Download AmbientOcclusion Pro for SketchUp

Fluid Interactive, Inc has developed AmbientOcclusion Pro for sketchup to perform quick visualization with color, textures and depth-of-field.

AmbientOcclusion is a very rapid visualization plugin for SketchUp that can be used to produce a visually convincing preview of the 3d models, featuring space and relations between objects.

AmbientOcclusion Pro is compatible with SketchUp 2013, SketchUp 2014, SketchUp 2015, SketchUp 2016.

To visualize any 3d model, go to the menu Extensions -> AmbientOcclusion -> Render. Alternatively, click the render button on the toolbar. As soon as the rendering window opens, the options accessible on the window’s toolbar like resolution, quality, etc. can be used.

In some earlier versions of SketchUp, AmbientOcclusion is located under the menu Plugins -> AmbientOcclusion.

How to set up AmbientOcclusion

AmbientOcclusion extension is available as an .rbz file to be set up from the SketchUp preferences. After the completion of download, go through the following steps:

1. In SketchUp, choose Window > Preferences (Microsoft Windows) or SketchUp > Preferences (Mac OS X).

2. In the dialog box preview, choose Extensions located in the sidebar on the left.

3. On the Extensions pane, click the Install Extension button.

4. In the Open dialog box preview, drive the .rbz file saved to your computer, choose the file, and click OK (Microsoft Windows) or Open (Mac OS X).

5. When SketchUp notifies you for installing only extensions from reliable sources, click Yes to continue and install your extension. (This supposes you do, in fact, rely on the source of your extension.)

6. Restart SketchUp

Download a 15-days trial version fluidinteractive.com

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How to obtain 3d view of construction details with Sketchup and PlusSpec

This is another useful tutorial from RubySketch through the sketchup youtube video. Here one can get brief information on how sketchup and PlusSpec can be integrated to provide 3D views of construction details.

PlusSpec is considered as the most powerful 3D, 2D and Cad software that can provide the following benefits to the Architects, Builders, Estimators, Manufacturers etc.

• Design and Draft process is accelerated upto 10 times
• Estimating process is increased upto 50 times
• Accomplish remarkable Feasibility Studies
• Easily drag & drop manufacturers products and materials in your project
• Provide Virtual Design & Construct with Building Information Modelling

Download all the construction details from the following link at free of cost.https://3dlibrary.rubysketch.com/brands/pronto-panel

Download PlusSpec https://plusspec.com/

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MF random building generator – An exclusive sketchup plugin

It is very challenging to code ruby plugin for sketchup. In this regard, Wingnang Fan has developed a useful plugin alias Random Building Generator. Watch the following demo video of the plugin.

This sketchup extension will allow the users to produce a group of boxes having arbitrary sizes which seem to be a group of building blocks. The users will be able to memorize their input values which will be assigned to the building group and saved with sketchup file. In future, if the user prefers to close and open file, the input value will exist there.

The values can be recovered for producing another. As a final point, the settings can be exported to a csv file.

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The best Sketchup Plugins to improve designing skills

Image Courtesy: landarchs.com

Are you sketchup enthusiasts? Are you looking for some exciting sketchup plugins? This is your turn to get some of them. Ever since sketchup has made the entry in the market, it has become the most used, user friendly 3D modeling software. It has been widely cherished by the students, architect, landscape, animation and videogame specialist. However there are some complexities which cannot be sorted out easily. So, here comes the necessity of rendering plugins. The professionals generally use those plugins. http://landarchs.com/ presents an excellent article of plugins. We bring the excerpt of writer Sha Sulaiman.

Plugins for Sketchup:-

1. Curviloft (free): This is one of the most effective tools among all plugins. It is generally works loft and skinning though sketchup. This is normally used to prepare surface from the curve. There are two methods lofting: firstly, by spline and secondly, by loft alongside with path.

