Thea Render Plug-in for Sketchup

This plugin is developed by Tomasz Marek and connects Google’s SketchUp modeler with Thea Render as external rendering application.

The sketchup users can export sketchup models with the help of Thea Exporter. This plug facilitates users to apply Thea properties to the SU materials, scenes and components and render the model in Thea. The exported model is being saved in XML file and in an additional sub-folder containing associated files – textures, meshes and lights.


Thea Render is the first commercial solution with unified framework that includes both state-of-the-art biased and unbiased engines. All render engines employ the same materials and lights not including any hidden obstacle between using one or the other. There is no need to transfer materials or parameters from an unbiased renderer to a biased one (and vice versa).

The sketchup users can render high quality biased animations quickly. They can also render amazingly realistic unbiased animations and quick high quality stills.

Features:-

• Hybrid Engine (Biased+Unbiased
• Breakthrough Material System
• Accurate Light Simulation
• Physically-based Rendering
• Superb Performance
• Standalone Studio
• Product Visualization
• Instant Unbiased Relight
• Image-based Lighting
• Displacement Mapping
• Motion Blur
• Depth of Field
• Sub-Surface Scattering

An introductory tutorial on SketchUp plugin for Thea Render
http://www.thearender.com/cms/index.php/tutorials.html

User Manual
http://www.thearender.com/plugins/sketchup/SU2TH-UsersManual.pdf/

Downloadable link
http://www.thearender.com/cms/index.php/downloads/thea-render.html

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