Start Options

Start Options ( )- for IRender start-up.

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Save Options Values

Saves the defaults from the Setup Wizard as User Defaults - to be used for new models, or in a File which you can manually load into other models.

Load Options Values

• User Defaults - reload the last user default you saved.
• File - reload saved defaults from a file
• JPG File - load defaults from a JPG file of a previous rendering
• Batch - load defaults from a Batch Folder
• Load Factory Defaults - reloads all defaults and other values to their original setting.
• Change Default Settings - changes to defaults for small, medium and large rendering size.

Other Functions

• Check for Updates - load the download page to see if a new version is available.
• Customize Toolbar - define the icons you want to display on the Toolbar. See: IRender Toolbar Setup
• License - load the License and Authorization dialog.
• Support - load a special dialog of additional settings. - Use if you have been requested to try special settings by Customer Support.
• About - load the About dialog. - information about the IRender version

Other Settings

• Automatically load IRender toolbar and function to automatically load the IRender toolbar and application whenever you start a SketchUp session.

• If you do not automatically load the application, then you need to select IRender: Load from the SketchUp plugins menu.
• If you have turned off the toolbars during a previous, you need to turn them back on from the SketchUp View/Toolbars menu.

• Number of Threads

You can set the maximum number of threads to be used for rendering.

• The default is to set the number of threads to match the number of cores available.
• Setting a number greater than the number of cores may provide faster renderings.
• Setting a number less than the number of cores will render slower, but may speed up other functions on your computer.

IRender Options

The Options dialog is used for settings in IRender nXt and ArielVision .

• Presets - Default lighting Conditions
• Setup - Render window size, render quality, etc.
• Sun/Sky - Overrides for Lighting Defaults
• Lights - overall intensity and lighting methods
• HDRI - Additional HDRI Skies
• Special Options - Edge lines, special effects.
• Image - Auto Image
• Help

IRender nXt Toolbar

(Click on any item for documentation)

• IRender Info - start up settings and general information.
• Start Ray Trace - starts a new ray trace of your current model and settings.
• Restart Rendering - start a new rendering with settings changes only. (Do not extract and reload the geometry.)
• Render Farm (if installed) - start Render Farm for rendering
• nXt Image Editor - Edit nXt Image.
• IRender nXt Options - Render window size, render quality, etc.
• IRender Ready Load a lamp, mirror or tree from the 3D Warehouse or create a lamp, or a light fixture.
• Place Material - Select and Edit materials and place them directly into components.
• Create Material - make a new SketchUp material from an .ArMaterial material.
• Material Styles - Save and reload material settings for the model.
• Image Layer Wizard - position or adjust foreground or background images.
• Create Plant - create a SketchUp component from an AccuRender Plant. The component will automatically render as a Fractal Plant.
• Load Sample models.
• Animation - create movies, or batch images from SketchUp animation pages.
• RPC - load RPC object into SketchUp model.
• Help - load the on-line Help pages.