2. Bezier Curve (free): How to make polyline, Bezier, spline curve? This tool will help the user make curves standing on control points. This control point can easily be manipulated. Sometime it defines the pre-defined curves.

3. Shape Bender (free): This plug-in assists curving and helps to make curvy roads.

4. Joint Push/Pull (free): One of the draw back of the sketchup is it do not assist extruding (push/pull) curved surfaces. But it can be sorted out, by Joint push/pull tool. But undoubtedly, this is the best tool for making volumetric solids and multiple axes (curved-in) and different building elements.

5. Unfold (free): It is a converter. It converts 3D models or objects into a 2D plane or orthographic projection. It is most user friendly and need to unfold only.

6. Round Corner (free): It is very useful for edge correction – especially to decrease and smoothing 3D objects.

Render Plugins for SketchUp:

7. V-Ray Render (paid, trial pack available): V-Ray is the rendering engine used by more design artists than any other. V-Ray was made by Chaos Group. It uses some of most proceed and sophisticated practice. Such as global illumination (GI), algorithms, path tracing, photon mapping and irradiance mapping.

8. Maxwell Render (free demo version available): It is a rendering engine. This Raytracer-type rendering engine is impartial 3D render. It utilizes Global illumination (GI) and algorithms based on metropolis light transport difference.

9. Kerkythea (free): It is a unique and impartial rendering tool. It works to create raytracing and Metropolis light transport. It is to be used in clay rendering. One of the famous feagure of this trade is Alex Hogrefe.

10. Raylectron (paid, free trial available): This is another rendering engine generally devoid of approximation and/or emulation and ready to produce animation.

11. SU Podium (paid, free trial available): It is photorealistic rendering image of sketchup model. It uses objects like: texture, colour, shadow, group or background. SU Podium uses ray tracing and global illumination (GI).

Reference:- landarchs.com

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edddison LT for SketchUp – a useful sketchup extension

Edddison has developed edddison LT for SketchUp. This latest sketchup extension is compatible withSketchUp 7, SketchUp 8, SketchUp 2013, SketchUp 2014, SketchUp 2015. It is a commercial sketchup plugin. But a free trial version is also available.

The sketchup users can use edddison extension for showcasing 3d sketches and designs with their own Sketchup data. With a touch screep app, the users can easily navigate with their sketchup models.

Edddison contains a simplified editor that designs interactive applications as well as allows real estate developers, sales reps, architects and builders to promote, sell and plan building projects through touch mechanisms and mixed reality techniques.

The users can easily walk through a building, view a space from different viewpoints and undertake design decisions prior to commencement of the building in reality.

Edddison is well suited with existing applications like BIM (building informational models), visualization, digital prototyping and serious games.

In order to use edddison, you require the SketchUp plug-in and the edddison software.

Download free trial version

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How can you make yours fountain from CAD to Sketchup

1. import your design from cad to sketchup.

2. draw circle diameter equal to diameter fountain then delete half of fountain & use make face plugin.

3. after using make face plugin , rotate the shape to angel = 90.

3. using follow me tool.

3. using follow me tool.

4. using materials.

5. follow the same steps with water shape.

6. make the fountain & water shape group.

7. merge the fountain & water shape together.

8. make the fountain base and put your materials.

9. merge the base & the fountain.

Final

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Flatten Faces Plugin for Sketchup

Alexschreyer is the developer of Flatten Faces Plugin for Sketchup. The plugin is compatible with SketchUp 8, SketchUp 2013.

With Flatten Faces Plugin for Sketchup, the users will be able to place randomly-oriented faces flat on the ground. This plugin is very useful for generating cutouts, like CNC-prep etc. The sketchup users can apply it with any solo face as well several, coplanar faces. It is also compatible with an unfold tool to flatten shapes.

How to apply it:-

In order to obtain the flatten faces menu, opt for one or more coplanar faces in your model and just right-click on them. Under this method, all the chosen faces will be grouped. But remember one thing, the original geometry should not be grouped.

