I start off with hand drawn concept sketches and concept massing in sketchup.from there i progress to defined wall and floor thicknesses. i organize my models with components, groups and groups of groups. when my 3d model is complete i generate 2d documentation by making section cuts through the model which are then laid out on paper in 'layout' to scale. then I hatch the line work in photoshop.

I also had had this problem, and i spent the last hour trying to find what the problem was, I thought it was something to do with camera settings, lucky i stumbled upon this post

maybe have the list as a wiki?

that renders list is perfect! really helpful

wow a lot of good advice!

It does make sense you use specific programs for specific types of renders...
which is why I think a descriptive catalog of render programs is a fantastic idea! ..although it would require continuous reiteration to keep up with the changes/upgrades with every program re release.

Hey, there are so many render plugins that can now be used in or with sketchup. So far I've used Vray and Shaderlight.
what are people's personal preference in choosing a render program?

from what I've seen I'll try to master maxwell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI1ttvKe0qg&feature=related

^ these were by far the best renders I HAVE EVER SEEN. while Vray is good, to me these look better.

also hear Thea is good.
any thoughts?

perhaps making an "extremely" realistic render comes down to our knowledge of the program, irrespective of what that program is.

It might be a problem with the settings on your computer because I was able to reverse the faces just fine. I have SU8PRO. if you have access too sketchup on another computer try it.

Hi I am having the same problem. the plugin appears ticked in the system preferences (window tab) but it is not on the toolbars option (view tab), I tried changing my sketchup folder name from 8 to 7 but was not allowed. how'd you get yours to work?

kind regards,

I have the smae problem, layout 3 is extremely slow, however when i first used it this wasn't the case, in the mean time i have installed(and uninstalled) vray. could this effect layout's performance. Also any tips on how i could change the settings so as to speed layout up? thankyou in advance

hey you probably already know this and it may not help you, but you can compress the size of a sketchup model by copying everything in your sketchup file (ctrl a) and pasting it in a new sketchup file.then save the file. you'll notice the decrease. Depending on file size this can reduce the size to a tenth of what it was.