If you want the selected material to be a light source other than the sun and sky, select this option and select 'On', then set the power of the light source along with the coverage angle. 'User Defined' and 'Light/Emitter' as described below. Now you can make changes to the selected material using one or more combination of the following. The selected material name will be displayed in the 'Raylectron Material Editor' window. Next, select a material from the 'Sketchup Materials' window, or use the Sketchup 'Sample paint' picker to directly select a material from your model. First, bring up the 'Raylectron Material Editor' (if not already opened) from the Sketchup 'View / Raylectron Render' menu.

Use Raylectron to turn a SketchUp model into a photorealistic render or animation.It is very easy to apply some styles to your materials. Raylectron has lots of entries on its list of features. Access Raylectron from SketchUp and from its own interface. Raylectron works with 32 as well as 64-bit versions of Windows. That is, in a nutshell, the functionality you can expect to get from Raylectron. Use a SketchUp model as your basis to create stunning images and animations. Check the gallery out to see what can be done with Raylectron. On said website you will also find a gallery of renders created with the application. Video tutorials that will help you get started with Raylectron are available on the application’s official website. Please note that the trial version of Raylectron will put a watermark on your render. When you’re done working on your model, turn it into a photorealistic render or animation. From Raylectron’s interface you can rotate the model, zoom in and out, pan, view a wire mesh mode, load an environment map as a background, set network slaves, play with the lighting, change material properties, and more. Then you must take your SketchUP model and load it into Raylectron. From this floating toolbar you can export all images/textures, create a mesh, create an IcoSphere, and more. Raylectron will be displayed as a floating toolbar on SketchUp’s interface. Again, I remind you that you need to have SketchUP installed on your PC for Raylectron to work.įirst up, you should launch SketchUp and load a model to render. Several versions of the Microsoft-developed operating system are supported: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

And so we get to the second thing you need to know about Raylectron: this is a tool that you can use to turn a SketchUp model into a photorealistic render or animation. The first thing you need to know is that Raylectron is a plugin for 3D modeling program SketchUP so you need SketchUp if you want to access Raylectron’s functionality.

Raylectron setup in sketchup