Sketchup Plugin Review

Thea for SketchUp is a combination of powerful rendering engines of Thea with the simplicity of SketchUp. Having biased, unbiased and interactive render modes (GPU support soon-to-be-available as well) at your fingertips, inside SketchUp, is an joyful experience. The plugin lets you enrich your models with highly detailed three dimensional content, breaking old limitations related to handled model complexity.

Thea for SketchUp Main Features:

• Instancing of External Models (as Proxies)

• Point (Omni/Spot/IES), Area & Environmental Lighting

• Advanced Camera Settings

• Integrated & External Thea Material Editor

• Darkroom with Multiple Controls and Render Channels

• Cross-Platform (MS Windows / Mac OSX)

• Saving Thea Settings with SketchUp Scenes

• Export of SketchUp Scene to Thea Studio

Download for Windows

System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/8, SSE2 CPU, SketchUp 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 (Free or Pro)

Download for MacOSX

System Requirements: MacOSX 10.5 and above, Intel CPU, SketchUp 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 (Free or Pro)

Download Manual

Download manual of Thea for SketchUp.

Superior Image Quality

In every work involving visualization, the natural way of lighting and physically correct materials play the most important role. Thea Render light simulation and our unique material system ensure that all your images will take advantage of these essential qualities. No matter whether you render a simple interior design or a detailed product presentation with complex materials the image will tell a whole story for itself. You can focus on your artistic expression while Thea will take care of the final result.