Get improved rendering speed for SketchUp, enhance your scenes using advanced lighting tools, and pay attention to every details with this application

What's new in V-Ray for SketchUp 2.00.26579:

• Skatter Support – V-Ray for SketchUp now fully supports the new Skatter Extension for randomly placing vegetation and other objects in a scene. You now have the power to create anything in V-Ray for SketchUp
• ArchVision for SketchUp Support – With V-Ray support of the new ArchVision for SketchUp extension you now have an extensive library of content at your fingertips for all of your rendering needs. Simply add them to your scene anywhere you like
• Improved Animation – V-Ray now renders Animations more with more stability than ever before
• Improved Batch Rendering – V-Ray now allows users a more stable experience when rendering multiple single frames using the batch render tool

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As one of the most popular 3D modeling software solutions, SketchUp is fit for various drawing projects, including interior design, 3D printing, or architecture. Aiming to equip SketchUp with advanced rendering capabilities, the V-Ray extension enables SketchUp users to obtain photo-realistic models.

Control lighting to render realistic scenes

The V-Ray extension is easily deployed and integrated into SketchUp, allowing users to access its features either via the 'Extensions' menu or the floating VfS toolbars. All the controls are within reach, but it is advisable to take the time and go through the extensive documentation to get the most out of this Sketchup plugin.

As every experienced graphics designer knows, there are various factors that affect the outcome when rendering an image. V-Ray tries to take into consideration the most important ones, namely lighting, used materials and mapping.

Dedicated to this purpose, it comes with powerful lighting tools to help you generate natural light in your scenes, making shadows and reflections look realistic. Thanks to these tools, V-Ray for Sketchup saves designers the time and effort needed to manually adjust lighting parameters.

Edit and create realistic materials

Aside from lighting features, V-Ray for Sketchup includes a material editor with built-in preview that opens the doors to tampering with colors, transparency, texture, refraction depth, and various other settings that affect the appearance of the final result. It's possible to create new materials using transparency and texture mapping, as well as manage two-sided materials using V-Ray for Sketchup.

Relying on the V-Ray RT CPU & GPU engine, V-Ray for Sketchup can retrieve almost instant feedback. Additionally, camera and rendering presets are available.

Visualize your Sketchup scenes with no compromise on quality

V-Ray enables Sketchup users to visualize the result of their work, providing high-quality and fast rendering that can improve their workflow and productivity.

And thanks to its lighting features, Sketchup users can benefit from natural light in their scenes while preserving reflections and details, all without too much effort.

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LIMITATIONS IN THE UNREGISTERED VERSION

• 30-day trial
• Distributed Rendering limited to 2 render nodes
• Produces watermarked images
• Resolution up to 600x400
• Rendered results limited to 4 lights

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• 1 GHz processor
• 1 GB RAM minimum, 2-3 GB or more recommended
• 16 GB of total hard disk space
• 300 MB of available disk space

V-Ray for SketchUp was reviewed by Mihaela Teodorovici

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V-Ray for SketchUp 2.00.26579

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