IRender Tutorial - Using RPC Content

ArchVision logo.png powered by AVAIL logo.png

This Tutorial provides guidance on using RPC (Rich Photorealistic Content) once the AVAIL logo.png plugin has been installed. Read more on AVAIL and ArchVision RPC .

ArchVision has free and fee RPC channels accessible via AVAIL.

Step 1

From SketchUp open the Extensions menu (1), click on the ArchVision tool (2). Once the ArchVision Toolbar appears click on the Blue AVAIL icon (3). AVAIL tutorial 1.png

Step 2

Clicking on the Blue Avail icon will open the AVAIL application.
a. Under the Channels menu item you can select from many different channels.
b. Click on a Channel you want to use to get an RPC object (you may need to pay to access and use some of the Channels).
AVAIL tutorial 2.png

Step 3

Click on a RPC object you want to place in your model
AVAIL tutorial 3.png

Step 4

Click to download
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Step 5

Once it has finished downloading simply "drag and drop” the RPC object into your SketchUp model.
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Step 6

Once you’ve placed it in the SketchUp model you can Size it, Rotate It, Move it and Edit the Material as needed using SketchUp and IRender nXt or ArielVision.

The following is a rendering of RPC objects using IRender nXt
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See also