What's New in Podium Browser? March 2017

 Gallery Forum Images of the Month

We've got three featured designers in this month's slideshow, with a gorgeous commercial atrium, an industrial bedroom, and a sunny interior visualization.

• 1-2. Anders Eide :: Foyer / Co-location concepts
• 3-4. Adam Jones - www.thetreehousecollective.uk :: Industrial Bedroom
• 5. Jelle Segeren - Studio SGRN :: Sunny Morning Interior

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Adam's industrial bedroom included several models and materials from Podium Browser, including the following:

 New Additions to Podium Browser

Uploads in February includes 20 additional trees, and over 40 kitchen cabinets.

New CB2 Furniture items:

Additional 2D face-me plants and trees:

Additional 3D Trees

30 small, medium, and large 3D shrubs:

We're adding new content to Podium Browser every month!  Podium Browser is still only $59.00 and includes thousands of high quality, render ready components, with additional models, materials, and light fixtures being added every week. Read more about the speed and efficiency of Podium Browser here. To see the full range of new Browser content, open the Podium Browser web page. Click on Agree, then click on Show only recent files.

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Podium Server has been released! The Podium Server stand-alone, network capable render manager is now an official release, and available to purchase in the Cadalog webstore.

• License price is $198 - Podium Server is priced the same as an individual SU Podium license, but may be used to render scripts from as many other Podium installations as you wish.
• Network rendering: Podium Server's "watch folder" makes it possible to create renders from a remote machine on a local LAN network, or using any cloud-syncing service as a middleman. Learn more about the network rendering workflow here.
• Batch rendering: Podium Server can queue hundreds of Podium script files, and gradually process/render as they are detected. This is the ideal way to render multiple scenes from a single model (using GenerateAll, for example), or to queue renders from multiple workstations in the order that they arrive in the "watch" folder.

 Download Podium Server here   |   Buy Podium Server here

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Windows Beta - The Podium Walker with NVIDIA Iray beta release has landed!

The first beta build of Podium Walker with Iray is now available on the Podium Walker downloads page. for Windows users only. Before you begin, please consider the following notes:

• Podium Walker with Iray will only be available for Windows users. We are looking into licensing AMD's ProRender GPU-accelerated raytracer to provide a comparable alternative for Mac users, but nothing is definite yet.
• Increased quality and versatility: Podium Walker with Iray is vastly more versatile than previous versions. Because it includes an unbiased pathtracing mode, it is capable of still visualizations with quality comparable to SU Podium, as well as high-quality camera animation for those with good GPU hardware. See examples in the two galleries below:

Ready to begin? Jump to the download page below, or read more about Podium Walker with Iray here.

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  Download Podium Walker with Iray Beta

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 Podium V2.5.x upgrade price increasing in March

The upgrade price from SU Podium V2 to V2.5.x is increasing from $39.99 to $59.99 on March 31st, so you only have one more day to get the most up-to-date version before the price goes up!

• SU Podium V2.5.x is significantly faster, with a competely re-written C++ method that can process a model's geometry and textures up to 10 times faster than the Ruby method in Version 2.
• Podium Panoramas - SU Podium V2.5.5 and higher also adds the ability to render 360° panoramic images that can be uploaded to the Pano server as an interactive VR presentation. Read more about panoramas here.

• V2.5.5 includes several additional tools and bug fixes, which are described here.

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 Upgrade to SU Podium V2.5.5 here

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Here are some of the most frequently asked questions and answers from the Podium Browser FAQ:

 More frequently asked questions:

1. Why do I see "Invalid Component file" message?
2. Why do I see "Paid content is not available without a valid license"?
3. Serial number problems. Did enter your serial number correctly?
4. Browser items not rendering? Check layer visibility.
5. Mac Maverick Safari 7 problems - please update

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 About Podium Browser

Podium Browser paid content includes thousands of render ready components that you can click and drop into SketchUp.

Embedded in the various categories are thousands of Podium materials, furniture items, plants, faucets, sinks, microwaves, refrigerators, 3D and 2D trees, grass, 2D people, 3D cars, exterior items, thousands of light fixtures and much more. These components are all modeled with skill and crafted in SketchUp with SU Podium V2 & V2+ properties. This will enable you to create your kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, exteriors and landscape designs in SketchUp effectively.

Rendering the Browser components photo-realistically with SU Podium V2 or Podium Walker does not require anything but to turn the render button on. Podium Browser free content is included in SU Podium V2 free trial or full version. The Paid content must be purchased.

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