[image: IlKt_POOLPARTYFUN.jpg]Good grief One hour for final render is not fast and how many tries does one need to do to get it right??? I use Artlantis 4(obsolete version too)for not quite photo real work but gets it done in 10-20 minutes max. Not direct in SU but manages hi poly files quickly and in real time. More than OK for decent presentation and project approvals. Artlantis was worth the time to learn for quick renders. After all the built project is really the goal. Never a subscription app for me in any case.

We are currently working of a series of new tutorials, hopefully we'll be able to include that as well. Yes, you can create container nodes that can group multiple nodes into one: https://www.fluidinteractive.com/products/sketchup-extensions/viz/help/containers/

@fluid said: Pilou, Bool works for SketchUp Make and SketchUp Pro. the responsible thing to do would be to limit your bool tools to function on pro only, boolean functions are one of the functions that sets make and pro apart.

Are there any examples showing the full potential of this plugin? It's released, but the product site is quite unconvincing. Is it possible to make a dynamic component out of the Viz definition?

Thanks Alberto. Will do.

What are you in need of the old version for?

The most important thing is to hide all symbols when compiling wxWidgets on Mac. When fluid has done it, the crash is gone. We have same issue as with V-ray now. Thea dialogues will not close and neither refresh. It is most likely caused by using IMPLEMENT_APP_NO_MAIN(MyApp) macro in AO. This allows just a single instance of wxApp. Our solution is to create our own instance of wxApp and to use wxApp::SetIntance( instance ); instead. When SU closes I do a clean-up and call wxUninitialize(); As far as I know Thea doesn't affect any plugin, so the solution works correctly.

@haithamanwer said: i know the cross reference organizer, but its not quite what i am looking for. but since these two plugins (xref manager & cross reference organizer) are the only two available i am using a hybrid workflow that rely on both of them and so far things are a bit smoother. There is also Eneroth Reference Manager that seems like it has the same type functions as XREFs, but I have no experience with it.

We just released a new version of AmbientOcclusion, you can get it here: http://www.ambientocclusion-sketchup.com This new version adds rendering directly inside the SketchUp viewport. https://www.youtube.com/v/Rst3-SoYAvA

FluidRay RT is having a holyday sale, 30% off for SketchUp users. http://www.fluidray.com/cyber-sketchup-2014/

Just released FluidRay RT v.0.7.6 Beta featuring: -Output to HDR & EXR formats -Dispersive index of refraction -New gem materials You can get it from the download page: http://www.fluidray.com/downloads Nicola

Many thanks for the Info precision! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYnsJWepgA0

We just released a new FluidRay RT video tutorial on the material and model library, showing how to edit materials and other scene elements in real-time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q9P5KcPck8

SketchUp model -> exported obj -> render Fluidray RT 0.9.7 [image: mnIc_10Living03Dn1600.jpg]