Although many SketchUp users use it as their only 3D modelling and Construction Drawing package, there are a significant number of users who user another CAD package – such as AutoCAD or Revit – for construction documents, but have discovered that SketchUp is much easier and much faster for creating 3D prototypes of designs.

Our studies have shown that more than 50% of the professional firms who use a traditional CAD system also use SketchUp for creation of 3D visualizations and prototypes.

SketchUp Rendering

SketchUp includes good, basic renderings of your models and lets you visualize them as you create them in full 3D.

PhotoRealistic Rendering

You can create much more effective presentations by adding a PhotoRealistic rendering Add-on or Plugin to SketchUp and using it to produce much better renderings.

These add-ons  many of which are referenced on this site -  can produce very, very good renderings. But more importantly, many of them can produce very good renderings with a minimum of setup time. Even if you aren’t a rendering expert you can product good renderings out of the box – and them improve them as you take advantage of additional features and settings.

How to use Renderings to improve your sales and profits

This site will give you some good examples of what can be done, and some ideas about how to get started.

First take a look at some of the Examples and Case Studies.

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Then select a renderer from the Plugins page and take advantage of the 30 day free trial.