How to use both sketchup & Artlantis for realistic rendering work

Artlantis facilitates the SketchUp Pro users to add 3D photo naturalistic rendering to their projects With Artlantis, the sketchup pro users get the ability to develop and apply pragmatism to their SketchUp Pro models involving 3D objects and textures. The users can texture their models through greater resolution shaders to have a very rational effect and then arrange their scene with various light sources according to their choices.

The sketchup and Artlantis will work in tandem in a mutual way to accomplish even the most challenging projects and transform your presentation to the next level.

Artlantis can derive the following from any SketchUp Pro model:

• The geometry

• Mapped textures and colorsto define separate finishings

• The sun with the coordinates already been installed in SketchUp Pro

• Camera positions -- namely, each Page is transferred to an autonomous Perspective view.
  The export process will produce a Artlantis .atl file as well as some .jpg files if there exist any textures characterized in the model.

Step 1 : Modeling in SketchUp Pro: Initially, initiate to model any project with SketchUp Pro. Just model the structure and only a few details and apply Artlantis to establish the whole scene.

N.B.: Be careful in producing the model; get rid of reversed faces! Amid positive and negative sides of surfaces Artlantis will explicate the positive one only for all the time. Once the face is reserved, any discrimination or mapped texture will be dispersed.

Step 2 : Export SketchUp Pro to Artlantis: By the use of plug-in Artlantis export, it is possible to generate an Artlantis file (.atl). Select File / Export / 3D model and then choose Artlantis Render Studio (ATL) from the format's list.

Expose the Option dialog box and there will be two seperate ways to export a model to Artlantis.

• Selection Only
• Use Layers

N.B. : Always chalk up the layer where the contents of a group placed to get rid of the issue at the time of exporting as the group may be situated in Layer A and its contents in Layer B and here the color of Layer B will be assigned to the whole group.

Step 3 : Set your scene with Artlantis: Open the .atl file generated through Sketch'Up Pro in Artlantis. Insert texture, lights and objects into the scene to make it completely real looking.

Step 4 : Update the file in SketchUp Pro: In case the users want to modify the model, the Artlantis data will be preserved.

To do this, initially edits the model in SketchUp Pro. After making the necessary modification, just generate a new Artlantis file. The method is identical with Step 2.

Reiterate the operation, but ensure to alter the file name so that the first Artlantis file should not be overwritten.

Step 5 : Update the file in Artlantis: After that, just open the new .Atl file in Artlantis and then opt for File/Use reference file.

A new dialogue will be visible. Now choose the location of your old .atl file already been created and pick it. There will be several options; the users can transmit from the first Artlantis file into the second one. Initially, recover all shaders of the first scene in a new one.

Choose this option.

Then the users can have the option to retrieve all the information from the first file. Here choose all options for recover. Then press on OK. The new file will be updated with the data from the first version.

Link for download Artlantis plugin.

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Trimble initiates a free access to Sketchup Pro 2015 for all the K12 schools in Hawaii, USA

Trimble together with Maui Economic Development Board’s Women in Technology (WIT) is providing an exclusive opportunity for all K12 public, private and charter schools in Hawaii states of USA to access the most updated version of sketchup software alias SketchUp Pro software (2015) at free of cost.

The Women in Technology Project is a statewide proposal of the Maui Economic Development Board, partly supported by the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education, and Agriculture to improve the skills of the workforce.

With Sketchup Pro, the students will be able to start from the very beginning to import sketches, CAD plans, photos, aerial imagery and other accessible data into a project. By applying the The Pro’s superior modeling tools of Sketchup Pro, the students can easily generate 3D renderings and export them to other 3d modeling programs afterward.

With the combination of STEMworks™ and software like SketchUp Pro, students get the ability to use the identical industry standard tools recognized now-a-days by the architects, designers, builders and engineers. There will be significant divergence in the workflow of the students as they can apply their vital thinking and project based learning capabilities for the real world solution for 3d modeling communities.

With this alliance of MEDB-Trimble, the students from the eligible local schools can access the more dominant and feature-rich Pro version through a short, online survey form.

All the public, charter, and private educators of Hawaii can go through the following linkwww.surveymonkey.com/s/SketchUpPro2015 to finish the survey. A code will then be sent to set up the software.

For any further queries on the distribution procedures as well as getting more updates about STEMworks™, contact Isla Young at 875-2307 or email isla@medb.org.

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How to set up Sketchup Pro 2015 - An online demonstration

Sketchup Pro 2015 has multiple applications which can be found in architecture, construction, engineering, commercial interiors, lightweight construction, landscape architecture, kitchen and your bathroom, planning, design games, film and stage, wood, and several other fields.

One can use it for sketching lines and shapes as well as push and pull surfaces to convert these into 3D shapes. Apply it for whatever activities you want to perform like Stretch, copy, rotate, and paint do. Besides, one can use it for CAD modeling and field data, photographs or even sketches of your hand. Create models through custom behaviors and attributes.

LayOut in SketchUp Pro facilitates the users to insert model views to pages, select drawing scales, fine-tune line weights and insert dimensions, callouts and graphics. All the modifications to the model are reproduced automatically in LayOut.

With SketchUp Pro, one can tag groups and components by industry standard classification types. Afterward, geo-locate any model for shadow analyzing and site context. Make the components valuable by adding data attributes or programming functions.

Scenes facilitate the users to preserve model for future usages. Styles provide infinite visual effects to make your perfect. Generate section views through the cutting section planes with templates.

Watch an informative video presented by Quick install that will provide step-by-step guidelines to set up Trimble Sketchup Pro 2015.

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www.sketchup4architect.com

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