Turn a SketchUp view into a photoreal render
Adds Send to VotexArch under SketchUp’s Extensions menu, plus a toolbar button. It exports the current view and opens VotexArch on the workspace tab you picked, which is the fastest route from a SketchUp model to a photoreal still.
Exports the current SketchUp view to a PNG you choose the location for, then opens VotexArch on your chosen tab.
SketchUp has a proper Ruby extension API, so this is the most conventional install of the set — a signed .rbz you open with SketchUp’s own Extension Manager, exactly like any other extension you have added.
Getting it installed
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Download the .rbz
A standard SketchUp extension package — no unzipping required.
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Install it
Double-click the file, or in SketchUp go to Extensions → Extension Manager → Install Extension and pick it.
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Find it in the menu
Send to VotexArch appears under the Extensions menu, plus a VotexArch toolbar you can enable from View → Toolbars if it is not already showing.
Before you start
Newly released. If you hit any friction getting it installed, email support@votexarch.com and we will help you sort it out.
No SketchUp to hand?
Every tool works by uploading an image directly — the plugin only saves you the trip.
Other integrations
What to do with the view once it is in
Specific workflows that start from this plugin's export.
- Your SketchUp model reads as a diagram, and the client sees a diagramRenders
- SketchUp scene tabs are not a walkthrough, and clients can tellWalkthroughs
- The SketchUp model looks finished, and the printer still refuses it3D Print Prep
- The client approved a precedent photo, and wants the SketchUp scheme to matchStyle Match
- Too early for a render: the SketchUp model needs to look like a sketchSketch & Presentation