Yes if you use Photoshop or Gimp or any other image editor. You have to have skills though. You can also combine simple renders with SU output for faster/non photo realistic/conceptual renders. For instance, if you use any render engine you can render an image just with a/some light source(s) and mix it with SU output. If this light pass render is made only of matte white materials, glass and mirror, no sun, no sky(or black sky) it will be faster to clear than a full material render. You can render multiple passes per view and mix them all in the image editor: Light pass; Specular pass; Diffuse pass; Etc. Search on google for "tutorials render passes"

Search this forum for the voxelize plugin. It's also in the PluginStore.

Well I ended up exported XML in Twilight and then altered the material.

Get the pro version of SketchUp and do it in LayOut. It would be ideal for that. Or use different image exports from SU and put them together in an image editor. If you're going to stick to doing it directly in SketchUp, it sounds like you've already worked out the solution.

SDmitch slection tool is just the thing I need.. The S4U's selection tool is way too good... Couldnt believe I missed them, could have saved me lots of precious time. Thanks Box & Unearthed...

nice idea Shep

Thanks so much to both of you. This has been very helpful. Cheers

Ah-ha! Thanks so much guys, that's fantastic. It's funny how I get stuck on things for hours and then see what I was doing wrong and the same thing takes seconds to do. Nice one

@pilou said: By Fredo6 Again, thanks for sharing.......still another approach.

@Miguel There is Service Pack 3 to suit v2015 64 bit, http://www.vray.com/vray-for-sketchup/buy-vray-for-sketchup.html Have you these latest files installed ? Have you contacted the Vray support guys ?

Nice! Thank you! This will come in handy for sure.

And in 2015 You can customise your toolbars so you don't need to have all the buttons you only use rarely. Not to mention sets, part of the sketchucation tools which let's you load tools selectively.

Thanks! Starting to understand how this works now.

Thanks Mac1, I´ve already solved the issue with adblock. This site became much slower now though for some reason.

Thanks everyone, this seems to have been resolved.

I agree with steve that your best option is to upgrade SU to v15... if you really want to go back on the os, I would go no further then Mavericks... One thing you could try is un-install the faulty SU and move a copy of the working version from the other mac... it may work... john

@jethies said: Can I render inside of Sketchup with a trial version?...Do I need a render plugin to render inside the program? some views in SkecthUp are 'rendered'... you can add/modify materials, turn on shadows/fog, use a variety of styles... but it's does not have internal photo rendering without a additional plugin. you can export with materials using a variety of formats... john

This would be really useful as I have to show studies to clients and a date clock running in the animation would be great