The sketchup users can avail Flatten Faces Plugin for Sketchup from Trimble’s Extension Warehouse.

In order to set up it smoothly, surf it from inside SketchUp (2013 or newer) and install it directly. For getting more updates, visit http://www.alexschreyer.net This plugin can be also accessed from GitHub

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New Character modeling Sketchup Plugin - Artisan Organic Toolset

Artisan is a character modeling plugin that works with Sketchup 7 and above for both windows and Mac. It includes the large set of organic modeling tools which possess subdivision surfaces, mesh sculpting and soft selection.

More features include:

Subdivision Surfaces
- Robust subdivision algorithm that can handle very complex geometry
- Subdivide and smooth selected faces, groups, or components
- Crease edges or vertices to create hard edges
- Knife subdivide tool for creating loops
- Extrude tool to create loops without interior faces
- Low-poly ‘Proxy Mode’ that automatically updates the subsurface geometry as you edit

New Subdivision Features in Artisan
- Perform subdivision or smoothing on any selection of faces
- Auto-subdivision of selection boundary faces those results in cleaner meshes after subdividing
- Quickly preview subsurface geometry prior to committing
- Proper interpolation of UVs for subdivided geometry
- Faster subdivision and better topology

Brush Tools
-Sculpt Brush (sculpt, pinch, flatten, inflate, smooth)
-Select Brush (select faces by performing strokes)
-Paint Brush (paint SketchUp materials on faces using virtual brushstrokes)
-Symmetrical sculpting mode using with user-defined work plane
-Lock vertices to user-defined work plane

Vertex Transformation Tools
-Soft Selection
-Soft Move
-Soft Rotate
-Make Planar (XY, XZ, YZ, or best fit)

Mesh Optimization (Polygon Reduction) 
-Much faster and more robust than the free Polyreducer plugin

ArielVision - a new photorealistic rendering Sketchup Plugin for your model

ArielVision is a photorealistic rendering Sketchup Plugin for your model. The new plugin is free to download for trial version but the paid version is also available at very affordable low-cost price. ArielVision is very powerful advanced rendering engine, but with a refined interface that focuses on just the essentials. The new plugin is for designers who want to create & develop beautifully rendering images without the hassle of complex settings. It has all the feature that a rendering plugin should possess which are:

• Fully Integrated inside Google SketchUp 7 or 8, Free or Pro, (Windows only)
• Uses SketchUp Material and textures automatically.
• Top Quality PhotoRealistic Rendering Engine.
• Indirect Lighting for subtle, realistic shadows.
• Auto Bump Mapping for SketchUp Textures.
• High Quality Reflections – mirror-like, or blurry.
• Refraction for thick glass and transparent objects.

A splendid rendering can be created easily at the of designing 3D. ArielVision is lot more easier to learn to Render comparing to learn Sketchup. It uses Sun, Sky, Shadow, Light, Transparency and reflections to create Photorealistic renderings from SketchUp models at an affordable price.

ArielVision Sketchup plugin uses a simple dialog to set properties on Sketchup material such as reflections and also has Wizard to create many common lights. It produces the perfect combination of high quality rendering though being exceptionally easy to use.

Installation 
At first one needs to download a copy from its official Download resource. Initially trial version can be downloaded & install it in your computer. Once it is installed, it is very simple to use. You can report any problem on its official forum ArielVision Forum.

Bring Your Architecture to Life Contest Winner Announces

After a long period of suspension, SketchUp and iClone Rendering has announced the winner of ‘Bring Your Architecture to Life’ contest. The contest opened to receive the entries at 1^st November, 2010 and closed at 5^th January, 2011. There were two categories in the contest one is for video entry and the other section is for image entry. With an overflowing of entries from various part of the world, it was quite impossible to decide which entry should get the top place as each and every one maintain the certain standard. After many speculations Seaside Villa by Stuckon3d got the first prize in video entry and Van Gogh’s Bedroom at Arles, Remix of Kurzal snatched the top position among the all other image entries.

