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I know your 2 weeks are up but just in case you're still looking for a plugin that's easy to use, you can try out Ambient Occlusion for Sketchup. It's easy to use and makes renders quickly. Hope you got what you needed.

I would also recommend SketchUp. From the name itself, it's pretty much like drawing. Also, for beginners like you there's a whole archive of 3d models to download and use to decorate/enhance your scene. Once you get comfortable you can try Sketchup extensions like Ambient Occlusion to get photorealistic renderings. It's very user-friendly and fast but gives you a lot of options.

Hello there! Take a look at Ambient Occlusion and SketchFX for simple projects. You can find them here. Ambient Occlusion makes it easier to do photorealistic 3d renderings and SketchFX lets you cartoon, pencil, watercolor and other styles. Plus they have other features for rendering like camera effects that might give you your desired output. Good luck!

Hello Rita! If you're thinking of exploring SketchUp maybe you can give Ambient Occlusion and SketchFx a shot. These are SketchUp render plugins, very easy and has many great features for your projects. Users can easily manipulate the mapping by simply drag and drop plus it also has it's built-in camera effects. Goodluck!

If you're looking for the best balance of cost and features, then I think SketchUp is your best option. 3DS is the standard for a reason, but it's value depends on how detailed and complex your models will be. The same goes for the rendering software you use. If you want to generate renders quickly and don't want anything complicated, then look at the SketchUP extensions from Fluid Interactive. Full disclaimer: this is my company. But the Ambient Occlusion and SketchFX will both give you good looking renders.

Max+Vray is the standard for a reason, but it can be costly and it could be more than you need depending on your market. If you're looking for cost effective and pretty easy to learn software, then start with SketchUp for modeling - it's got a large community and a lot of training materials and a decent free version (Make). I'm biased, but take a look at FluidRay for rendering - it integrates with SketchUp, Rhino and has scripts for Max.

Were you able to get the file open? It sounds like your system doesn't have enough memory. You could try exporting the Obj file and then rendering in something else.

Starting from today, FluidRay RT real-time renderer is been offered as subscription service, with price starting as low as $9.99 / month. Offering FluidRay RT as a subscription will have great advantages for end users, such as: Lower initial costs You pay only when you need it Seamless upgrades Existing customers will still receive all the upcoming 1.x upgrades for free. Check out the subscription details here .

FluidRay RT 1.2.0 released, you can get it here. This release has a series of bug fixes and speed improvements, and most of all, includes an integration plugin for Luxology Modo, both Windows and Mac. Check out the Modo Integration Video here.

We just released FluidRay RT 1.1.5, you can get it here: http://www.fluidray.com This version brings a ton of exciting new features, focusing both on usability and performance: Updated ray-tracing engine to Embree 2.5.1, resulting in much improved performance .STL format support, widely used in jewellery design and product design Camera import Objects are imported as separate entities when importing scenes (possibility to move or delete them individually) Instance importing Much improved .FBX import, greately enhancing the process of exporting from 3dsmax / Maya and importing in FluidRay Bigger and much faster material/texture preview in the Browser Background image opacity Objects can emit light also non-uniformly, based on a texture Much easier normal map import as regular textures Vertical/Horizontal shift/tilt for cameras Mixing different environments together Increased responsiveness of Outliner and Graph Editor, especially when loading complex scenes Shade 15 integration support Increased available memory Bug fixes

FluidRay RT 1.1.4 has just been released, you can find it here. In this version: Much improved interface, easier navigation, new spinners for edit, slicker attribute editor look Ability to specify a background image in the renderer File size reduced to 1/3, much faster loads New Glossy Diffuse Translucent material for better simulating organic objects such as leaves and skin New Glossy Diffuse material to simulate a broader range of effects Much faster SketchUp integration, now supporting alpha transparency Integration plugins now save much less data, making the files much smaller New demo scene Improved object manipulators Speed improvements Major bug fixes

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FluidRay RT renderer SketchUp integration plugin released! You can find it here. You can now render photo-realistic images using FluidRay RT directly from inside SketchUp.

We just released FluidRay RT 1.1.1. You can find it here In this version: Improved convergence speed and reduced fireflies Fixed a bug causing some freezes in the Rhino integration plugin Possibility to import multiple textures to the library at once Possibility to import multiple HDRI environment maps to the library at once

We just released FluidRay RT 1.1, you can find it here. What's new: - Improved convergence speed - Ability to hide objects/materials - Zoom extend selected - Major bug fixes