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The Render Plus Combo Pack If you are considering more than one Render Plus product, we suggest you purchase the Combo Pack. It includes: - IRender nXt - Photorealistic render for SketchUp
- SpaceDesign - Attributes and Reports
- RPS 3D PDF - Interactive 3D PDFs
- NprTools - Sketchy, Soft, Shadows, and more
- RpTools - for placement and editing of components
...at a special LOW price. IRender nXt 5 for SketchUp - Single Seat License
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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. One seat license. DESCRIPTION
IRender nXt 5.0 makes it easier for designers to build render-ready SketchUp models and quickly fine-tune render settings. Version 5.0 is all about improving the rendering workflow and adding simple, powerful controls for important render settings. IRender nXt 5.0 helps you make great renders, faster.
The new release comes with a significant number of new and streamlined features such as: - IRender Ready Lights, Mirrors, and Trees - A Trimble 3D Warehouse collection of objects, such as light fixtures, which have lights placed in them so they can be used directly with IRender.
- Background / Layer Wizard - Making it easy to position your rendered model in a background and retrieve the settings for future renderings.
- Lights Query and Edit Wizard - Making it easy to find, examine, and edit the artificial lights placed in your SketchUp Model for rendering with IRender nXt.
- Rotate View While Rendering - Let’s you change the view and zoom after rendering and re-render without having to change the view in SketchUp.
- High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRi) Lighting Preset - Five lighting presets which make it easy to set lighting without having to set individual values.
- Sample Models and Renderings - Downloadable models from our 3D Warehouse use to get started quickly with advanced lighting and rendering settings.
IRender nXt 5.0 is loaded with 13 additional new features that include an improved slider bar for HDRi rotations and the ability to store Background images in the SketchUp model for portability. Each feature is easy to use, easy to find, and speeds up renderings to increase user productivity. Realism
Exceptional realism is key to clear communication of your designs from concept through to the details. IRender nXt's new technology brings a new level of realism to your design presentations and marketing materials. See for yourself. Browse the gallery of user generated images. http://irendernxt.com/photo Easy to use
You don't need to be a rendering geek to generate impressive images with IRender nXt. IRender nXt includes everything you need to get started quickly; lighting scenarios, an extensive material library, and plant library. We do a have few buttons for the more advanced users, but we recommend that you shouldn't touch them unless you are a very serious rendering geek. Speed
There are two measures of speed, how long did it takes you and how long did it takes the computer. Since your computer doesn't care about what time it is, spending time with kids or grandkids, getting out to the beach or ski slopes, or maybe even drinking beer, our primary focus is on saving you time. IRender nXt gives you an early image very quickly, so you can decide immediately if you need to make a change to the view, lighting or a material. Once you are happy with the setup, then you get to decide how long you want the computer to spend refining the image. Often that is only a few minutes but in some cases you might want to let the computer work over night just to see if you can tell much difference in the morning. You can even hand the processing off to the nXt render farm on other computers while you use your computer for other things. Try it out
Download and install IRender nXt: http://www.renderplus.com/htm/download.htm. Load "IRender nXt" from the plugins menu to open the IRender nXt tool bar and press the Render icon. Within a few seconds you will see the image, but nXt continues to refine the image until you ask it to stop. After a minute or two, stop and try some of the different materials and light setups. Have fun! Integrated into SketchUp
IRender nXt is fully integrated into SketchUp 7 and SketchUp 8 for Windows. The SketchUp model that you see on your screen is what will be rendered - with the same view, colors, materials, etc. You can render at the SketchUp image size, or at any other image size desired. IRender nXt runs inside of SketchUp and uses SketchUp’s geometry, material, textures and sun-position to produce a photo-realistic image. In addition, you can add other rendering features - such as reflection, glow, plants and trees to make spectacular images. The final, rendered image can be saved as a JPEG or PNG file. You can also use IRender nXt to produce high quality animations. Versions
There are two versions of nXt in SketchUp: IRender Overview
Created by Render nXt, IRender uses the AccuRender nXt rendering engine - a fast, modern rendering engine which produces professional results with a minimum of effort. nXtRender contains all the features you need for photorealistic renderings from you SketchUp model - lights, reflections, materials and more. IRender nXt adds additional features for even better renderings - 500 fractal plants, 5,000 high quality materials, advanced material settings, and more. IRender Features
IRender nXt includes a large number of features which can be used to fine tune rendering for special situations. See: IRender nXt Features - features include in IRender nXt http://www.renderplus.com/wk/IRender_nXt_Features_w.htm
See: IRender Feature Comparison chart for a comparison of the two products. http://www.renderplus.com/wk/NXtRender_Feature_Comparison_w.htm Tutorials
The tutorials are a good place to start. Learn how to use the basics of Ray Trace rendering - lights and reflections.
