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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.)
