@db11 said:
Hi juju β I see that you've been active on the Sketch FX forums at Fluid: I'm considering buying it and I'm wondering what your experience has been and if you would recommend it?
(there isn't a massive amount of activity in the forums and many posts go unanswered, so it makes me a bit nervous about ongoing support. On the positive side, the fact that they have upgraded all of their extensions to work with 2021 is an encouraging sign, but still... would like to see a more active presence by the users, and especially the developer)
I'd hardly say I was active there, probably a handful of posts, if that many.
I'd say it is worth while, I have "Ambient Occlusion Ex" & "SketchFX Ex" as they do a good job at NPR rendering at a reasonable rendering time. While they are rather quiet on their forum they do update the extensions whenever new SU versions are released. So if you're updating SketchUp in future, keep your maintenance with the product (-s) you choose up to date. I would add though, it would be great if SketchFX came with more presets, but you can create your own with a bit of work.