Sketchup 2016 brings upgraded functionalities for LayOut

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Layout is one of the vital feature of sketchup. In sketchup 2016, the functionalities of layout have been modified significantly.

LAYERS AND GROUPS: The sketchup users can now find a better way for arranging LayOut files. With new and improved layers, it becomes easier to group elements over several layers, drawing on assigned layers as well as exposing the bottom of a bundled viewport.

There are new tool colors and highlights which will inform you while generating or choosing entities on a shared layer. Entities illustrate a diverse highlight color and tool colors are not similar while making drawing on a shared layer.

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Now layers contain a new document capability alias multi-layer groups and the entities on various layers can be easily grouped collectively.

This new grouping structure will make the process simple to cut and paste over pages, categorize identical entities (like dimensions) over diverse pages and layers as well as locate the the things in your document.

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SMALL DIMENSIONS: The dimension system 

(http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000222) of layout is also significantly improved. Now the users can instantly generate dimension chains by clicking twice 

(http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/152653). The users can also deal with dimensions in small spaces with LayOut. Now, if the dimension text is very large for the space to be dimensioned, LayOut will automatically pop text out to the side while drawing though a completely adjustable leader line.

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Small dimensions will save huge time while you are navigating the mess of lines and shapes that might finally converted to a nice well-bred PDF. The PDF Exporter of LayOut has also been upgraded. PDF exports become 10-15x smaller.

Ref: blog.sketchup.com

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Rajib Dey

www.sketchup-ur-space.com

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Thea Presto2 Edition v1.3 is just launched

Thea Render is an intuitive GPU renderer having a strong material system and its own sophisticated studio to deliver spectacular 3d rendering design.

Now the users can avail the most updated version, Thea Presto2 Edition v1.3. This latest edition is known as Presto Square (code name) and contains some exclusive features as well as significant enhancements for Presto engine.

The available new features:-

• Presto will now perform on both GPU and CPU concurrently.
• Presto is updated with complete instancing support. Now the users can render unlimited instanced polygons without any difficulties. Presto can now deal with all the geometric complications as per your requirements.
• Presto is now totally revamped regarding algorithmic design. Several sampling enhancements like for scenes with area lights, image-based lighting, subsurface scattering, scenes in the presence of many light sources and antialiasing filtering, are included with presto.
• Now Presto supports subsurface scattering and volumetrics for producing quick, accurately pragmatic rendering, devoid of any approximations.
• Now the users can perform perfect spectral rendering with the new improved Physical Sky. It gives in superior results in greater values of turbidity.
• In nature, a common observation for very smooth objects is that their reflections fluctuate from blurred to sharp progressively while the viewing angle transform from normal to shallow. With the inclusion of Micro Roughness, the users can easily deal with this situation.
• The users will get the ability to slice and render the geometry ahead of a near and far distance and view inside objects and constructions

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Google SketchUp 13.0

It is compatible with Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista, Windows XP. This newly launched version can be applied to design and generate a new extension to your house and then provide the design to the architect for making corrections.

SketchUp (Free Edition) is a simplified 3D modelling program which facilitates users to make various types of 3D models ranging from houses, sheds, decks, home additions and woodworking projects and provide the visual images. 

The users can also include details, textures and glass to their models, design with precise dimension and even share models with others by placing them to the 3D Warehouse, or just print a hard copy.

It is the new v7 which consists of a few new feature like a collaboration tools to facilitate other working on your diagrams and more.



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