Sets the IOR (index of refraction) of the material, such as glass, water and plastic. Sets the amount of light that is reflected off the surface. It can also be used without refraction, but in real life, any transparent material do produce some refraction. Sets the amount of light that can go through the object when using refraction such as in glasses and plastics. They are not directly reflective, but they are shinny. Such object are bathtubs and wood floors for example. It works on different principals to produce real shininess rather than being reflective. This is not like pure reflection but similar. Set how shiny a material is by using its IOR (index of reflection). The higher the number, the less polish the surface will be.

Set the texture irregularity of the material. For example, to make a mirror, set the Reflection to 1 for 100% reflective. This is the option you will most likely use. If you leave it in the 'Off' position, this selected material will not emit any light when rendering your model. If you want the selected material to be a light source other than the sun and sky, select this option and select 'On', then set the power of the light source along with the coverage angle. 'User Defined' and 'Light/Emitter' as described below. Now you can make changes to the selected material using one or more combination of the following. The selected material name will be displayed in the 'Raylectron Material Editor' window. Next, select a material from the 'Sketchup Materials' window, or use the Sketchup 'Sample paint' picker to directly select a material from your model. First, bring up the 'Raylectron Material Editor' (if not already opened) from the Sketchup 'View / Raylectron Render' menu. Click on the Raylectron toolbar icon to start the process.It is very easy to apply some styles to your materials. Select a model of choice from 3D Warehouse (you can download the model used in this tutorial if you wish from the 3D Warehouse). Open SketchUp and click the Get Models icon. Software used in this tutorial is Raylectron V3 and the 3D Warehouse model is the Grey House by Paul Palamara (also known as Paulwall on 3D Warehouse).ġ. On completion of this tutorial you should be able to achieve similar renders from your own SketchUp models, and all within minutes. The tutorial will show you how to load a model from the 3D Warehouse and make a simple render of a house using an environment map, change a few materials, including the glass. Though software specific, this tutorial will give the render newbie, some idea of what is basically involved and how simple it really is to create a nice 3D render with little fuss. This tutorial is ideal for anyone rendering for the first time and wanting to get a simple insight into some extremely good reasonably priced software.

Render a Simple Outdoor Scene with Raylectron

Raylectron setup in sketchup