Rendering your SketchUp model in Shaderlight

 


The Shaderlight is an impressive rendering plugin for the SketchUp software. The design interface of this SketchUp plugin is clean and straightforward. The users can access the free version of this SketchUp plugin. In addition, the video tutorial regarding the use of this SketchUp plugin is also available for the users, which can be easily followed.

The Shaderlight plugin is available for Windows. The design professionals are allowed to create stunning visualisations with the help of the Shaderlight plugin. This Shaderlight plugin features real-world design materials and renderings for animation work, which can be visualised along with the Shaderlight Cloud Viewer.

Key components of the Shaderlight Plugin

Shaderlight toolbar

There are several design features offered by the SketchupFX Ex extension for the SketchUp software, which are as follows:

Shaderlight toolbar

After activating the Shaderlight toolbar, users can access several icons from the Shaderlight toolbar. In the Shaderlight toolbar, there is a render button through which users can start their renderings. The materials menu in the Shaderlight toolbar enables users to modify the design properties of the models. The lighting menu from the Shaderlight toolbar enables users to set up the lighting features, and the settings button of the Shaderlight toolbar helps to manage the general settings of the design model.

Start rendering button

The start rendering button is the first button of the Shaderlight toolbar. This button looks like a camera. This start rendering button helps to open a new window for the users, which enables the users to start their rendering process.

Render animation button

The render animation button enables users to render realistic images, thus creating rendered animation.

Material editor button

This button can be used by the users to apply different design properties to different materials.

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