Thus, the process of editing a SketchUp material starts with selecting the material in the Materials tray, as shown below.Įnscape material editor based on selected SketchUp material And to that end, anything we can set in the primary authoring tool, SketchUp in this case, such as selecting a texture, Enscape uses that information rather than creating duplicate functionality. The great thing about Enscape is its emphasis on simplicity. But, as we will see in a moment, it can look much better!

Just using the default settings from the SketchUp material, the table looks nice.

Let’s start with the wood material on the dining room table in our current project. Take a look at this guide if you'd like a more comprehensive guide to getting started with Enscape for SketchUp.Įnscape toolbar within SketchUp Woodgrain and finish The Enscape tools may also be accessed from the Extensions menu. From Enscape 3.0, many of the tools are located within the Enscape real-time render window, so there is only one toolbar in SketchUp. Drag the toolbar to dock it adjacent to other toolbars as shown in the image below. Once Enscape is installed, the Enscape toolbar can be made visible by right-clicking on a visible toolbar and selecting Enscape. This model has interesting spaces to explore and includes a number of high-quality textures. If you want to try the concepts covered in this article, consider downloading the free SketchUp sample project provided by Enscape. What used to take hours to render and look decent in our old software, now takes seconds and looks remarkable using Enscape. It is truly amazing, the level of realism we can achieve with so little effort and with blazing fast speeds. These include wood, fabric, and foliage to name a few.

This post will cover the creation and management of photorealistic textures and materials. I previously wrote a post on using Enscape with SketchUp which covered light sources.

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