What's New in Podium Browser? April 2015

 Podium Browser Images of the Month

For this month's featured images we've got an Earthbag villa by Sanne Jansen, a beautiful new project from Matthew Fuhr, and a nice minimal interior by Sam Powell:

• Matthew Fuhr from Feature Graphics :: Adaptive Reuse Brewery + Coworking Office
• Sanne Jansen :: Earth-bag Villa
• Sam Powell :: Simple Renders - Sam posted a really nice set of four clean, minimal renders earlier this month

This month's featured images used several components from Podium Browser, including the following selection:

 New Additions to Podium Browser

New flowers and shrubs:

New and improved materials:

We added 24 new materials to Podium Browser this month, and uplodaded improved versions of 24 others. The improved materials have higher resolutions, which will hold up better in close rendering and we've done some work to eliminate texture seams for better tiling better on large surfaces.

Outdoor railings:

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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.

 Upgrade to SU Podium V2.5+!

SU Podium V2.5 Plus  is still available in the Cadalog webstore for only $9.95 until the end of April (increasing to $29.95 thereafter).

V2.5+ is the result of months of R&D to implement a switch from Ruby to C++, drastically reducing the time it takes Podium to process SketchUp geometry and export scenes to our ray-tracing engine.

 Purchase SU Podium V2.5+ in the Cadalog webstore for only $9.95 through April 30.

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

 Important - Your web browser must accept cookies.  If Internet Explorer or Safari cannot save cookies to your computer, only the "Show Recent Files only" will display in Podium Browser no matter what category you choose. If you think this is happening to you, open Internet Explorer or Safari and make sure cookies can be saved or stored on you computer. Read more about cookies in Podium Browser here.

• Note: By default SketchUp dialog boxes use Internet Explorer settings for Windows and Safari for Mac. Changing the settings in Firefox, Chrome, etc. will do nothing for the Podium Browser SketchUp plug-in.

 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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