Altair has developed Thea Render for SketchUp as a rendering tool that allows users to integrate real-time rendering and design visualization into their design workflow within SketchUp. It effectively blends the user’s imagination with the computer’s capability.
Altair – Thea Render Features
- Interactive Rendering: Achieve instant feedback and make adjustments with real-time rendering within SketchUp.
- Proxy Models: Add and edit complex models significantly easier where only the materials need to be changed interactively.
- Relight Editor: Modifying the light settings after rendering can simulate multiple lighting effects from a single image.
- Fog and Cloud Presets: Volumetric clouds and fog can be used as effects added to the scene for more detail and realism.
- Diverse Point Lights: Real-time point lights, including spotlights and IES lights, can be controlled and adjusted.
- Advanced Material Editor: Materials can be created quickly, and the user can control the different levels of complexity.
- Content Browser: Various materials and models from the community and locally can be accessed.
- Section Cuts: Cuts through the structure can be visualized with the surrounding interior lighting remaining intact.
Thea Render for SketchUp Overview
Image 1: Quickly select and render a specific region of the SketchUp view, providing ultra-fast feedback for complex scenery.
Image 2: Relight generates limitless photos from a single render.
