When rendered these properties bring the model to life by reflecting light and the environment. Reflections, refractions, bump maps and other advanced properties can be applied to a specific SketchUp materials. SU Podium can turn these plain textures into realistic materials, quickly and intuitively via the Podium material user interface. Plus … the new iMac can give you a 3.8 GHz processor (remember the importance of SINGLE core speed for Su), but the latest iMac Pro still only offers a 3.0 GHz max processor.An essential part of creating SketchUp models is applying textures to faces.
The continuing dilemma for me is that the iMac Pro’s thermal cooling system design is FAR superior … but it cost a fortune! (about $2K more from my “apples to apples” (pun intended) comparison). This combination, in this little box, may trigger “thermal throttling” on the performance of (at least) the CPU? Problem is … this still has the OLD, single (small) fan thermal cooling system, now coupled with a potentially even hotter CPU chip, not to mention the added load of a bigger GPU processor! Looks like one more (probably the last) version of the old form factor iMac is on offer, with the new 10th generation Intel 10-core with a 3.8 GHz base clock speed and Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz, and AMD Radeon Pro 5000 series graphics w/ a 16GB option. On another subject, since we have corresponded before on our similar iMac upgrade dilemmas, have you seen the new iMac offerings (today)? I realize I did ask for too big a bite! I appreciate your considerate response! Maybe reduce it to people’s top 3 and see what floats to the top. VRay is a bigger and more expensive beast but those who know how to use it can produce some awesome results. Podium looks to be neatly integrated with SU and is appears to have a relatively gentle learning curve.
The two I have been looking at most recently are Podium and VRay. I am just about to replace my late 2012 iMac with something close to what you have so that I can sensibly consider using a render program. I am in a similar pre-purchase phase to you.
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