.indigorenderer.com) which also has a export plugin... i dunno much bout this render app though... but its free too! πŸ˜‰

        if u can shell out some cash theres maxwell (http://www.maxwellrender.com/) and Vray for SU which works within SU (http://www.asgvis.com)...

        well u could also just browse the render forum here in SCF and find out more! πŸ˜‰

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          dylan
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          Jenujacob covers a lot in his post.
          I guess a lot depends on how much you wish to spend and how much time you have to learn new software.
          All the programs listed above will give good results.

          I personally like Kerythea because it is free, renders really well and has a great community. Lots of tutorials and people willing to help over at their forums.
          http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/

          Take a look through our renders forum here, you will see various gallery images from different programs http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewforum.php?f=82

          I always love to see the vray renders, they look pretty amazing. Unfortunately I beleive the software is pretty expensive and has a steep learning curve.

          http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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