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Thea for SketchUp course

A detailed 3-part course covering all Thea for SketchUp properties and workflows

Activation

Activation

Learn how to manage your license on Altair One and how to activate it inside SketchUp

Installation

Installation

This guide will help you download and install Thea for SketchUp on Windows and macOS.

Motion blur

Motion blur

Rendering images with motion blur in Thea for SketchUp requires the use of an extension capable of creating animated objects such as Fredo6 Animator.

Installing Thea libraries

Installing Thea libraries

Thea libraries come in .lib.thea format and contain materials, models and skies. Learn how to install them with Thea for SketchUp.

Creating a curtain material

Creating a curtain material

In this Thea for SketchUp tutorial, you will learn how to create a nice curtain material by following the same technique of the fabric tutorial.

Creating a Fabric Material

Creating a Fabric Material

In this Thea for SketchUp tutorial, you will learn how to create a basic fabric and satin material with the use of the fresnel ramp procedural.

Depth of Field

Depth of Field

Learn about Depth of Field and how to use it inside Thea for SketchUp.

Displacement

Displacement

Learn about Displacement and how to optimize it in Thea for SketchUp.

Random color texture

Random color texture

Random color is a texture that can be used to add variation to your instanced models and create unique effects such as grass, bushes, trees, wooden floor and more