OctaneRender for SketchUp is out

[fuzzybro]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce that OctaneRender integrated plugin for SketchUp is finally out.

Check out the overview and the manual here:
http://render.otoy.com/manuals/Sketchup/

Purchase page is here:
http://render.otoy.com/shop/sketchup_plugin.php

OctaneRender Team would like to thank all the testers who patiently participated in the development of this plugin and made things happen.

Happy rendering!

fuzzybro
OctaneRender Team

[happymilk]

Finally! Good news
I've bought the plugin. It's quite complete to be a beta.
I hope it will in the future also the tonal response

[pimpuppy]

Thank you for the great news.

One noob question ....
Is there a possibility to render animations directly in Sktchup now? I have not seen this in the Sketchup plugin manual.
If yes, then are there any limitations?

Thank you.
pimpuppy

[Quarr-IT]

that's great news, but can you test it before purchase?

[ahhhchuen]

Hi OTOY,

Bought immediately and tried.

Major comment:

1. no double side material
2. no scene animation output
3. geometry conversion slow (>1min for 40M model)
4. some component/group only visible in octane viewport after exploded
5. section view not supported (for your info: Visualizer can, Shaderlight cannot)
6. no octane light

Anyway, great plugin. Especially the concept to keep UI simple and translate SU materials.

My primary concern is what I can do traditionally in scene transition animation can be replicated via Octane.

It will be greater if OTOY can repond to this.

Thanks OTOY.

ahhhchuen

[fuzzybro]

Finally! Good news
I've bought the plugin. It's quite complete to be a beta.
I hope it will in the future also the tonal response

Hi happymilk,

Thanks for the interest in the plugin!
I'll add tonal response shortly.

Fuzzy

[fuzzybro]

Thank you for the great news.

One noob question ....
Is there a possibility to render animations directly in Sktchup now? I have not seen this in the Sketchup plugin manual.
If yes, then are there any limitations?

Thank you.
pimpuppy

Hi pimpuppy,

At this stage there is no animation support. Beta testers asked me to add animation rendering between Pages (aka Scenes). I have this feature on the roadmap. Is that what you are asking about?

Cheers,
Fuzzy

[fuzzybro]

that's great news, but can you test it before purchase?

Hi mate,

I'm working on a demo version but have no exact date of release so it can take a while.
There are going to be plenty of video reviews, check them out.

Thanks,
Fuzzy

[fuzzybro]

Hi ahhhchuen,

1. no double side material

Yes, it is for memory limit sake. OctaneRender doesn't support double-sided materials, so in order to support them all double-sided geometry have to be duplicated which result in significant memory footprint. Sketchup is a x86 application and already very limited on memory. Wait for x64 plugin version where the issue would be addressed.

2. no scene animation output

Could you please give some details on that? What do you mean?

3. geometry conversion slow (>1min for 40M model)

Example scene please. Export time depends on the scene complexity.

4. some component/group only visible in octane viewport after exploded

Might happen. Please provide test scene for this issue to be resolved.

5. section view not supported (for your info: Visualizer can, Shaderlight cannot)

What do you mean by selection view? Examples please.

6. no octane light

What's Octane Light? Octane Supports Environment lights (Image Based Textures, Daylight Env, Textures) and Emission Materials which are supported in the plugin.

Thanks!

Fuzzy

[ahhhchuen]

Hi fuzzybro,

1. maybe duplicate geometry "on the fly" and reclaim memory after loaded into GPU?

2. page transition - you replied it already

3. refer attachment

4. refer attachment

5. not "selection", sectioned model using the "section plane" tool in SU

6. IES light like those I found in 3dsmax plugin

Below is what can be done just use SU native scene (page) transition without any plugin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khsFvyXLe-Q

Hope we can do it with Octane.

Thank you for your effort and patience.

ahhhchuen