The Wayfarer Inn of Small Wonder Studio and Summer Hideaway of Wolfzone got the second and third place consequently. The popular award went to Jack Godomski for his beautiful creation of Neuschwanste. In the image entry division Ancient Ruins of Maciej Przystalski beat Water House of Dave Haden which came third in the contest.

The submission of this contest had to meet some guideline like one video clip in YouTube with before and after iClone rendering with 30% material effects, 20% landscape and flora, 30% lighting and shadow and 20% camera animation. The Seaside Villa was made by veteran iClone trainer Stuckon3d not only met all the requirements but also the subtle details and overall mood made this video the top choice of the judges. All the efforts of Stuckon3d has made it the owner of Apple iPad 32 GB, iClone 4 PRO, 3DXchange 4 PRO, iClone Nature Builder, Google SketchUp PRO 8, LoungeTek Laptop desk, SketchUCation B'Ball Cap, SketchUcation USB Wallet Card. The first position holder in image catgory Kurzul also get Panasonic Lumix 12.1 Digital Camera, iClone 4 PRO, 3DXchange 4 PRO, iClone Nature Builder, Google SketchUp PRO 8, LoungeTek Laptop desk, SketchUCation B'Ball Cap, SketchUcation USB Wallet Card.

Shaderlight has extended the deadline for the Winter Wonderland Contest

Shaderlight announced that they have extended the deadline of submitting 3D models for Winter Wonderland Contest. They are organizing the contest to celebrate the freezing festive season. You can draw yours own winter wonderland in Google SketchUp and render it with Shaderlight. Then you have to submit the drawing and may win a New Year gift for you.

This is the first render contest organize by Shaderlight. The huge response from the SketchUp users of all over the world compelled them to extend the deadline of submitting drawing. You may draw any thing like Santa with Sledge, you own snowman, houses clad in snow, festive light, Xmas tree or anything. One competitor can submit more than one drawing means as much as he or she wants. Shaderlight gives you the flexibility to interpret your festive theme like architectural, product or just picture post card.

And the best part of this contest is the prizes stored for the winner. As this is the first render contest the prizes are also great.

1stprize: $150 Amazon voucher, a copy of Shaderlight Pro for SketchUp, a copy of SketchUp Pro and a Shaderlight 2GB USB wristband.

2ndprize: $50 Amazon voucher and a copy of Shaderlight Pro for SketchUp and a Shaderlight 2GB USB wristband.

3rdprize: a copy of Shaderlight Pro for SketchUp and a Shaderlight 2GB USB wristband.

The top three images will also take pride of place on the homepage of Shaderlight’s website for the world to see (and for you to show off to your friends!). Send your finished Shaderlight render, original SketchUp scene along with your contact details to shaderlight@artvps.com. You can download the free copy of Shaderlight for 14 days with full features and unlimited resolution.

Entries will be judged by our expert judging panel:

Chris Dizon - Google SketchUp

Mike Lucey - SketchUcation

Steve Jarratt - Editor of 3D World Magzine

Mark Sullivan - 3D artist here at ArtVPS

Driving Dimensions plug-in 1.4 for Google sketchup

Ledas just launched the revised version 1.4 of the Driving Dimensions plug-in for SketchUp.

This new plugin is fully compatible with the free 8 and the Pro 8. The plugin is also tested with the 32-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7, and on Mac OS X 10.6.

The Commercial licenses of Driving Dimensions v1.4 is priced for US$145 (EUR 145 in Europe). The users who have purchased the licenses during last year can upgrade to v1.4 free of charge.

Free test drives of the Driving Dimension plug-in is available www.DrivingDimensions.com/SketchUp.

The free version is not allowed for commercial utilization and limits users to 10 driving dimensions per model.

