Indigo for dummies

pilou

I'm also learning Rhino

Take also a look to Moment of Inspiration (same one fathers of Rhino)
More and more people use it as "pre modeler" to Rhino
Same easy ergonomic than SU
Fully compatible (you can drag and drop between them)
And for artists primary created for use it with a pen graphic!!!
(you can use mouse also of course)
And with the next version you will have a "revolutionary" system of object!
PS SKP file export is direct!

PPS Cool render as usual

Edson

@frederik said:

@unknownuser said:

I switched for kerkythea because until now it never let me down and can render biased and unbiased (so i can easyly adapt to every deadline i have) and has a lot of other options. But i miss doing everything inside sketchup...

Let's see how things will develop in the future...

hmmmm, a very subtle hint to the effect that something is in the air for the future of KT. i am excited about that!

nomeradona

@kwistenbiebel said:

I am currently looking into Rhino as well.
It is a complete modeling suite , plugin based as well(Bongo for animation, Grasshopper for parametrics etc...) and it has all the major render engines.
When things would go bad for Sketchup in the future, Rhino is a good backup.
It has a built-in 'Layout' and its suited for printing 2D drawings.
Not a bad option...

and if you are use too with vray sketchup.. vray rhino is almost the same.

solo

Thanks guys, and Pibuz I now remember... thanks mate.

Here is another old model of mine that I ran through Indigo, this time I wanted to see it's 'Clay' render abilities.

pibuz

Please solo: TEXTURE IT!
It would be a masterpiece, i'm sure..

Fletch

@unknownuser said:

You can model poop and blindly adjust your settings to Hellen keller values and end up with a great render, as long as you are willing to wait 9 months for it to render.

thanks for the laugh, Solo! priceless!

l.frisken

Hi Solo,
I'm fairly new to Indigo and have only been using it for about 3 months and already am enjoying it's creative potential a lot! I'm glad that you are also using it and am looking forward to what someone of your caliber can make in it. It is a pity about the rendering speeds, but with the use of multiple computers it is possible to speed it up. Or in my case i set it rendering and it is done when i get back home after school.

Another cool feature that I noticed being promoted on this website was using component spray plugin and Indigo Instancing. But I've managed to make it work even better (and i'm sure the promoters did this too, but they just didn't mention it) was to make dummy components in their place like in the tutorial. This allowed me to populate sketchup with vast numbers of plants and trees.

I do use kerkythea occasionally but I think i will use it more in the future, because apparently whaat is going to add the capability to export from skindigo to kerkythea, which will be an awsome time saver! I've also noticed that luxrender is making a plugin for sketchup, this should bring the best of both worlds i reckon! It will be interesting to find out which one performs better: Indigo or luxrender.

In the meantime, in my opinion, indigo and sometimes kerkythea (only when i'm pressed for time or an animation) are the best free renderers around!
A water bottle that i made and rendered in indigo
A beach scene using component spray plugin

dpimpc

@kwistenbiebel said:

I am currently looking into Rhino as well.
It is a complete modeling suite , plugin based as well(Bongo for animation, Grasshopper for parametrics etc...) and it has all the major render engines.
When things would go bad for Sketchup in the future, Rhino is a good backup.
It has a built-in 'Layout' and its suited for printing 2D drawings.
Not a bad option...

Rhino is an amazing program. It has a very very small learning curve to be able to do the basics quite well. McNeel really does a bang up job making the program user friendly for how advanced and accurate it is. RhinoScript also does parametrics with a bit more intricacy/accuracy than Grasshopper, given it is much more difficult to use. McNeel is also working on a new renderer called Toucan to replace Flamingo (which is getting quite dated), and it looks extremely promising. SketchUp to Podium will always be my go to just because its so dang fast and easy, but Rhino is a pretty incredible tool, imho.