Rendering in SketchUp

The Render Settings Menu
The Render Settings menu is where you set the values for resolution, render quality, and 
lighting (Fig. 26.1). Correctly using these settings is paramount for the draft-to-final iterative 
rendering process.
Resolution
From the Output Resolution pull-down menu, you 
can access presets and custom options (Fig. 26.2, 
Fig. 26.3). Select Custom to enter values under 
Width and Height. When you’re entering custom 
resolution settings, double-check the entered 
values. The menu will sometimes ignore custom 
entries and they’ll need to be reentered.
Fig. 26.1: 
The Shaderlight 
Render Settings menu
Fig. 26.2: 
The Output Resolution window
Shaderlight 
Iterative Rendering 
Settings
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Chapter 26: Shaderlight Iterative Rendering Settings
Quality
The Quality slider is found under Settings; its values range from Low (left) to High (right). 
The higher the slider setting, the better the render quality will be. The slider has a total of 10 
notches (Fig. 26.4). It cannot be set between notches, meaning that Shaderlight render quality 
ranges from 1 to 10. These increments can be easily interpreted to correspond to a Quality 
percentage (%). For example, the first notch is 10 percent, notch 2 is 20 percent, notch 3 is 30 
percent, all the way to 10 equaling 100 percent (Fig. 26.5).
Fig. 26.4: 
In the Quality Settings menu, the slider bar 
settings range in increments from 1 to 10 to specify the 
quality of the rendering.
Setting the Quality slider to 7, 8, 9, or 10 (maximum quality) will automatically set Shader-
light into Tile mode under Update. These higher settings turn off the Dynamic rendering abil-
ity. Higher settings are required for simulated 
lighting renders. Exterior renderings benefit 
less from higher quality. You’ll learn more 
about these settings soon.
Scene
You can find the Scene pull-down menu under 
Quality (Fig. 26.6). It contains two settings 
that correspond to the type of light used