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System requirements

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• Maxwell Render Suite 2.7.20
• SketchUp Pro, version 6+
• 32- and 64-bit Windows XP or greater
• Mac OSX 10.6+, on Intel processors

Installation (

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Installation of steps for the Standalone plugin falls into two categories, depending on whether the version of SketchUp supports RBZ-based installationdepend on the SketchUp version and OS.

SketchUp 8

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& 2013 (Windows)

• Unzip the download on your Desktop.

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• Inside, navigate to the

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• setup folder.
• Right-click setup.exe and choose Run as Administrator.
• For more info, see the included readme.txt.

SketchUp 2013 (Mac OSX)

1. Unzip the download on your Desktop.
2. Mount the contained DMG by double-clicking it.
3. Drag maxwell and maxwell.rb onto the Plugins alias.
4. For more info, see the included readme.txt.

SketchUp 8 (Mac OSX)

1. Unzip the download on your Desktop.
2. Inside, double-click the mpkg file to run Installer.
3. For more info, see the included readme.txt.

SketchUp 6 & 7 (

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Windows & Mac OSX)

• Download and unzip the plugin .zip file Unzip the download on your Desktop.Change the contained .rbz file's extension to .zip and unzip it
• Inside, navigate to the plugin folder.
• Copy maxwell and maxwell.rb and into the maxwell folder into your SketchUp Plugins folder:

• If you are on Windows, install the Microsoft Visual C++ SP1 runtime.

Microsoft Visual C++ SP1 Runtime (Windows only)

• Having installed the plugin, make sure SketchUp is closed.
• Open Explorer and navigate to the SketchUp Plugins folder.
• Inside, navigate to maxwell/vcredist and locate vcredistRun vcredist/vcredist_x86.exe.Right-click vcredist_x86.exe and choose "Run as administrator."
• For more info, see the included readme.txt.

Installation (

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Individual Render Suite plugin installers are provided for each specific version of SketchUp and operating system.

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From time to time, updates to the plugin are released. The process for updating your installation depends upon which version of the plugin you are using.

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Standalone plugin updates are available from the same download page where the plugin was originally obtained. For installer-based packages, simply run the new installer to update. For the manual installation used with SketchUp 6 & 7, update is performed the same as the initial install, just make sure to delete the existing plugin files from SketchUp's Plugins folder, before copying the new ones, in order to avoid possibly having files from two plugin versions.

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All Render Suite plugins use OS and SketchUp version-specific installers. Upgrading from one version to the next simply consists of visiting the Next Limit Customer Portal, downloading the appropriate package, unzipping it, and running the installer, as described above . The installer will update your installation automatically.

Standalone

Standalone plugin updates are available from the same download page where the plugin was originally obtained. As described above, there are two classes of install for the Standalone plugin: RBZ-based for SketchUp 8 M2+, and ZIP-based, for SketchUp 6 & 7. In either case, installation of updates is as described above, with the additional step that it is best to first delete the existing plugin (consisting, as described above, of maxwell.rb and the maxwell folder) from your SketchUp Plugins folder.

Notes on Plugin Files

As described in the above installation instructions, the plugin consists of two main parts: a SketchUp Ruby Extension, consisting of a maxwell.rb file and maxwell folder, and, for the Render Suite plugin, a SketchUp 3D Exporter plugin, named Skp2Mxs.dll on Windows and Skp2Mxs.plugin on Mac OSX. The applicability and standard location of these files is as follows:

Item	SA	RS	Location on Windows (typical)	Location on Mac OSX (typical)
maxwell.rb			C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins	/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/plugins
maxwell (folder)
Skp2Mxs.dll			C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Exporters
Skp2Mxs.plugin				/Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.App/Contents/PlugIns

Relocating the Plugin Outside of SketchUp's Plugins Folder

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For the standard installer-based distribution, uninstallation is accomplished using the Programs and Features window in Windows Control Panel, or by running the installer again, and choosing the Remove option. For the universal .zip-based pluginSketchUp 6 & 7, uninstallation is simply the reverse of installation: delete maxwell.rb and the maxwell folder from your SketchUp Plugins folder.

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Here, uninstallation is the same regardless of the installer used; it involves deleting maxwell.rb and the maxwell folder from your SketchUp Plugins folder. If you are using the Render Suite plugin, you should also delete the plugin's exporter, which resides directly inside of SketchUp.app:

• 1. In Finder, open Macintosh HD/Applications/Google SketchUp 8.
• 2. Right-click SketchUp.app and choose Show Package Contents.
• 3. Delete SketchUp.app/Contents/Plugins/Skp2Mxs.plugin.

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