What’s happening ladies and gentlemen, this is Minh from Architecture Inspirations. Today I’m going to show you 10 tips to speed up your design and render in Enscape for Sketchup. Let’s get started. 1. using the right Styles to increase Sketchup speed For this tip, I will use this model as an example. As you can see, since this is a big model, when I look around, my Sketchup doesn’t look very smooth and it’s kind of slow So a good way to increase the speed of Sketchup is by using the right styles. You can do that by going to the Styles Tray on the main Sidebar. Here, you can see that one of the default styles has been selected. If I click on the Edit tab, I can see that the Edges and Profiles are turned on. If I turn these off, then you can see that my Sketchup is a lot faster, and smoother now. However, I recommend turning the Edges back on, cause you need to be able to see them when modeling Now I’m going to go back to the view, turn off the Profiles, and update my view to have this style. Sketchup also has useful styles presets. If you hover over a preset with this icon, you can see that it’s a “fast modeling style” which is optimized to speed up your model. Just choose the ones that has this icon and it will make your Sketchup faster. 2. Enscape Rendering Quality When using Enscape, if your model is running a little slow, then go into the Enscape settings window, and lower the rendering quality to improve performance. I also recommend turning on Automatic Resolution, which reduces the resolution dynamically to ensure a smooth frame rate. Here is a comparison between the two settings There we go, you can see that it’s faster now 3. Utilize Rendering Styles Enscape also has different Rendering Styles that help you improve your workflow. In the settings window, on the general tab, you can click here and choose a different Rendering Style Mode. First is the white mode, makes your model looks like it’s made out of paper If you’re working on the conceptual design, use this mode to focus on the form and shape of the model This also makes the Enscape runs faster too Next is the Polystyrol mode, which makes your model looks like it’s made out of styrofoam You can also use this transmission slider to control how much light is transmitted through the geometry. Use this mode to make you model look like a physical model of your project. And finally, the Light View mode provides a heat map of the model, which makes it easier to study the lighting of your render so you can adjust it accordingly. Here you can see that this part is a little dark, so I can adjust it here while using the light view mode as a reference When using any of these modes, can also use this slider here to add outlines to your model so you can see the form easier 4. Use Proxy Another way to increase the speed of your model is to use the Linked model feature, also known as Proxy Which allows geometry to be imported from an external model at render time only. This makes it possible to render large scenes with many complex models more than Sketchup itself can handle. You can also turn an existing object in the model into a proxy using this option here. When saving the model, remember to keep it organized so that you know where to find it later. I did a whole video on this topic, so watch it if you want to know more about using proxy in Enscape. 5. Create your own Asset Library Even if you don’t use the proxy feature, you should still save your 3D assets in your personal library so you can use them in another model later. Since these are already optimized, they will be render-ready the next time you import them into Sketchup. Also remember to keep you assets library organized so you can easily find them later. Here is an example of how to organize your assets. You can organize them by categories, such as 3D Models, IES light sources, Skyboxes, and Sound effects. Then for large categories such as 3D Models, you can have subcategories such as cars, decorations, furniture, people, etc. 6. Free Resources Now that you have setup a your library, there are lots of websites where you can download free resources to fill up your library. I’ve made a couple videos on where you can download Materials and Models for free, so you can watch those videos to learn more. You can also follow this link to see Enscape’s blog post on the best free resources for architectural projects. I will leave these links in the description box below as well. With these resources, you can build up your library to as big as you like, similar to what I have here. 7. Enscape Asset Library In the new version of Enscape, there’s also a new feature called the Enscape Asset Library. You can open it by clicking this icon here. This is a built-in library that provides 3D assets such as accessories, furniture, people, and vegetation. These are already optimized so when you put them in your model, they are ready for render. I will cover this feature more in-depth in another video later. 8. Incorporate Views and Layers When presenting your model, use layers to manage you views so that you can change from day to night with a click of a button. For this model, I created a layer for the lights and I assigned these lights to that layer From there, I can update the views, so that the day view will have this layer turned off, and only have the lights on for the night view. This way, I can easily switch back and forth between night time and day time render by just clicking these tabs here. Pretty cool huh? 9. Use Enscape Settings To make this workflow even better, you can incorporate views and layers with Enscape settings For example, for my day time view, I am using this skybox image with all of these custom settings. First I’m going to click here to save it and rename it to “Day Settings” Now I’m going to add a different skybox for my night view scene. Then I’m going to click here to switch to my night view. This looks a little bright, so I can adjust the exposure. A quick way to do that is to use the auto exposure option. I’m also going to brighten up my background, and rotate it a bit Then I can make more adjustments as needed. And finally I can click here to save this as a the settings, and rename it as Night Settings There we go. Now I can switch to Day View by first changing the settings, and then click this tab here Or switch back to Night view like so. It’s super quick and convenient. 10. Use Shortcuts As you know, there are shortcuts for navigating in Enscape But did you know that you can quickly navigate between the different settings using keyboard shortcuts? For example, you can change between the different Tabs using Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab will let you go backwards Then you can press Tab to go down through the settings And press Shift + Tab to go up the settings To change the value of each setting, you can use the Home key for the minimum value, and use the End key for the maximum value Alternatively, you can use Page down to decrease the value, or Page up to increase the value. If you want to change the value more accurately, then use the arrow keys, this will change the settings in smaller increments These shortcuts also work for other windows such as enscape materials and lights editor. There we go, those are the 10 tips to speed up your design and render in Enscape for Sketchup. Leave a like if you enjoyed the video, comment below if you have any questions. Stay inspired guys, and I will see you, next time.
