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    Rich O Brien Moderator
    last edited by 8 Nov 2023, 21:24

    Here's an interior render of a guggenheim-ish type scene...

    guggenheim.png

    Rayscaper is still earlier in development so I'm reluctant to push it. It does have certain shading artifacts that I've let Thomas know about.

    But overall I think it's very capable. I love the Polyhaven integration.

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      solo
      last edited by 8 Nov 2023, 22:18

      Is there a shadow catcher material?

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        ntxdave
        last edited by 8 Nov 2023, 22:41

        Thanks Rich. I as hoping for something like a room or office setting but I understand that it is early in the cycle. Wish it would work with SU 2020.

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          pixelcruncher Extension Creator
          last edited by 9 Nov 2023, 13:52

          @solo said:

          Is there a shadow catcher material?

          Not yet, but it's planned, should be there in a couple of weeks.

          Here's the planned road map for 1.0: https://rayscaper.com/docs/roadmap/

          Cheers,
          Thomas

          I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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            ntxdave
            last edited by 9 Nov 2023, 15:04

            Thanks for sharing the release plans. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

            Just hoping I will be able to use with SU 2020 and that it will be something I can afford. πŸ˜„

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              pixelcruncher Extension Creator
              last edited by 23 Nov 2023, 08:16

              @ntxdave said:

              Thanks for sharing the release plans. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

              Just hoping I will be able to use with SU 2020 and that it will be something I can afford. πŸ˜„

              Yes, I'm looking into supporting SU2020. It will be part of one of the upcoming releases.

              And yes, I plan to offer great software that everyone can afford. Of course with a discount for premium members.

              Cheers,
              Thomas

              I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                pc10pc Newcomers
                last edited by 29 Nov 2023, 15:02

                Hi,
                I'm on SU 21.1.332 and having the same issues with toolbar not showing up.

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                  pixelcruncher Extension Creator
                  last edited by 29 Nov 2023, 22:22

                  @pc10pc said:

                  Hi,
                  I'm on SU 21.1.332 and having the same issues with toolbar not showing up.

                  Hi,

                  Could you check if you can get it via these instructions? If that doesn’t help, send me a private message.

                  Cheers,
                  Thomas

                  I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                    majid
                    last edited by 2 Jan 2024, 15:08

                    I watched your YouTube video and seems the engine is great. Just installed and seems I have a problem. Maybe because I have no SCF plugin toolbar installed.

                    PS: it solved, I installed the SCF plugin and now I have the Rayscraper!


                    Capture.PNG

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                      majid
                      last edited by 2 Jan 2024, 16:02

                      It works charmingly!


                      Capture2.PNG

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                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by 2 Jan 2024, 16:29

                        @majid said:

                        It works charmingly!

                        I'd love to see you try this on it....

                        https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=76396&p=693038#p692999

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                          majid
                          last edited by 2 Jan 2024, 17:47

                          @rich o brien said:

                          @majid said:

                          It works charmingly!

                          I'd love to see you try this on it....

                          https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=76396&p=693038#p692999

                          Okay Rich,... I am working on it... πŸ‘ 13% progress..


                          aa.jpg

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                            majid
                            last edited by 2 Jan 2024, 18:01

                            29% without any denoising and I believe it is good enough.
                            I stopped it on 49% progress and it seems good (despite without any denoising)


                            xx.jpg


                            49% progress

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                              pixelcruncher Extension Creator
                              last edited by 3 Jan 2024, 13:57

                              @majid said:

                              It works charmingly!

                              It's great to see a talented artist like you taking an interest in Rayscaper! I saw you sent me some feedback, so I will go and digest that.

                              Cheers,
                              Thomas

                              I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                                jo-ke
                                last edited by 4 Jan 2024, 10:28

                                due to the sunset of twilghtrender I stumbled across this new alternative.

                                downloaded and licensed it today.

                                looks promissing....

                                http://www.zz7.de

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                                  jo-ke
                                  last edited by 4 Jan 2024, 10:53

                                  Is there a tutorial for glass and emitter materials?

                                  http://www.zz7.de

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                                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                                    last edited by 4 Jan 2024, 11:47

                                    @jo-ke said:

                                    Is there a tutorial for glass and emitter materials?

                                    It has a Glass shader in the Material Type dropdown[1]

                                    https://i.imgur.com/fijdO8c.png

                                    and for the Disney shader you can enable Emmission for geometry[2]

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                                      jo-ke
                                      last edited by 4 Jan 2024, 16:06

                                      Thank you: glas, is solved.

                                      emitter not. with "blackbody emission" I don't get the submenu

                                      also hidden layers are rendered. how can I avoid this?


                                      test.jpg


                                      test2.jpg

                                      http://www.zz7.de

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                                        pixelcruncher Extension Creator
                                        last edited by 4 Jan 2024, 16:21

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        emitter not. with "blackbody emission" I don't get the submenu

                                        You should be able to to open the submenu by clicking the chevron or text (1). You can expand everything by clicking the plus button (2):

                                        SketchUp_1yUTapC1Qw.png

                                        SketchUp_30LNqL5bAd.gif

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        also hidden layers are rendered. how can I avoid this?

                                        Hidden objects / tags / layers isn't supported yet in the alpha version. It will be there for the 1.0 version.

                                        Cheers,
                                        Thomas

                                        I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.

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                                        • jo-keJ Offline
                                          jo-ke
                                          last edited by 4 Jan 2024, 16:50

                                          thank you. I didn't see this. solutions are so simple....

                                          next problems:

                                          is it possible to do an emitter with textures? like in my example the sign of the tramway?

                                          why can't I get rid of the blue textures? they are textured in SU and all faces are frontfaces


                                          test4.png

                                          http://www.zz7.de

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