| | V-Ray for SketchUp Features
SketchUp is one of the most widely used and easy to learn 3D Modeling software on the market today. With V-Ray for SketchUp, users now have one of the most powerful rendering tools available to visualize their models with the utmost quality and realism. V-Ray works within the SketchUp environment allowing users to be able to efficiently incorporate the task of rendering within their current workflows. V-Ray for SketchUp works in Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS.
- NEW! More shader types (great for metal textures!)
- NEW! More than 10 new procedural textures, including dirt (for more realistic renderings!)
- NEW! Lights now have the ability to add IES profiles (for light accuracy)
- NEW! Material can now be layered better
- NEW! Faster scene processing times
- NEW! Support for SketchUp transparency and alpha transparency
- True reflections and refractions
- Glossy reflections and refractions
- Global Illumination allows for photorealistic lighting
- Soft shadows support
- True HDRI support
- Fully multithreaded raytracing engine
- Native SketchUp materials supported and integrated into V-Ray materials
- Material editor with material preview
- Sun and sky system
- Physical camera
- Depth-of-field camera effects.
- Distributed rendering allowing a single image to be processed over up to ten machines
- Per material GI, background, reflection, and refraction
- V-Ray two-sided material for easy creation of thin translucency
- Animation support
V-Ray for SketchUp System Requirements
Hardware:
- Pentium, Celeron, or higher processor. Mac version is Intel only.
- 200 MB disk space.
- 512 MB RAM minimum. 2-3 GB or more recommended.
Operating systems:
- V-Ray for SketchUp runs only on:
- Windows 2000 including server
- Windows XP Pro
- Windows XP Home
- Windows Vista*
- Windows 7*
- OS 10.4.11 or higher*
- V-Ray for SketchUp will not run on:
- SketchUp 5 or lower*
- Windows NT
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Windows ME
- OS 9 or lower
- V-Ray for SketchUp does run as a 32-bit application on 64bit machines and OS's.
- Virtualization systems such as VMWare and Parallels are not recommended.
- The use of imaged machines is not recommended due to the fact that the licensing is hardware dependent.
* SketchUp 6 on OS X is not supported. |
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