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    • Mike AmosM
      Mike Amos
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      6 2500s 2024 x 1184 1309095 tri 8m 39s GPU.png

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        pixelcruncher Extension Creator
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        Nice results Mike!

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

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        • Mike AmosM
          Mike Amos
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          Ta, a bit confused by an ?artifact? but it may just be a result of rendering glass generally. In the model depicted in the render, there is a t load of glass and this is visible from some views as a 'black' artifact where a second glass group is visible through a nearer group and is basically cancelled out. It therefor appears as a 'black' plane/face.

          Looking for suggestions.

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            pixelcruncher Extension Creator @Mike Amos
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            @Mike-Amos Under your render tab, what is the max depth? In scenes with a lot of glass, it could be that you need to increase it. Let me know if that helps.

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

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            • Mike AmosM
              Mike Amos
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              I have sequentially added to the scene depth via the render setting page. Nada so fa and I am at the limit.#

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                pixelcruncher Extension Creator @Mike Amos
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                @Mike-Amos Do you mind archiving the scene and sending it my way? I will have a look.

                Cheers,
                Thomas

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

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                  pixelcruncher Extension Creator
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                  @mike-amos Thanks for sharing the scene. That helped me figure out the issue.

                  The glass windows in your scene are modelled as 100% transparant (opacity = 0%).

                  KjOWIEfXlE.png

                  I'm getting technical here, but Rayscaper internally only allows for 8 transparent ray bounces. After 8 bounces, the ray terminates without contributing any light which results in the black windows. In your scene, there's a bit of bouncing around through multiple layers of glass, hence the black windows. In the next release, I will make the number of transparent bounces configurable as well so that you can bump it up to higher values if required.

                  Before

                  black_window_before.png

                  After

                  black_window_after.png

                  The fix will be available in the next release.

                  Cheers,
                  Thomas

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

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                  • Mike AmosM
                    Mike Amos
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                    Thanks Thomas, appreciated.

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                                        • Mike AmosM
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                                          Seems that Rich was correct about threads being nuked from space. Lost files here mean the same design but, smaller. Just playing around until I find a setup/layout that works proper job.

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                                          • Rich O BrienR
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                                            I'm curious to know the poly count of the Lion statue.

                                            If you view image full size it look very detailed.

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