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<strong>Architectural</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>SketchUp</strong><br />
Let’s get started by setting up Kerkythea:<br />
1. Download the Kerkythea installer from the official website: www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index<br />
.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=select&id=2 (Short link: http://goo.gl/5xyUa).<br />
2. Download the <strong>SketchUp</strong> exporter plugin (SU2KT) and the <strong>SketchUp</strong> light components<br />
from the official website: www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42<br />
&func=select&id=7 (Short link: http://goo.gl/S4dmh).<br />
3. Optional: Download Kerkythea sample materials and models (trees, etc.) here:<br />
www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=select&id=3 (Short link:<br />
http://goo.gl/MRO3y).<br />
4. Install Kerkythea. The provided installer will install it like any other software. As you can<br />
see now, Kerkythea installs as a completely separate program (and can therefore be used<br />
for rendering 3D models even <strong>with</strong>out <strong>SketchUp</strong> running). The only part that is contained<br />
in <strong>SketchUp</strong> is the exporter plugin.<br />
5. Close <strong>SketchUp</strong> if you have it open. Then install the <strong>SketchUp</strong> exporter by copying and<br />
pasting the exporter files into the <strong>SketchUp</strong> plugin folder (usually C:\Program Files\<br />
Google\Google <strong>SketchUp</strong> 8\Plugins on Windows and /Library/Application Support/Google<br />
<strong>SketchUp</strong>/<strong>SketchUp</strong> 8/Plugins/ on the Mac). Important: Make sure that you copy the plug in<br />
files so that the main Ruby file (su2kt.rb) is in <strong>SketchUp</strong>’s main plugin folder and not in a<br />
subdirectory.<br />
6. Install the light components into <strong>SketchUp</strong>’s component folder by copying and pasting the<br />
files (usually C:\Program Files\Google\Google <strong>SketchUp</strong> 8\Components on Windows and<br />
/Library/Application Support/Google <strong>SketchUp</strong>/<strong>SketchUp</strong> 8/Components/ on the Mac).<br />
7. Optional: Start Kerkythea and under the File menu, select “Install Library. . .” to install<br />
the material libraries by selecting the downloaded ZIP files.<br />
8. Now start <strong>SketchUp</strong>. You should see two new items now: (1) An entry in the Plugins menu<br />
<strong>with</strong> the title “Kerkythea Exporter” and (2) a toolbar.<br />
9. When you do the first rendering, the exporter will ask you for the location of the<br />
Kerkythea.exe file, so that it can open Kerkythea right after it exports a file for rendering,<br />
making the transition quite smooth. If for any reason, you are not able to set this up<br />
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