The code of the Driving Dimensions plug-in has been modified to get the most out of several important changes made to SketchUp V8. Now the inferred dimensions mechanism of Driving Dimensions performs accurately in both the new and previous versions of SketchUp.

Now the sketchup users can easily add parametric to the SketchUp V8 licenses.

Driving Dimensions is a plug-in for SketchUp that facilitates to create parametric changes of any 3D model. The users can modify any dimension (length, distance, radius, angle) in your SketchUp model in just one click.

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IRender nXt Version 3.0

The most updated and advanced version of IRender plug-in namely IRender nXt Version 3.0 has been launched with newly added features like Plant and Materials libraries and an improved Material Wizard.

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eDrawings professional for Autodesk Inventor v8.0

Geometric Limited launched the release of eDrawings Professional, the first email facilitated collaboration tool set to simplify the sharing and explanation of 2D & 3D product design data, for Autodesk Inventor version 8.0 with support for Autodesk Inventor 2011.
This is a plug-in for Autodesk Inventor which lets users to publish Autodesk Inventor files in read only view and ultra compact (upto 95% compression) eDrawings files for visualization, collaboration and design review.
The plug-in is also compatible with Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA V5, NX, Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, Google SketchUp including STEP/IGES/STL and DWG/DXF files

for downloading free 15 day trial

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SimLab SketchUp Import Plug-in for 3ds Max 1.0

With this plug-in the sketchup users can avail various high quality free sketchup models from 3D warehouse and apply them with 3DS Max to give an artistic touch to the 3D scene. Besides the plug-in has the ability to allocate advanced materials, geometry and textures to 3D studio alongwith 3DS objects.
The plug-in can also generate advanced high quality rendering for sketchup models in 3D studio environment.
SimLab SketchUp Import Plugin is compatible with windows vista and windows XP operating system and it supports Autodesk 3D Studio Mac 2009 and 2010.
For non commercial applicatioin the plug-in is free but in order to apply for commercial purpose the user should possess a licence from SimLab Soft. The users can purchase a single license alongwith two activation codes to run the plug-in on your Desktop and NoteBook

CADspan plugin for Sketchup

With the help of CADspan plugin the sketchup users are able to generate solid, 3D printable geometry(STL files) from SketchUp model to perform a virtual 'shrink-wrap' . Files can be forwarded directly to the web application through the plugin.
The STL file is considered to be a single solid object available for 3D printing.
Cadspan Pro will make use of exported drawings from Sketchup, Revit, ArchiCAD, Rhino, 3dStudioMax, Bentley and others to produce files that will print on numerous 3D printing machines.
There is also a CADspan's 3D print thickness calculator that will figure out the proper amount of adjustment needed to make a model perfect for 3D printing.

Sketchup with energy modeling

Sketch is a great tool for architects and engineers to figure out the energy performance of a building early in the design stage.

Sketchup contains IES VE plug-ins(VE-Ware, VE-Toolkits VE-Gaia and VE-Pro) which facilitates sustainable & energy-efficient building design by analyzing a building’s energy performance, carbon dioxide emissions, daylighting, air flow, solar analysis etc. It can be used on new builds, refurbishment projects and in-use evaluation to answer key sustainable design questions.

With the help of sketchup architects and designers perform energy modeling and create concept models into their design process as early as possible.
The sketchup plug-ins helps designers and architects to categorize window size, room type, orientation, building location, and materials to take the multi-disciplinary decision making of an integrated design process.

The plug-ins also facilitate design iterations in the areas of energy, carbon, water, climate impact, solar and daylight analysis early in the design phase that leads to a low-cost, high quality solution for sustainable building.

Download SketchUp and installed the IES SketchUp Plug-In. After that build a new SketchUp model or start with one of IES’s models. You have to define the building’s location and function including its HVAC system, envelope, and the distribution of specific spaces all through the structure. The plug-in will then calculate its energy performance in contrast to an average U.S. building and to 2030 Challenge targets for that building type.


