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progresses: changes made to one component will be reflected in all the
instances of that component.
• UsingthefreeversionofSketchUportheSketchUpViewerapplication,
the model can be sent quickly and easily to the client to evaluate the
project's progress.
• SketchUpandArtlantis(aphotorealisticrenderingapplication)work
synergistically with each other. Artlantis is able to create extremely
realistic images, thanks to a lighting model based on real-world
physics, its ability to produce realistic-looking materials, and its tools
for compositing a 3D model onto a site photograph (one of the
stipulations of competition entry). Using Artlantis you move from
SketchUp's somewhat hand-drawn rendering style into a new world of
photorealism.
• Thepipelinebetweenthetwoprogramsfunctionsparticularlywell.
You do not have to completely finish your modeling in SketchUp before
you can carry out your first test renders in Artlantis. Artlantis can also
add realism to the project with its library of objects such as street
furniture, trees and vegetation, vehicles, people, etc. Also, changes
made to the original SketchUp model can be easily passed on to the
Artlantis project.
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Frédéric Blanc: “SketchUp is used in a large number of projects in
my work, since it's a modeling tool completely unlike traditional
modelers.”
“The fact that you are always working in 3D, that you can explore the model
from every angle using a simple flick of the mouse, that you don't have a
screen cluttered up with complex dialog boxes, that you can edit geometry
simply by moving faces, that you can construct on top of already existing
geometry.…SketchUp's ability to pick up inferences from geometry and use
them to guide your modeling makes working with the program simple and
intuitive. Also, SketchUp's signature, hand-drawn rendering style lends an
approachable aspect to the models.”
“I mostly use SketchUp's basic toolset; plug-ins are rarely used. The features of
the program I use most are groups, components and layers.”
“Artlantis is used as a complement to SketchUp. You could almost describe
it as the SketchUp of the rendering world. It can import almost any
3D format and can produce high-quality renders quickly and easily. One
of its great advantages is its ability to control and display the changes
to lighting and material effects in real time in a preview window, and at
a quality close to that of the final render. This cuts down greatly on the
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