V-Ray 4 for SketchUp Released

Rejoice, ye SketchUp folk, for the new V-Ray has come!

Version 4.20 for V-Ray has been released this February. It features some significant improvement over the previous version. Primary of which is new compression used to decrease installer archive size.

For those who are not familiar, here is a short description of V-Ray.

It is a professional lighting and rendering tool for architects and designers. It is created by Chaos Group and comes as an extension of SketchUp.

With an incredible set of creation tools, V-Ray lets you render anything and everything. You can create some quick models, or pull out all brakes and render a whole scene in realistic detail.

You get around 600 realistic new materials to adorn your model using V-Ray in SketchUp, too. This lets you create photorealistic images of your model. You can make 3D models exquisite in detail using this plugin as well.

Features of the new V-Ray 4.20:

1. You can use it to automatically remove noise in scenes. The render time is cut in half. Now you can denoise after rendering as well.

2. Now you can use global illumination in stunningly realistic scenes indoors and outdoors. There are plenty of in-built lighting styles to choose from. Make it look real!

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www.sketchup4architect.com
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Liquid Galaxy is a new system to upload any architectural and engineering models into Google Earth developed with sketchup

The Liquid Galaxy is a new concept to share your virtual reality experience through a group of users devoid of head-mounted displays.

The liquid can’t generate full virtual reality that perfectly engross the users in 360°x360° surrounding rather than it applies 3D VR content for developing a panorama view that spreads away into the peripheral vision of viewers.

The system is organized with five or seven large monitors in a 12′-4″ (3.75m) diameter arc and applies the Liquid Galaxy hardware and software to develop the experiences for the users for easy navigation. Motion during the 3D environment is managed through a touchscreen, a 6-axis SpaceNav controller or tracking systems like Leap Motion (www.leapmotion.com ) all facilitating the users to navigate while “in” the 3D model.

The users can test the satellite imagery and 3D building models of Google Earth in the large-scale panorama of the Liquid Galaxy as well as encircling the globe. With the capability to use Google Earth, users will be able to load architectural and engineering models into Google Earth that are produced with Trimble’s 3D modeling software, SketchUp. This aspect facilitates the users to investigate or preview and envisage new spaces that are under testing phase. It is specifically helpful for architectural firms who are digging into a robust medium for presentations.

Real Estate brokerages can display properties containing 3D models of merged Google Earth data and “fly” potential clients surrounding intense urban neighborhoods or big rural landscapes. With the Liquid Galaxy, the users can enjoy a contextual tour with various listings devoid of departuring the real estate office, although the properties belong to distant locations.

Some extra data can be included in Liquid Galaxy presentations to improve the value of the experience. An urban atmosphere could highlight facilities like mass transit, road usage, and other demographic data. End Point offers a browser-based content management system that facilitates the team to develop complete presentations with geographic maps, pins, and GIS information containing graphic overlays, video, and web pages. These presentations are utilized to walk the viewer through a full story, covering location to location together with illustrative text, photos, and videos.

To get more updates, visit liquidgalaxy.endpoint.com

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Rajib Dey

www.sketchup4architect.com

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E-on Software introduced new VUE 2015 Product series for improved digital modeling

E-on Software launched new series of VUE 2015 to improve the workflow of 3D artists & 3D Enthusiasts. The 3D artists will be capable of producing luxurious 3D digital nature through VUE modular applications. These new ranges of products range include VUE Pioneer 2015, VUE Esprit 2015, VUE Studio 2015 and VUE Complete 2015.

FREE VUE Pioneer 2015 : With various landscape-making tools inside VUE Pioneer, the Newbie to 3D and informal artists can effortlessly produce and render stunning images of their individual 3D worlds as well natural 3D environments. The users can access entry-level product of VUE Pioneer from Cornucopia3D.

For more updates, visit www.cornucopia3d.com/pioneer

VUE Esprit 2015 is the superior Digital Nature application with comprehensive import and scenery control functionalities for advance level 3D artists. It comes with discerning workflow, sophisticated rendering features and Poser consolidation. The 3D artists can generate innovative 3d art with various styles by applying some exclusive natural 3D tools and render quality.

For obtaining more updates, visit www.e-onsoftware.com/esprit

VUE Studio 2015 is the highly sophisticated Digital Nature application that contains robust vegetation and rendering capabilities for committed 3D artists with improved natural vegetation features, progressive rendering aspects and comprehensive Poser integration. VUE Studio offers complete control on producing the complicated scenes and at the same time preserving an instinctive workflow.

Visit www.e-onsoftware.com/studiofor more information

VUE Complete 2015 is integrated into a solitary package containing large number of cutting-edge features facilitating 3D artists to effortlessly generate and manage rich EcoSystems™ of wind-swept trees and plants, hyper-realistic spectral atmospheres and detailed terrains in completely animated scenes.

Get more information from www.e-onsoftware.com/complete

New features of VUE 2015 - VUE 2015 offers lots of enhancements which range from rapid rendering, enhanced overall performance, a new non-photo-realistic renderer, a new displacement mapping engine and other.

Given below the synopses of new features within VUE 2015:

• Speedy rendering
• High-amplitude displacement mapping
• Non-Photo-Real engine evaluates renders like an artist to produce elegant artwork
• More rapid Previewing
• Energy Conservative AntiAliasing
• Import geo-located terrains
• Export Rocks
• Quick content browser through big previews, search and more
• Double-sided materials
• Auto-scale clouds with altitude
• Modulate Spectral clouds sharpness with a function graph

For getting more updates on the new features, visit www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue/#Artists

VUE Pioneer, Esprit, Studio and Complete support Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 and Mac OSX 10.6-10.10 for 64-bit systems only and accessible in English language.

E-on Software is offering introductory special prices for a stipulated time period until May 3rd, 2015. The potential users can get the complete licenses at a discount of 30% and upgrade by 20%.

For detailed pricing, visit www.e-onsoftware.com/pricelist

There will be trial version available soon for VUE Esprit, Studio and Complete 2015 later in the year.

VUE Esprit, Studio or Complete 2014 users who already had a legitimate Cornucopia3D Product subscription program on November 4, 2014 can upgrade to VUE 2015 at free of cost.

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Rajib Dey

www.sketchup4architect.com

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How LumenRT 2015 along with Sketchup was utilized to develop the Mobile River Bridge project in Alabama

The Alabama Dept of Transportation (ALDOT) will be developing the I-10 Mobile River Bridge which is a new six-lane bridge having 215 feet of Air Draft Clearance (ADC) across the Mobile River. The location of the project is in Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama.

ALDOT has applied LumenRT on this greatly recognized Mobile River Bridge project to complete it fruitfully. (www.mobileriverbridge.com).

ALDOT used LumenRT 2015 to produce immersive 3D LiveCube™ visualizations concerning a 10 km square area of the projected bridge and adjacent site area. Some leading 3D software like Esri CityEngine, Bentley MicroStation, and Trimble Sketchup models together with VISSIM and Bentley Traffic vehicle animations were utilized to create the LiveCubes.

Besides, the LiveCubes™ comprised of more than 50,000 3D breeze animated trees, numerous animated vehicles, wave-animated water and a complete 3D environment containing moving clouds and haze.

Get the complete story at: www.lumenrt.com/showcase

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www.sketchup4architect.com
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