Click on the ground on the spot where you would place a tripod with the camera on top You will get a new tool, and with this tool, click on the floor where you would like to place the virtual tripod. Move around your 3D file and select Camera -> Place the camera Place the camera We will now need to place the virtual camera at an interesting spot. Choose the path and set the type to jpg for best results inside Home Viewer.

Save Image: Tick this to save your final image.

For the image Width/Height, you can pick the value you want but we recommend picking a size large enough to enjoy the details inside Home Viewer.

Render Output: Be sure that the render ratio is set to 2:1.

Esposure: You can play with this parameter if your image is too dark or too bright.

Camera Type: Here is the important setting ! Choose VR Spherical Panorama to produce a 360° image and not a flat one !.

Denoiser: V-Ray denoiser is doing a great job, you should probably use it !.

Update Effects: We suggest using often for a good denoising.

Quality: you can pick whichever you think is best depending on your time / needs.

It might take longer but it will usually make your image look better.

Engine: we recommend using CPU for best results.

We will go through every interesting parameter we suggest to use: Set the render parameters : Render Parameters Click the Plugins -> V-Ray -> Asset Editor Open Asset Editor We will start by setting up V-Ray for our 360° renders.

We made the tutorial on SketchUp 2020 but it should work it you have different versions. You will need to have SketchUp Pro and V-Ray installed for this tutorial.

In this tutorial, we will see how to easily create 360° images from SketchUp and V-Ray to use them in Home Viewer. It is possible to create stunning 3D renders with the V-Ray plugin, but why not go even further and make your clients able to visit your projects from their computers and smartphones? SketchUp is a vey powerful software for 3D visualization.

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