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VE Gaia - Sketchup Plugin

VE-Gaia, a new module debuting in the upcoming VE 6.0, creates revolution in building performance analysis. The plug-in contains a series of expandable bullet items that leads to perform specific building performance analyses through a logical workflow

The plug-in comes up with the power of IES analysis with the help of its step-by-step” smart navigation that includes a series of tasks ranging from advanced modeling, to energy/carbon analysis, to LEED and Green Star credit interrogation and report creation.

The plug-in can generate complex advanced simulations that facilitates designers to identify progress, control quality, iterate workflows, trigger simulations, filter results and produce automated visual and rich-text reports.

Project stakeholders get the ability to mould and explain the progress of the work within the framework supported by the Navigators.

The plug-in contains ‘notes’ and ‘date/user stamp’ functions which leads to quality assurance process to be exported for documentation purposes.
The plug-in can create quick, fruitful feedback from architectural models directly as it has direct linking with SketchUp™, Revit® and ArchiCAD®. Alongwith GBXML and DXF import functions the plug-in can input and manipulate appropriate building data within an integrated central data model.

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SketchUp V- ray is ideal for development of film productions and multi-million dollar game productions.

About V-ray
V-Ray is a rendering engine that is used as an extension of certain 3D computer graphics software.
The core developers of V-Ray are Vladimir Koylazov and Peter Mitev of Chaos Software production studio established in 1997, based in Sofia, Bulgaria.
It is a rendering engine that uses advanced techniques, for example global illumination algorithms such as path tracing, photon mapping & irradiance maps are directly computed global illumination. The use of these techniques often makes it preferable to conventional renders that are provided as standard with 3d software, and generally renders using this technique can appear more photo-realistic.

Use of V-ray
V-Ray is used in the development of film productions and multi-million dollar game productions.
It is also used extensively in making realistic 3D renderings for architecture.

Compatibility of V-ray
V-Ray is compatible with packages such as Sketchup, Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Rhino, True Space, Maxon Cinema 4d, Blender and Softimage XSI, and is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

V-ray for SketchUp
The power of V-Ray is now paired with one of the most easy to use modelers, SketchUp. V-Ray gives SketchUp users the freedom to express their sketchup models in completely new ways. With V-Ray users have the capability to take their ideas from conception to full realization.

Top studios all over the world use V-Ray
V-Ray's robust ray-tracing engine and vast array of materials give designers the ability to generate photorealistic images of outstanding quality. Top studios all over the world use V-Ray because of its rendering capabilities, making it the only rendering solution that will allow them to render at the time of designing.

V-Ray and Google's SketchUp
ASGVIS also developed the V-Ray rendering plug-in for Google's SketchUp, which works with both the free and pro versions of SketchUp 7. The latest build, version 01.48.66, released on February 10, 2010 and works on both PC and MAC OS platforms.

V-Ray for SketchUp Features:
• (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:
Windows XP, Minimum Hardware 600 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, 128 MB of available hard-disk space, 3D class Video Card with 128 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 1.5 or higher and up to date.
Windows Vista and Windows 7, Minimum Hardware 1 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB of total hard-disk space, 3D class Video Card with 256 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 1.5 or higher and up to date.

Mac OS X, Minimum Hardware 1 GHz PowerPC™ G4, 512 MB RAM, 160 MB of available hard-disk space, 3D class Video Card with 128 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 1.5 or higher and up to date, 3 button, and scroll-wheel mouse.

SketchUp users can efficiently incorporate the task of rendering with V-Ray
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.

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Twilight Render in Portuguese

Twilight Render is now available in Portuguese. Modelur now Available in French, German and Portuguese & Mac Version

downloadable link
http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1727

Twilight Render also announced, Version 1.3 of the rendering plugin for Google SketchUp.

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