Luxion Inc introduced KeyShot for Sketchup. The sketchup users can download KeyShot for Sketchup at free of cost. This plugin is compatible with Sketchup 7, Sketchup 8 and Sketchup 2013. This sketchup plugin can be applied to export any sketchup files or sketchup models to keyshot and save these as .bip files. The latest version is KeyShot 4.0.
The keyShot plugin connects with the 3D modeling software & KeyShot collectively. The plugin inserts a menu button to the 3D software for transmitting any 3D data and other model information into KeyShot.
The KeyShot includes the some exclusive features which range from preserving colors and textures, recognizing groups etc.