Productivity Tools


Productivity Tools to enhance SketchUp for stunning Renderings, 3D Presentations and easier modelling.
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  • 3D Design Suite - Comprehensive package of plugins and add-ons for SketchUp to provide the tools you need for creation of 3D scenes, renderings, reporting and client presentations.
    Includes Photorealistic rendering, attributes and reporting, Tools for placement and editing of components, and more.
  • RPS 3D PDF - interactive, 3D, adobe documents directly from your SketchUp model.
  • RpImageFilters - a free add-on for SketchUp to modify brightness, contrast, sharpness and other filters for SketchUp images.
  • RpWallMaker Free - a free add-on for SketchUp to create wide walls (3D walls with thickness), edit them and cut holes in them..
  • RpTreeMaker Free - a free add-on for SketchUp to create custom Tree Components.
  • SpaceDesign - Component attributes and reporting
  • NprTools - Soft shadows and other non-photorealistic effects
  • RpTools - additional productivity tools for SketchUp.
  • ProjectSketch - Office furniture layout and reports.

Rendering Products

  • IRender nXt - fully integrated, powerful - yet easy to use - Photorealistic renderer for SketchUp.
  • nXtRender - less powerful, but easier to use renderer for SketchUp.

Render Plus Software creates add-ons, plugins and extensions for SketchUp, AutoCAD and Revit, and other productivity tools.

3D Design Studio

Comprehensive package of plugins and add-ons for SketchUp to provide the tools you need for creation of 3D scenes, renderings, reporting and client presentations.

The 3D Design Studio includes:

  • 3D Tools - for placement and editing of components and other objects into your 3D model.
  • Photorealistic Renderings - using our IRender/nXtRender rendering engine
  • Attributes and Custom Reports - on items placed in your 3D model.
  • Interactive 3D PDFs - for viewing your model on your website and PDF files.
  • Non-Photorealistic Rendering - Sketchy, Soft, Shadows, and more

If you are creating 3D models - Buildings, Landscapes, 3D structures, Products, for sale, etc., - then the 3D Design Studio has the tools you need to work productively and to present your designs to your clients.

All at a special price.

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Purchase Information
To purchase the 3D Design Studio, visit: Purchase

IRender nXt

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If you are a designer and not a rendering geek, IRender nXt is for you. nXt provides exceptional image quality with easy setup and quick results.

Version 6.0 Highlights

--- Features and Improvements ---

Ornamental Grasses Use the new template in the Tree Editor to create ground cover. See: Ground Cover
View_Wizard Unlike SketchUp scenes, our Views are easily shared from one model to another. See: View_Wizard
Rename_Materials Change the name of any materials in the model. Right-Click the name on in the Select Material to Place dialog and select Rename.
Replace Materials We make it easy to change material assignments in the model.

See: IRender nXt Version 6.0

  • Full Featured - everything you need to top quality renderings
  • Reasonable Priced - powerful, but affordable.
  • Fully Integrated - all settings made and stored in SketchUp
  • Plants and material libraries - and other advanced features.
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See: IRender nXt Features

If you are looking for a lower cost, easier to use product - with fewer features, but which can still produce high quality renderings - check out ArielVision

ArielVision

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ArielVision is a SketchUp plugin that creates photorealistic renderings of your models, from right inside SketchUp. It’s made for designers who want to create beautifully rendered images without the hassle of complex settings.

ArielVision has the power of an advanced rendering engine, but with a refined interface that focuses on just the essentials. It’s everything you need and nothing you don’t.

Now producing great renderings can be even easier than creating the SketchUp model in the first place.

  • One-click rendering: great results from pre-defined settings.
  • Seamless integration with SketchUp. (Windows only)
  • Reflection and transparency controls for more realistic materials.
  • Direct and indirect lighting using both natural and artificial lights.
  • HDRi skies and backgrounds complete the look of your model.
  • Material wizard: lets you easily apply reflection and transparency directly to SketchUp materials.
  • Light wizard: helps you complete interior scenes with custom lamps, ceiling lights and more.
  • Self glow: adds realism to special objects like televisions and lighted signs.
  • Physically-based ray-cast lighting creates realistic results in daytime or night-time scenes.
  • No limits on rendering resolution: render your image at any size.
  • Laptop Seat: install ArielVision on both your desktop and laptop.
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See: ArielVision Features

Allura

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Allura GPU for SketchUp - Powered by NVIDIA Iray® is a GPU based renderer which utilizes the power of your NVIDIA GPU to create renderings, faster.


Allura offers two rendering modes: Interactive Mode for fast, high quality, rendering of your scene, and Photoreal Mode for even better rendering when you have time to let them fully converge. See: Allura Render Modes

Download and Installation

Download Allura

Download a the latest version of Allura from this page: Allura Downloads

After downloading the .ZIP file, click on the file name inside to install Allura.

Start SketchUp

Download SketchUp if you don't have it yet. (Allura works with both the free, make version of SketchUp and the professional version of SketchUp.)

Start Allura

Select Allura Load from the SketchUp Extensions menu.


See: Allura GPU for SketchUp - Powered by NVIDIA Iray®

nXtRender for AutoCAD


nXtRender for AutoCAD is a version of AccuRender nXt for the AutoCAD modelling system.

  • High quality, photorealistic renderings from AutoCAD with an integrated rendering engine.
  • This is the fastest, best, low-cost renderer for AutoCAD.
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nXtRender for Revit

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nXtRender for Revit

  • High quality, photorealistic renderings from Revit with an integrated rendering engine.
  • This is the fastest, best, low-cost renderer for Revit.
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SpaceDesign

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RPS 3D PDF

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RPS 3D PDF creates interactive 3D Adobe Reader documents from your SketchUp models.

  • Post to web site or email to clients
  • Clients can view your model, but cannot borrow or change it.
  • Simple wizard to combine text and background images with your model.
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RpTools and NprTools

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RpTools - For laying out, editing and manipulating 3D components.

  • Wizards to edit components - move, copy, stretch.
  • Mirror Wizard
  • Point or aim components
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NprTools creates non-photorealistic renderings and images from SketchUp models.

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BiMUp 5D

What is BiMUp 5D?

It is Building Information Modelling and Reporting for SketchUp.


It is a unique software that takes off quantities from SketchUp Models.


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RpImageFilters

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RpImageFilters is a free Plugin for SketchUp to apply filters to SketchUp images.

Image Filters are used to brighten, darken, add contrast to, or sharpen up your SketchUp image, (or apply other filters

  • Modify Images directly from SketchUp
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RpTreeMaker Free

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RpTreeMaker Free is a free add-on for SketchUp to create custom Tree Components.

  • Create custom, fractal trees for your models
  • Share tree design on the 3D warehouse.
  • Trees will render as full, fractal trees in IRender nXt
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RpWallMaker Free

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RpWallMaker Free is a free add-on for SketchUp to create wide walls and cut openings.

  • Running Wide wall entry.
  • Cut holes through both sides of wall.
  • Cut holes to match components.
  • Wall, Door and Windows reports.
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ProjectSketch

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ProjectSketch is a free SketchUp add-on distributed by ProjectMatrix for the selection and placement of Commercial Office Furniture in SketchUp drawings.

ProjectSketch is free and includes a generic furniture library with hundreds of 3D contract furniture components. (A multi-manufacturer data subscription that includes CAD data from dozens of major manufacturers is also available.)

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