Then learn how to use more advanced features. Downloads and Installation
There is a 30 day Trial Version for RPS products. This is a fully functional version, with watermarks or other text added to indicate that it is a trial version. Follow the links from the Downloads Page to download the latest version. http://www.renderplus.com/htm/download.htm Documentation, Help and Forums Video Tutorials
We have created a number of Video Tutorials which will help you get started. Purchase
IRender comes in two versions: - nXtRender - for basic materials, reflection and lighting - and
- IRender nXt- for advanced lighting techniwques, plants and other advanced features.
IRender nXt is included in the Render Plus Combo Pack See Purchase FAQ if you have problems ordering or authorizing the software. http://www.renderplus.com/wk/IRender_FAQ_w.htm SpaceDesign - Single User
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Attributes and Reports. Single user license. DESCRIPTION
SpaceDesign creates parts lists and reports from your SketchUp model. - Assign Attributes to Components
- Works with Dynamic Component attributes
- Define Report Layout and Create Report
- Drill into sub-components
DESCRIPTION
SpaceDesign is an add-on for SketchUp for defining attributes and creating reports from SketchUp components. - report on Dynamic Component attributes.
- Add your own attributes and report on them.
- Combine and count components with similar attributes.
- Extend cost and other fields (multiply by quantity).
- Total extended cost and other fields.
There are four basic functions: - Define attributes to be used in editing and reporting
- Edit Attributes for components
- Define which attributes you want to include in your report
- Generate the report.
Space Design is included in the Render Plus Combo Pack and can also be purchased separately. SpaceDesign can be very easy to use for simple reporting - such as a count and cost of components placed in a model. It also has very powerful features - such as as length, area and volume calculations which can create more complex reports, but will also be a little harder to use. Whats New Getting Started - First Quick Report
After downloading and installing SpaceDesign, follow these steps to try it out. - Select "SpaceDesign" from the SketchUp Plugins menu.
- The SD icon loads a dialog which lets you define how SpaceDesign will be loaded when you load SketchUp.
- The Attributes icon lets you define attributes. You can use standard attrbutes (e.g. Component name), Dynamic Component Attributes, or attributes you add to the component using SpaceDesign.
- The Report icon loads the Reports Dialog to create a report. See: SpaceDesign Report Wizard .
- Add a couple Components to your model (Regular Components or Dynamic Components)
- Right click on a component, and select "Edit SpaceDesign Attributes"
- Enter a value for Cost and Description
- Click the Report icon
You should see a report like this: - The image is the current image in your SketchUp drawing.
- I added a second instance of the bench so that you could see how count and extended cost work.
- The text is set on the Text and Fonts tab of the report wizard.
- See: SpaceDesign Report Wizard for more on report formatting. http://www.renderplus.com/wk/SpaceDesign_Report_Wizard_w.htm
Next Step - Define Attributes and Report Fields The Define Attributes dialog will show: - Special $ Attributes
- $area, $count, $comp_desc, $dname, $iname, $layer, $level, $material, $name, $path
- The values for these are determined by the components in your model, and cannot be edited.
- See: Special $ Attributes http://www.renderplus.com/wk/SpaceDesign_Attributes_w.htm#Special_.24_Attributes
- SpaceDesign attributes added to your components.
- Dynamic Component attributes (These are preceded by DC:. You can report on them, but need to use the Dynamic Component editor to change their values.)
Adding Attributes You can add additional SpaceDesign attributes using the Add Attribute button. You will be prompted for the settings for a new component. - Name - The name for your new attribute
- Header Text - The heading which will appear on reports
- Format - Text, Numeric, Database or Currency. (See Number Formatting )
- Decimals - If Numeric, this is the number of decimal places to use
- Min Width - The minimum width for reports. (in average character size)
- Right Justify -
- Include on Report
- Allow Viewing - Will be viewed on the Edit dialog, but cannot be changed
- Allow Editing - View and edit on the Edit Dialog
- Blank if Zero - report as blank when values is 0
- Show Total - total this column
- Extend From - calculate this field by multiplying another field by the Count field.
- See: SpaceDesign Attributes http://www.renderplus.com/wk/SpaceDesign_Attributes_w.htm
- See: SpaceDesign - How to extend Total Weight http://www.renderplus.com/wk/SpaceDesign_-_How_to_extend_Total_Weight_w.htm
Define Report Select the attributes desired on the report. In addition to the SpaceDesign attributes on you components, you can include: - $count - count of components with the same attributes
- $name - the name of the component
- $description - The description stored in the component definition. (Or the Component name if the description is blank)
- $layer - the layer on which the component is placed.
