SketchUp & V-Ray

After 10 years designing and rendering with the same software I finally switched to SketchUp and V-Ray because they also perform good on a Mac while the old software only worked on Windows which also runs on a Mac but is not what you want.

I switched software before so I didn’t expect it to be a big deal, but I could not have been be more wrong, SketchUp & V-Ray turned out to work in a totally different universe than I was used to. After a few weeks of tutorials, trial & error and a lot of cursing, I was asking myself if I made the right choice, but after finding the right tutorials things slowly started to look ok, and after that better and better, and now a few months later I’ve designed & visualized a restaurant, a stand, snow landscapes with dieselpunk machines for a video and a villa, and can’t wait to try out new things.

So a big hooray for Youtube tutorials, without them I would have been lost.

Not only do the renderings look very good but I’ve also regained my fun in designing.

Here are some renderings of my first efforts with SketchUp & V-Ray

 

 

Design and renderings of the hospitality area of a Casa Systems stand for SDK Exhibits.

 

 

Concept design and renderings for Madame Cheng, a contemporary Chinese restaurant with a clubby atmosphere for Hospitality Cowboys.

 

 

Design & renderings of a villa just for the fun of it.

 

 

 

 

Designs and renderings of snow landscapes with dieselpunk tanks and airships for a Wasteland video installation.

 

 

 

The fun thing with Youtube tutorials is that can learn something new every day if you like.

So here are some links to SketchUp & V-Ray tutorials that I found very helpful:

 

For starters the SketchUp channel on Youtube where you can find everything useful for SketchUp

https://www.youtube.com/user/SketchUpVideo/playlists

 

Chaos Group, the Manufacturer of V-Ray has a series of basic lessons where you can learn the basics of rendering with Vray

https://www.chaosgroup.com/education/vray-sketchup-courseware/assets

https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray/sketchup/tutorial-videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/ChaosGroupTV/playlists?sort=dd&view=50&shelf_id=17

 

Justin Geis with his SketchUp Essentials channel on youtube has made a whole series of  easy to follow and enlightening video tutorials for SketchUp & V-Ray

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJafTeHBrRBL9tS-S-kRbpw

 

CADez is the Dutch reseller of SketchUp & V-Ray.

https://www.cadez.nl