General Layout

Once the plug‐in is installed, its name will appear in the Extensions menu. You can also access Thea for SketchUp through the tool palette. Select Show Thea toolbar from the Extensions menu.

The user interface consists of four panels:

(1) Thea Tool: Set up cameras, edit materials, place and edit lights, and set preferences.
(2) Settings: Displays the Settings panel.
(3) Thea Browser: Import Thea Models, Materials, Skies, and SketchUp components/proxies.
(4) Thea Main Rendering Window: Displays the currently rendered image. Select engines and rendering mode, adjust the display, channel, and environment settings.