{"id":2578,"date":"2017-03-28T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/sketchup-guide-3-ways-to-supercharge-your-model-renderings\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T03:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T08:30:31","slug":"sketchup-guide-3-ways-to-supercharge-your-model-renderings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/details\/sketchup-guide-3-ways-to-supercharge-your-model-renderings\/","title":{"rendered":"SketchUp Guide: 3 Ways to Supercharge Your Model Renderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Michael LaValley is an N.Y.-state registered architect, career strategist and the blogging entrepreneur behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evolvingarchitect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evolving Architect<\/a>. Michael is launching a new SketchUp Training course for aspiring architects. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolvingarchitect.com\/sketchup-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here for more information on how to sign up<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes SketchUp just isn\u2019t enough for what you\u2019re trying to create. It\u2019s a great program, for sure, but it has its share of limitations, as well. SketchUp is, first and foremost, a model-maker, not rendering software.<\/p>\n<p>Inherently, SketchUp doesn\u2019t \u201crender\u201d the images from your model. Rather, it takes what are effectively \u201cscreenshots\u201d of your model and then exports them with very limited control over what you\u2019ll end up with. Of course you can add styles, shadows and other tricks to make your model shine with just the out-of-the-box version of SketchUp. But when you need to do more than the limited palette it has to offer, it\u2019s time to call in the big guns.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the functionality and results you\u2019re looking for, the program you\u2019ll want to pair with SketchUp may vary. In fact, I\u2019m sure that it will. There\u2019s no \u201cone size fits all\u201d type of solution here. There are three basic levels of intervention you can take: full separation, partial integration or full integration. Each comes with its own advantages and disadvantages, not to mention varying sets of price tags.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at each and what they mean for your potential workflow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490381678645new-in-3ds-max-2017-large-1152x648.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490381678645new-in-3ds-max-2017-large-1152x648.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490381678645new-in-3ds-max-2017-large-1152x648.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490381678645new-in-3ds-max-2017-large-1152x648.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490381678645new-in-3ds-max-2017-large-1152x648.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490381678645new-in-3ds-max-2017-large-1152x648.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>3D Studio Max; via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/3ds-max\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autodesk<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Option 1: Full Separation<\/h2>\n<p>The most basic way to upgrade your model, and ultimately your output rendering, is to export your model to another program entirely. This effectively allows you to cut ties from SketchUp once you have built the majority of your model there in order to leverage the horsepower of another program\u2019s rendering platform.<\/p>\n<p>This can also be one of the most difficult ways to deal with the model, however, because it requires the most significant level of completion prior to the transition. For example, let\u2019s say that you started a client\u2019s model for their new house in SketchUp. You built it from the ground up on the SketchUp platform, and it takes you roughly a week\u2019s worth of billable time to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Once you were fairly sure that the design had been completed, you exported the entire model to another rendering software. You then spend another week tinkering on every setting, developing the model further by using tools that are native to the new program. You\u2019re excited to present the new rendering to the client.<\/p>\n<p>Crash and burn. They\u2019ve asked you to go back and change roughly 40 percent of the model.<\/p>\n<p>Well, now you\u2019re sort of stuck. You have already begun to model several other pieces in the newer program, and it would be difficult to bounce back and forth. You can either cut your loses, abandon the newer model entirely and build from the last iteration of the SketchUp model you had or try to create a Frankenstein\u2019s monster out of pieces from both in order to make the changes.<\/p>\n<p>Neither situation is ideal. That\u2019s because of a simple truth: SketchUp works best with geometry created natively in the program itself.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example Software: <\/b><b>3D Studio Max<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Autodesk<\/p>\n<p>Price: High; $185\/Month<\/p>\n<p>Learning Curve: Steep<\/p>\n<p>Rendering Engine: Iray and\/or Mental Ray<\/p>\n<p>Quality of Resulting Rendering: High<\/p>\n<p>Time Commitment: High<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382264233maxresdefault_15.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382264233maxresdefault_15.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382264233maxresdefault_15.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382264233maxresdefault_15.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382264233maxresdefault_15.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382264233maxresdefault_15.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Kerkythea; via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dgoXu8-M2r0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (Jaakko Aumala)<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Option 2: Partial Integration<\/h2>\n<p>The next option is sort of the middle of the road option where there are tethers built into a plug-in for SketchUp to assist in the blending of the two programs, but you\u2019ll still be exporting the original model to another program entirely. While the process is a bit easier because you\u2019re using a tool-set within SketchUp to actually export the model for you, you still need to be very cognizant of how you\u2019re constructing the model.<\/p>\n<p>There are also no direct links between SketchUp and the other program. It\u2019s not as if you\u2019re referencing the SketchUp file into another program the way you would have references in, say, AutoCAD. The file structure is such that you\u2019re still fully separating the model from it\u2019s SketchUp interface in order to render it in another program.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example Software: <\/b><b>Kerkythea<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Altair<\/p>\n<p>Price: Free\/Open Source<\/p>\n<p>Learning Curve: Moderate<\/p>\n<p>Rendering Engine: Kerkythea<\/p>\n<p>Quality of Resulting Rendering: Moderate<\/p>\n<p>Time Commitment: Moderate<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382752994screenshot.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382752994screenshot.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382752994screenshot.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382752994screenshot.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382752994screenshot.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1490382752994screenshot.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>VRay; via <a href=\"http:\/\/sketchuptutoriale.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/making-of-interior-scene-vray-for.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sketchup Tutoriale<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Option 3: Full Integration<\/h2>\n<p>Last, but certainly not least, you could fully integrate your process within SketchUp itself, effectively never leaving SketchUp to render your model. In a similar way to the plug-in interfaces with SketchUp in the \u201cpartial integration\u201d setup, plug-ins within the full integration become inherently a part of the SketchUp tool set as though they always had been.<\/p>\n<p>The real advantage here is being able to shift gears on the fly and continue modeling within the same space that you render. I\u2019m partial to this method because it frees your mind from dealing with constantly worrying about how the exporting process will affect your model\u2019s geometry when it is finally within another program.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example Software: <\/b><b>VRay<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Chaos Group<\/p>\n<p>Price: $695\/Seat<\/p>\n<p>Learning Curve: Moderate<\/p>\n<p>Rendering Engine: VRay<\/p>\n<p>Quality of Resulting Rendering: High<\/p>\n<p>Time Commitment: Moderate<\/p>\n<p><i>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolvingarchitect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evolving Architect<\/a>. Enjoy this article? <\/i><i>Check out the first three articles in our \u201cSketchUp Guide\u201d series here:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/sketchup-guide-the-top-10-essential-tools\/\">The Top 10 Essential Tools to Master in SketchUp First<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/sketchup-guide-3-modelling-tips\/\">3 Modeling Tips to Dramatically Save You Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/sketchup-guide-render-your-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Quickly Render Your Model Within SketchUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>T<\/i><i>op image courtesy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/portfolio\/Franck-Boston?mediatype=photography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franck-Boston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Architizer\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.architizer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Directory<\/a> <\/strong>is a database of tech tools for architects \u2014 from the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.architizer.com\/listing\/generative-design-ai-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">generative design and AI<\/a>\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.architizer.com\/listing\/rendering-and-visualization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rendering and visualization<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tech.architizer.com\/listing\/3d-modeling-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D modeling<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tech.architizer.com\/listing\/project-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project management<\/a> and many more. <strong>Explore the complete library of categories\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.architizer.com\/listing\/categories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on the functionality and results you\u2019re looking for, the program you\u2019ll want to pair with SketchUp may vary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"projects","architizer_featured_image":"1997096","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[19],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-2578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-details","category-practice","tag-guide"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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