This makes perfectly aligning perspective views between programs next to impossible, which means getting a drawing with both Rhino lines and Sketchup shadows is more trouble than it's worth. The issue is that when importing/exporting to and from Rhino to Sketchup, any "named views" (Rhino) or "scenes" (Sketchup) do not get carried over from one file to the next. Together, Rhino's Make2D linework and Sketchup's accurate and fast shadows are enough data to make flexible, fast study drawings that reflect true solar conditions on a site. It's hard to argue with Rhino's Make2D on that front it's just way more flexible to have vector lines when making a drawing. What Sketchup does not do is produce clean, vector-based linework to manipulate later on in Illustrator.
With a rendering program like V-Ray, shadows can be realistic and soft, but the geolocation is not nearly as intuitive, and quick shadows are in general much more cumbersome than the few steps involved with Sketchup. Even with a relatively large model, Sketchup can produce shadows immediately, and will let users drag the time and date sliders to study how the sun will change the geometry of cast shadows throughout the day and year. In last week's post about Flux, I mentioned my own affinity towards the geolocation and shadow features in Sketchup.
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