Looking for rendering

task · 9 Dec 2012, 02:22

hi every one.

i am using sketchup fro last year, now i need to render my products. you are requested to guide me which software / plugin to use which is easy to use and produce good results.

thanks in advance
Task

Dave R · 9 Dec 2012, 02:45

Take a look around the forum. There are many discussions about renderers. I expect you'll find them to be helpful. As to which one is best for you, there's probably no one answer at least that anyone else can give you. You'll have to sort out that question for yourself. Everyone will have opinions but there's no one best choice here.

task · 9 Dec 2012, 02:49

Thanks for your reply. As a biggner, what do you suggest to start with, vray, maxwell etc

Dave R · 9 Dec 2012, 02:54

I've been happy with Kerkythea which is free. YMMV.

steved · 9 Dec 2012, 03:31

Hi Task, you should look at this post just a few posts down from yours in the newbie forum "Have you ever done a poll on render software" the questions you are asking is quite well covered there
Cheers

task · 9 Dec 2012, 07:58

@dave r said:

I've been happy with Kerkythea which is free. YMMV.

could you please give me the link to download,
regards
task

massimo · 9 Dec 2012, 08:28

Here is the 32-bit version and here is the 64-bit boost version (still a release candidate). Install one depending on your system.
Here you can find the plugin for Sketchup.
You have to install both: the application and the plugin.
Finally I strongly recommend to read this one before starting to play with the renderer.

Adorno · 9 Dec 2012, 18:06

Notice V-Ray for SketchUp is only available in North America, Central America and the Caribbean Islands. Or you'll have to find a reseller within your region. It's also quite expensive.
But most renders I've seen offer demos, incl. Maxwell, V-ray, LightUp, Twilight and Shaderlight.
So try before you buy

solo · 9 Dec 2012, 18:44

@task said:

hi every one.

i am using sketchup fro last year, now i need to render my products. you are requested to guide me which software / plugin to use which is easy to use and produce good results.

thanks in advance
Task

The answer is simple to say but takes effort to do.

Download demo/trial versions of the software you think would be best, try them and the one you enjoy the most is the right one for you.

Now that you enjoy using the app you will play with it more which means you will learn more, the more you learn the better you will get.

task · 10 Dec 2012, 16:05

@massimo said:

Here is the 32-bit version and here is the 64-bit boost version (still a release candidate). Install one depending on your system.
Here you can find the plugin for Sketchup.
You have to install both: the application and the plugin.
Finally I strongly recommend to read this one before starting to play with the renderer.

Thanks
i have installed that software with plugins. it is quite good. and i am happy with that. I am facing a problem yet, i could not able to import any jpeg with model through sketchup. all other model components are exporting, other then jpeg (that is already pasted in sketchup model wall). need your guidence

Regards
Tasawwar

Dave R · 10 Dec 2012, 16:08

Make the JPG a texture applied to a face in SketchUp. It'll export then.

Likely you can just explode the image and it'll become a texture applied to a surface.

massimo · 10 Dec 2012, 18:45

Yes explode the image and try again. Another issue could be that your materials, textures or path names contain some special characters like for example ' " ö ä å. Kerkythea uses xml as file format and can't handle those kind of characters.

ShrockFab · 11 Dec 2012, 02:18

LightUp is the answer. Great price super easy to use.

task · 25 Jan 2014, 08:41

Hi there,
i need help from sketchup. I need to past some picture on curved surface. I could past image on flat surface but unable on curved surface.