Maxwell Render for Google SketchUp - Interview with the folks behind this new release

We recently had the oportunity to throw a few questions at some of the team working behind the scenes at Next Limit Technologies, to see what is so different about this rendering plug-in. Why choose Maxwell for Google SketchUp?…

SketchUp Talk - the latest new SketchUp forum to hit the Net!

From the folks at Sketchup UR Space...

Maxwell Render For Google SketchUp Competition

Next Limit Technologies proudly presents the Maxwell for Google SketchUp render competition! We are offering thousands of dollars worth of prizes including an iPad, cameras, Maxwell Render licenses and much more! Entries in by 23rd December 2011...

Official Google SketchUp Blog: Announcing the 2012 Google Model Your Town Competi...

Official Google SketchUp Blog: Announcing the 2012 Google Model Your Town Competi...: Following the success of last year’s Google Model Your Town competition, today we're launching the second Google Model Your Town Competitio...

Official Google SketchUp Blog: How do you make ideas real with SketchUp?

Official Google SketchUp Blog: How do you make ideas real with SketchUp?: Every week, two million people use SketchUp to breathe life into their ideas. The resulting 3D models get made into houses and schools , m...

New renderer just released Maxwell for SketchUp

Maxwell for Google SketchUp is a self contained (standalone) package- it contains its own render engine designed for and fully integrated into SketchUp. No other application is launched when you render your scene, neither does it require export to any external application. So, besides the easy to use features of the plugin itself, there are no new interfaces to learn!

Breaking News - SU Animate V4 released

SU Animate is an non-photo-realistic, animation plug-in for Google SketchUp 7 or 8, Windows or Mac, Pro of Free. This application works inside SketchUp and automatically creates scenes that you can play as an animation in SketchUp or export to an AVI or MOV video file. Read more here.

New release version of LightUp for SketchUp

Adam Billyard has just announced his latest new version of LightUp, which is available in free demo and retail form (PC and Mac). Adam has recently contributed some great tutorials to us and his latest release of LightUp ver.2.3 now boasts:

• Realtime planar reflections (ideal for floors, glazing),
• Realtime sun shadows,
• 30% performance boost,
• Supports 24 core rendering 
• IES lights starter pack

Looks good Adam!