Great for: Optimizing models using a variety of clean-up and manipulation tools.
Who uses it? Intermediate to advanced modeler.
In particular, Edge Inspector is a handy tool for inspecting edge connections.
Great for: Checking that volumes are drawn correctly, resolving issues in solids and keeping models lighter.įredo6: FredoTools (v3.6a) is a collection of various inspection and simple manipulation tools.
Your exports for 3D printing could be ready in just a few clicks! This stress-relieving extension inspects and highlights issues such as reversed faces within modeled solids.
Great for: Filling in your line drawing with faces.
This is Anders’ go-to for “when I’m lazy and many faces need to be generated”. Register with SketchUcation, an independent SketchUp community forum, to access the downloadĪs the name suggests, select your line drawings and Make Face will auto-fill them with faces.
Great for: Keeping track of key datums within your project.
Mark out the key levels in your design and reference them for greater accuracy throughout your design process. Need to reference heights whilst you’re modeling or during crucial stakeholder meetings? Then this extension is for you.
Great for: Creating bespoke and standard profiles for repetitive geometries.
Extend these profiles along paths to create a profile member, and combine profile members to create parametrically-defined assemblies. Create profiles using simple or complex SketchUp faces and polylines. This extension massively speeds up modeling time because it makes repetitive tasks a piece of cake.
#Render plugin sketchup mac mac#
System compatibility: Available for Windows and Mac.
Who uses it? Beginner to intermediate user.
The Unreal Datasmith Plugin for SketchUp also enables seamless exports from SketchUp to Unreal Engine. Image courtesy of Turner Fleischer Architectsĭeveloped by Epic Games and previously deployed for gaming development, Unreal Engine is ideal for creating approachable, super-fast renders that can be navigated in real-time.
#Render plugin sketchup mac pro#
Pricing: Lumion €1499 | Lumion Pro €2999 | Free educational license in some countries.
System compatibility: Only available for Windows.
Great for: Visualising your small scale project as you model.
Who uses it? Intermediate to advanced user.
This should give you a sense of pushing and pulling a real-life building. Lumion Live Sync allows you to establish a live connection which means you can model and render simultaneously.
Pricing: Available as part of SketchUp Studio.
#Render plugin sketchup mac professional#
Great for: Interactive render viewing and High-quality professional renders.
Who uses it? Beginner to advanced users.
Geek out a lot by tweaking specific inputs or roll with inbuilt presets if you’re new to rendering. Its latest version, V-Ray 5 offers render options that you can quickly select and tweak to suit your style, an interactive viewing window as you model in SketchUp, and a paid cloud rendering option that frees up your hardware for other work. Long established as a robust professional renderer within arch-viz circles, V-Ray 5 delivers polished, photo-real renders for newbies and pros alike. All three offer the opportunity to create professional hyper-realistic renders.” I’m also an avid Lumion user and Unreal Engine apprentice. The rendering power trio: “I keep V-Ray in Live mode, and render from there. Based on a conversation with Anders Hus Folkedal, who’s work at Ramboll we’ve featured on the blog, we’ve shortlisted ten key extensions any 3D enthusiast can add to their workflow to improve productivity and speed up modeling. It is even more powerful because users can supercharge its capabilities by customizing it with extensions to suit their unique workflow. We discussed about SketchUp to Blender by 3ds format and rendering.ģDS file format addon for Blender is only in 2.92 alpha version under development, and can be found in “testing” section of addons.SketchUp is pretty robust straight out of the box. The 3DS import add-on could be find as pre-installed in Blender in test or experimental section.Įdit : I make a presentation and a little training to an interior architect who is interested by Blender. Most of other CAD formats give bad results. I just have found a nice solution to import my SketchUp models in Blender for rendering is 3DS file format. There is a SKP import add-on, but working only on Window. If you want to try a free solution, try Blender and watch tutorials. If you choose an extension in SketchUp, there is several as Vray, Thea, SU Podium, etc… There is many rendering solution working on Mac.