[Plugin] Physically-Based Rendering - v1.5.9 - 19 Apr. 2020

[samuel_t]

@pabloarias said:

Hi. From a month, more or less, I got a popup when SU starts that said something about a newer version 4.2.6 from this plugin and opens this SketchUcation page when message accepted. But I see no news here about newer releases of this plugin. Does anybody here tell me what's wrong?

Hi Pablo.

4.2.6 ? I'm working on the 2.x version of the PBR plugin but the latest public version available at SketchUcation is 1.5.9.

[Didier Bur]

Hi Samuel,

First thanks for this great plugin (just like all of your other goodies).

Some questions about the materials:
-what is the difference between the heightfield map and the normal map features ?

• how to get an occlusion map based on a jpg texture ?

I'm starting some tests and amazed with the results

Thanks for your time.

[samuel_t]

@didier bur said:

Hi Samuel,

Hi Didier,

@didier bur said:

First thanks for this great plugin (just like all of your other goodies).

That's very kind!

@didier bur said:

Some questions about the materials:
-what is the difference between the heightfield map and the normal map features ?

The height map in the PBR 1.x plugin is a parallax occlusion map. The height map is a grayscale image which simulates a "deep relief". You can use a displacement map from Poly Haven (for example) as a height map. Whereas the normal map encodes the "bas-relief" in the RGB channels of an image...

@didier bur said:

• how to get an occlusion map based on a jpg texture ?

Handmade or automatic? Some softwares can autogenerate an [ambient] occlusion map from a diffuse texture...

@didier bur said:

I'm starting some tests and amazed with the results

Stay tuned The PBR 2.x plugin should reach photorealism.

@didier bur said:

Thanks for your time.

You're welcome!

[Didier Bur]

Hi Samuel,

Thanks for your answers.
I'm curious to know why each time I launch Sketchup I get the message:

It loads the Web page where I can dowload version 1.5.9.
Where can I find version 4.2.6 ?

Best regards,

[chon]

Hi Didier,

I think you've got the same problem as on this post :

@chon said:

Hello,

@pabloarias said:

Hi. From a month, more or less, I got a popup when SU starts that said something about a newer version 4.2.6 from this plugin and opens this SketchUcation page when message accepted. But I see no news here about newer releases of this plugin. Does anybody here tell me what's wrong?

I think this message is about the last version of SketchUcation ExtensionStore

[Didier Bur]

Merci !

[samuel_t]

The PBR 2.x plugin for SketchUp could render the atmosphere with volumetric clouds in real-time.

[pilou]

A partir de quelle version c'est compatible?

[samuel_t]

Hello Pilou

It should be compatible with SketchUp 2017+.

[pilou]