Free rendering software(s) for Sketchup

altap

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.

JGA

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.

Gaieus

@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.

pilou

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

@unknownuser said:

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

by Thomas Heermann Product Manager ADSK

mozzie

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.

garystan

**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**

garystan

Rich O'Brien :

         Read my reply to altap on that question.

                                      garystan

JQL

Check again...

jeff hammond

@garystan

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

also, fwiw, this thread is 3.5 years old.

JGA

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

Dave R

@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**

You need to do a better check before you post.

Box

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.

hellnbak

@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.

Well said