Instant renders for FREE with Trimble Connect Visualizer

If you have ever wanted a quick, easy-to-use rendering tool for SketchUp, then Aaron has something you will want to look at! Check out Trimble Connect Visualizer, available for free from the Extension Warehouse!

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[mkamback]

Excellent demo Aaron! Been dragging my feet on updating to 2023', but I think this convinced me to jump into it. I work for an architectural firm that I think will greatly appreciate this tool. This seems to be a suitable alternative to V-Ray when working on a project where the budget won't allow us to create a full photo realistic rendering. Props to Trimble

[khawajataha]

Great extension for clay renders. ❤
I'm gonna try this first thing in the morning.

[kristofszigeti]

The material rendering topic (in trimble connect) could be a huge topic. Do you have a comprehensive video in this topic? thanks anyway, nice shirt ;)

[keggyification]

Thanks Aaron, I currently use Twinmotion for my rendering but I can see me using this for quick and dirty renders to get ideas across in real-time as Twinmotion can take a while to set up (especially as I'm still learning it)

[marakony]

It would be great if SketUp View had this extension.

[PemboDave]

Great quick overview - thanks Aaron - well done

[bradmeacham]

Gave Visualizer a quick shot using my Roll Off Observatory model. There are two tags that are used to show the roof structure in either its closed or opened positions. The main working view has the closed roof position tag on and the open roof position tag turned off. Unfortunately, Visualizer did not honor the turned off tag and rendered the model with the roof visible in both positions. Not necessarily a fatal issue since I could just work on a copy of the model and delete to opened roof, but I did find Visualizer's tag visibility behavior a bit odd.

[ADSWR]

This is similar to V-Ray Screen Space render when the model hasn't been render ready but I don't see a good reason to use this over the other free rendering engines out there that do a better job. It would make more sense to integrate this within SketchUp from upcoming versions to remove the additional step of going to the plugin store.

[jcsfx]

can you add sky domes? and textures? and how do you export animations?

[kasinside]

Will it work on meta quest 3 VR ? because then its a bit better rendering, shadows etc. for presentation, than you can get in Sketchup extension for meta quest. As I see it

[carloscontreras]

hi, we can still use the outlines for rendering? like for giving a cartoon style...

[seanmorris]

i downloaded it but when i click the visualizer it attempts to export the view but nothing opens/renders. I'm working on a mac 12.4 moneterrey with sketcuhp version 23.0.418

[mortenmeiling]

Is i possible to download some kind of manual?

[pcatful]

In general does not look as good as the original Visualizer, which has reflections and some control of SU materials. The background looks bad. The post-pro features are a plus though, especially the shadow and DOF control. Also the ability to control brightness. The original Visualizer suffered from excess color bleed (from one material reflecting to another), without any way to tone down. This looks quick though not integrated fully with SketchUp.

[LarsNielsen]

Jeg bruger VRay, så det ville ikke være noget jeg ville bruge. Men det er meget nemt at bruge, så prøv det....😊