Check boxes For each attributes, use the check box to include it in the report. Report Title This is used for the title of the report, and also for the name of the file for the report. Downloads and Installation
There is a 30 day Trial Version for RPS products. This is a fully functional version, with watermarks or other text added to indicate that it is a trial version. Follow the links from the Downloads Page to download the latest version. http://www.renderplus.com/htm/download.htm RPS 3D PDF - Single Seat License
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Interactive 3D PDFs. DESCRIPTION
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.
DESCRIPTION
The RPS 3D PDF Exporter will take your SketchUp Documents and turn them into 3D PDF files which you can then post on a web page, or send to clients. It can also be used with Google SketchUp (Pro or free version), by saving a .SKP file and loading it directly into RPS 3D PDF. RPS 3D PDF Version 2.0
A new version: RPS 3D PDF Version 2.0 has been released. You can download it from the download area: http://www.renderplus.com/htm/download.htm This version uses a new method create the PDF background, and now supports a much larger variety of fonts and sizes. Also, this version allows you to create batch files to automate the creation of 3D PDFs. Note: If you purchase RPS 3D PDF prior to Jan 1, 2007 you will need to upgrade your license to use the new version. Also, there is a new 30 day free trial for the new version, so if you have already used up your trial of the previous version, you can download the new version and try it out. Setup Wizard
The Setup Wizard sets up the size, margins, layouts and other aspects of the final page. http://www.renderplus.com/wk/3D_PDF_Setup_Wizard_w.htm RPS 3D PDF tutorials Samples NprTools - Single Seat License
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Sketchy, Soft, Shadows, and more DESCRIPTION
NprTools creates Non-Photorealistic Renderings and images from SketchUp models. - Soft Shadows
- Sketchy Shadows
- Crayon Colors
DESCRIPTION
NprTools is a SketchUp add-on to help create Non-Photorealistic materials, renderings and other features for use in conceptual or formal renderings. To download a trial version, go to Downloads. http://www.renderplus.com/htm/download.htm Getting Started
After downloading and installing NprTools, follow these steps to try it out.Soft Shadows - Load or create a small model with shadows.
- Click the soft shadows icon ( ) to load the soft shadows wizard.
- Use Medium Softness and Medium Shadow Spread for your first trial - it will merge about 25 images.
- Use Soft Shadows (Note: Sketchy Shadows do not work on the ground plane - you must have a face to cast Sketchy Shadows onto whe you want to test Sketchy Shadows.).
- Click OK to create and view the soft shadows
Sketchy Shadows - Load the Soft and sketchy Shadows dialog ( ).
- Select the Patterns tab.
- Select one of the line patterns.
- Check Use criss-corss shadows
- Click OK to create Sketchy Shadows
- Read below more more settings and examples.
Soft Shadows and Sketchy Shadows Soft Shadows creates an image from SketchUp with softer shadows from the sun. This is accomplished by merging images with sun sun set to slightly different dates and times. Sketchy Shadows adds a pattern to the model to be used for the shadows. Sketchy Textures Creates new textures from standard patterns and SketchUp Sketchy Styles. http://www.renderplus.com/wk/Sketchy_Textures_w.htm Soft Edges - http://www.renderplus.com/wk/Soft_Edges_w.htm Crayon Colors - Select from 132 Crayola® colors and use a special Crayon Style for display. http://www.renderplus.com/wk/Crayon_Colors_w.htm Tileable Textures - NprTools includes an algorithm borrowed from Paul Bourke's Article for making patterns tileable. Any pattern can be converted into a Tileable Texture. http://www.renderplus.com/wk/Tileable_Textures_w.htm Save Model As Image - Saves images from your current model in several modes. (Usually for use combining them later in Paint Programs). http://www.renderplus.com/wk/Save_Model_As_Image_w.htm RpTools - Single Seat License
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For placement and editing of components. Single user license. DESCRIPTION
RpTools is a SketchUp add-on which makes it easier to work with components, to create 2D documents, and perform other powerful functions. RpTools is an add-on package for SketchUp to make it easy to layout 3D components from the 3D Warehouse (or your own components). - Components: Select, Place, Move, Copy, Rotate, Mirror, Stretch, Aim...
- 2D Plotting - Edge line colors and thickness, 2D Text
- Rooms - create a room for quick placement of components
- Shapes - create standard 3D shapes.
What's NEW! Place Adjacent
This should be handy for placing cabinets, or similar items, in a room, where each item is placed relative to the previous item, and rotated properly to align with the proper wall. This is available on the Component Selector in RpTools. Garage Wizard
Makes it easy to create a basic shape for a garage. With a Tire Stop and sloped floor.Start Dialog
The Start Dialog shows all of the icons available on the Toolbar, with a help button for each icon to take you to the on-line help. Options - Load RpTools when starting SketchUp - If this is checked then RpTools will automatically be loaded onto the toolbar whenever you start SketchUp.
