IRender nXt features seamless SketchUp integration, lighting presets, material and component libraries, and HDRI skies. Interior & exterior rendering.
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This means that the IRender settings are stored in the SketchUp model, so you do not have to make changes if you reload the model, or for subsequent renderings of the same model.
Rendering settings and rendering functions are all available from a SketchUp toolbar.
The Presets lets you choose predefined settings for the most common lighting situations.
There are a lot of settings to create special lighting effects. The presets make it easier to get a good rendering without having to make all the setting manually.
Incorporate the effects of reflected light, such as the reflected cove lighting above this suspended ceiling.
Indirect Lighting refers to the IRender nXt feature of processing light reflected from mirrors and other surfaces.
This creates a realistic lighting effect which improves with each successive rendering pass. Indirect should be used with most interiors scenes to soften the lighting effects.
Auto Reflection makes materials reflective by using a matching word pattern method in the material name. The reflection values for intensity, sharpness, index of refraction, and bump are preset, so reflection values for materials do not have to be individually set.
For example, you can specify that all material names that match the pattern "steel" will be 90% reflective and metallic.
Any assigned materials with names that match the list of patterns, and for which you have not already set specific reflection values, will render with the preset reflection values from Auto Reflection.
(If you do set reflection values for an assigned material, your settings will override the Auto Material settings.)
the Light Balancer is an important new feature of IRender nXt which lets you quickly adjust light sources.
By assigning channels to sun, sky, and groups of lights, you can quickly adjust the intensity of each channel with a slidebar and immediately see the effect on the final rendering.
You can quickly adjust the intensity of each channel with a slide bar and immediately see the effect on the final rendering. This will saves time both in determining the relative intensities to use for light sources and in fine tuning the final image before publication.
Self Glow illuminates a surface as if it had light shining on it, without actually making it a light.
For objects which you want to appear bright, but which don't need to illuminate other objects, this is much faster than making lights out of them.
HDRi skies for background, illumination and/or reflection
HDRi Skies are special images to represent skies which contain extra information about intensities of the colors.
HDRi (high dynamic range imaging)is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRi is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.
IRender nXt offers support for HDRi Skies - used as visible skies, as sky reflections and for illumination from the Sky.
a special transparent face placed over an exterior opening or window which causes exterior light to be processed better.
The left half image on the left has a normal (non-Daylight Portal) opening. It took hundreds of passes to resolve properly. The right half has openings marked as Daylight Portals. The lighting looked this good after just a few passes.
Keep vertical lines parallel while panning the view.
Perspective views set in SketchUp are rendered properly in IRender nXt - This makes your exterior view more realistic.
Create PDF is a feature to create an interactive 3D PDF Presentation using your model and your Rendered Image.
Both the 3D Model and the Rendered Image are displayed on the first page of the PDF file, with a set of buttons for the user to choose between the two.
How to use it
Render your model, and use the Save Image icon on the toolbar to load the Save Image Wizard.
