Thanks, I never thought of that.

I see the shading properties but I don't see shininess - maybe it has another name. I model a lot of wood and the varnished wood needs to reflect light. I'll look and read.

I appreciate your help...

@gaieus said:

@perrym said:

I looked at LightUp and it's missing a material editor.

No, it does not. How complex material editor do you wish? This is what LightUp has.

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If you want an extremely complex and feature rich editor (layered materials, procedurals etc), I would suggest Thea although that is out of the $250 range (with the exporter plugin, it would be around $420 ATM).

Thanks for the heads up.

I just don't see what your picture shows in the demo version I'm running; I only have 4 icons to use on their toolbar, and no way to edit material - I will look more into this.

I appreciate the feedback....

@unknownuser said:

LightUp but it's "post Real Time rendering" (134€ ) (170$ ? )

I looked at LightUp and it's missing a material editor.

But thanks....

I've played with Sketchup 8.x for 2 months now and have watched at least 200 videos and designed a dozen projects - I love Sketchup Pro.

I thought finding a rendering package/plugin would be easy but after 2 full weeks of searching I can't find one that meets my needs which are:

1. $250 or less for a license for me, I have 3 computers that I use all the time so it must run on all 3

2. I want real time rendering

3. I need artificial lights and the ability to get IES definitions from lighting companies

4. I need to define materials and get most from a database with shininess, reflection, bumps, etc

5. I want walk troughs and to be able to send them to a customer for their review

That's all I want.

I can't find one commercial package that does all the above - am I missing something?

Thanks for any input............