Partial evidence of this is the wide range of plugins/extensions available through Sketchucation and the 3D Warehouse.

I think Trimble (the makers of SketchUp) is wise to leave rendering to others. Thus, adding rendering to SketchUp would represent both significant investment and, more importantly, a tangent away from their core expertise. In programming terms, reading this forum has led me to understand that rendering is very different from modeling. At the same time, they allow extensibility through plugins/extensions. V-Ray Next for SketchUp, update 1 Whats new ChaosTV 218K subscribers Subscribe 598 Save 46K views 3 years ago V-Ray Next for SketchUp Get a free 30-day trial at. One of the things that continues to impress me about SketchUp is that, for the most part, they’ve striven to keep to the basics, which for SketchUp is to be an incredibly powerful surface modeler.

Wondering why Sketch Up doesn’t include a rendering engine w/ it …Ĭount me as one who is thankful that SketchUp doesn’t include a rendering engine!

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