- Put edit wizards in sub menus - It this is checked then the RpTools right-click edit options (move, copy, rotate, etc.) will be placed in a sub-menu of the right-click context menu. Otherwise they will appear directly on the menu.
Place Material
Place Material uses an Explorer type tree to select materials and place them directly on faces without having to open components and groups for edit. The tool “drills" into the model to determine which face, (or component or group), to change to place the material. Select Component
Select Component is a tool in RPS RpTools and RpReports which selects components from your SketchUp libraries using a convenient and powerful explorer tree. You can use the view buttons above the component image to change the preview view, or the use mouse to spin and orbit the component by dragging on the image. When using the Place button, you can rotate the component during placement with the arrow keys. 
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More information here - http://www.renderplus.com/wk/RpTools_w.htm Downloads and Installation
There is a 30 day Trial Version for RPS products. This is a fully functional version, with watermarks or other text added to indicate that it is a trial version. Follow the links from the Downloads Page to download the latest version. http://www.renderplus.com/htm/download.htm Render Farm for IRender nXt - 2 Station License
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A Render Farm consists of a group of networked computers working together to complete large rendering tasks. Render farms proceed silently, without graphically displaying the renderings as they progress, or you can run the Render Farm Display tool to display parts of the image as they are completed. Using the Render Farm allows you to use more compute power for lengthy tasks at the expense of some interactivity. The IRender nXt Render Farm Software is sold separately from IRender nXt itself. (Hhowever a 2-CPU Render Farm is included with the Combo Pack). Also A 30-day 2-CPU trial is available for testing. Neither SketchUp nor IRender nXt itself are required on computers which will only be used for rendering farming. DESCRIPTION
Technology The nXt Render Farm includes four pieces of software: - IRender nXt is used to define the model to render. The Render Farm can be started directly from IRender nXt, or if you prefer to preview the rendering first you can start a preview rendering (with smaller resolution and fewer passes), and then start the Farm from IRender Batch.
- The Farm itself, (nXt.exe ornXt64.exe, runnning on each Farm CPU). This is a version of the nXt rendering engine which renders nearly silently, in the background, with very little user interface. This portion of the nXt Render Farm Software can be used by itself, in conjunction with commercial render farm software, for a more sophisticated render farm solution.
- nXtFarmer.exe (nXtFarmer64.exe) is a small executable that runs on each network rendering station, waits for jobs to be generated, and starts the Farm Processor.
- IRenderBatch.exe is a utility program to display renderings as they are completed and save them as .JPG, .PNG or .ArImage files.
Downloads You can download the IRender nXt Render Farm software from the McNeel nXt Forum: Be sure to download the version to match your operating system (32 bit or 64 bit) Installing and Configuring the Render Farm Create a shared folder for use by the render farm. (Create a folder on a machine which is accessable by all the other machines which will process or use the Render Farm) All of the network rendering computers must have read/write access to this folder. The shared folder should have a lot of available disk space to store both data (input) and images (output.) 20 - 200 GB of available storage are recommended. You must perform the following four steps on each computer you plan to use in the render farm, including any nXt workstations which will submit jobs to the render farm: - Install the nXt Render Farm Software.
- From the Start menu, run the Render Farmer on each machine. The Render Farmer will appear as an icon in the system tray.
- Right click on the icon and select Restore. A window title nXt Farmer should appear.
- Select Options?Path… from the menu and select the path to the render farm. The Farmer window can now be minimized to the tray.
The Render Farm is now configured. To verify that the farmer machines are responding run the Render Farm Monitor from the Start menu on any of the workstations. The machines should appear in the Configure Machines window. If you wish to exclude a machine from participating in the render farm, you can select it, right click, and choose Suspend. Submitting a Job to the Render Farm There are two modes to start a Render Farm job: - Start the Farm directly from SketchUp, or
- Do a preview render first, and start the Farm from IRenderBatch.
Submitting a Farm job directly from SketchUp Perform the following steps to submit a job to the render farm: - Configure your model and rendering parameters in the usual way.
- Press the Farm button on the toolbar to show Render Farm parameters.
- Choose to either run the job Start Now, Manual, or Start at Specified Time. If you choose “Manual" you will need to use the nXt Render Farm Monitor to manually start the job. See: Setup below.
- Maximum Tasks to Farm Out determines how many sub-tasks to slice the job into. See: [#Setup|Setup]] below.
After the job is complete, output can be found in the job's Output folder. Preview the rendering first - Start your rendering normally from SketchUp. (Perhaps at a smaller resolution or with fewer passes)
- Examine the rendering. Make changes to materials, settings, etc. if desired
- Use Farm Icon to start the Farm from IRender Batch.
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