I tried it for an hour. It is Revit from the start. The philosophy is "keep it simple". Good concept, but still basic. The problem is, as always, how to keep "simple" while adding needed features.

Very useful fast windows creator. Thank you. I only miss the option to make casement windows.

@nick1 said:

Either Trimble will buy RubySketch or Autodesk will buy the company.

You've got it right! I think that's the purpose of pumping up the balloon...

Warning!

"It will realign North in each processed view, but all recent versions of
SketchUp allow only one North at a time, so you'll need to copy the model's
SKP for each shadowed view and use the scene-tabs to get proper shadows..."

Elev45shadows.rb plugin works well.

Topology is so nicely following the forces that I would make a real car with the lines.

I love interior composition...with cat.

I think that bump, or displacement is inverted on the brick wall.

Wow!
1 The hardware is more than enough...
2 Will have to remove all the plugins, than add them one by one to find the cause..Just to remind you

I am not an expert, but this looks like data transfer problem, which means it is connected with HDD, RAM and maybe GPU memory. So, I would check difference between two systems. It would be best to post your hardware profiles here. This is a good tool for that http://www.hwinfo.com/

@ntxdave said:

Well done sir........I am just trying to learn how to render and things like this represent the target I am trying to hit. Mine does not need to be a photo realistic as yours but it is the type of result that is inspirational.

Thees type of renders is the target for all of us...
(photo-realistic)

Nice presentation. What software did you used for making online interactive panorama?

Nice flowing open space design, but I don't think it is in nature of the material. Maybe back side. The front is obviously concrete.

You need to be more patient in reading. You missed this :

@srx said:

Today I found out that plugin has time limit. How to continue using it?

@dimitri972 said:

I fixed time expired problem. Here it is:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/brjzmnqzbcv38fp/RichSectionv0.5.8FULLByDimitri.zip

Author was't answering question for months. I tried to fixing expired issue and fixed. If this isn't wanting thing in this forum, you can delete my post. I don't know forum rules.

Here is the reason and the solution http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=55072%26amp;start=360
Read all the post on the page.

I think that all big software companies have their own "cracked" version to catch new users. When some of them become pro, they will by the best software - one they've been using for years. It is like prolonged trial version.

It works for me. Thanks. I like shortcut plugins which don't need my attention.

Thanks again, though we already have this "noise" with progressive render engines

Yes. I prefer this way to have more control. I use Program Data/Sketchup 2015/Plugins folder on Windows

@spadestick said:

Ok, I done a short trial run of Thea, I'm sorry but I am not convinced, as it is somewhat too slow in rendering and the interface is a little too convoluted for my tastes. Much prefer Podium's interface and Twilight's simplicity. Still sticking to Twilight for now...

This is strange. Thea is fastest rendering engine at the moment, comparing to Maxwell, Vray, Corona... Twilight and Podium are not even in its league. (Twilight is based on old KerkyTHEA engine from the same creator as Thea and was not developing at least for 5 years now).

What engine did you used when doing your short trial run?