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      prostata123
      last edited by

      Thank yoo for all the answers πŸ˜‰

      Well, I think that Bunkspeed shot it's very similar to Keyshot (except for the lightsources)
      and it's still very product design oriented (am I wrong?)

      And so, maybe I have to learn how to use Maxwell or I have to try Thea render that it's very popular around here

      Do you have some exterior renderings to look at?
      thank you in advance

      Edit:
      I'm just trying Thea Render
      It seems to be just what I was looking for, even if I have no materials now.
      But I still want to see your works

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        sawhack
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        I was a sole user of Vray since I seriously started learning about rendering, but lately I freqeuntly encounter error in rendering in Vray such as "you dont have enough space in temp", error rendering, materials disappear and became just color, applied bump gone, sketchup crash(bugsplat), etc. I don't know if its right to move from another rendering or find some solution in this bugs, because i'm quite sure other rendering engine have also bugs that i haven't met neither. I'm looking forward in learning more on vray and i'm trying to learn Kerythea as my alternative to vray. πŸ˜„

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          Chris Fullmer
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          Almost sounds like you need more space on your hard drive. Are you running low on disk space?

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
          All my Plugins I've written

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          • RazorbackR Offline
            Razorback
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            I just introduced SketchUp to the design/build firm I started working for recently. They love being able to show clients detailed models of their designs, complete with site info, materials, shadows, etc. I would like to up the ante a bit and begin using a rendering engine and creating fly-through clips that we can send to clients. Since this purchase will be out of pocket for me (I already own SU8 pro), price is a big consideration. From what I have been able to find online, it seems that RenderIn and Podium would be within my price range. Other than price though, I know nothing about these programs. Is one better than the other in quality, features, render time, ease of use, etc? Thanks in advance for any info!

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              pilou
              last edited by

              Between RenderIn and Podium : easy of use - the same --> very easy!
              Podium has more functions and is more powerful

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                nomo81
                last edited by

                Recent Trick i learn from trial and error experience, and may be usefull for you guys.

                The only way I have found to work the conversion of Sketchup to Vue is not using the plugin of e-on software, or exporting to obj. Artlantis is the only way i found that work..
                Open the sketchup file in Artlantis, export it to obj and import from that file into Vue, work perfectly without it being the classic heavy file or misplaced textures.

                Who would have thought that Artlantis is the best way to use Vue for sketchup.

                regards
                nacho

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                  Danble
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                  Bloom Unit. I work at migenius, who created it but I've never had any cause to use anything else.

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                    Krisidious
                    last edited by

                    Vue is my favorite mainly for it's vegetation tools. Nothing is as incredible as building your own custom Eco-system and then seeing it populate or painting with it.

                    By: Kristoff Rand
                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                      numerobis
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                      @danble said:

                      Bloom Unit. I work at migenius, who created it but I've never had any cause to use anything else.

                      🀣

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                        olishea
                        last edited by

                        My favourite render engine is Thetwidium.

                        oli

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                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @olishea said:

                          My favourite render engine is Thetwidium.

                          Wow, a googlewhack. well done

                          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                            sonder
                            last edited by

                            Mine is now LumenRT4 Studio. It is by far the fastest with the most accurate lighting and intuitive tools I've tried. Even straight exports without material edit work wonderfully due to it recognizing material names. Animation is incredibly fast with most of my animations at 720P & over 2 minutes long taking less than an hour to render.

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                              dkendig
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                              I vote for the hammer myself πŸ˜‰

                              Anyone using the 1.6 beta want to change their answer to this poll? I see a lot of people mentioning bugs we fixed in this beta when talking about why they don't like V-Ray. Also... we're faster now.

                              Devin Kendig
                              Developer

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                                Danble
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                                @numerobis said:

                                @danble said:

                                Bloom Unit. I work at migenius, who created it but I've never had any cause to use anything else.

                                🀣

                                I deserve that! But I do think it should at least be on the list.

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                                  andybot
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                                  I can't say enough good things about vray. Every time I've tried another render engine, I've always founds something or many things lacking in comparison. Now with the new beta, vray for Sketchup is doing its best to break the bounds of SU. Proxies are a thing of beauty πŸ˜„

                                  http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                                    Krisidious
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                                    @danble said:

                                    @numerobis said:

                                    @danble said:

                                    Bloom Unit. I work at migenius, who created it but I've never had any cause to use anything else.

                                    🀣

                                    I deserve that! But I do think it should at least be on the list.

                                    Bloom should be in the list, I don't use it but it's a fine looking system. I don't like pay as you go though.

                                    By: Kristoff Rand
                                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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