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

cadsifu · 2 Mar 2019, 05:21

Hi Samuel,

It's great to know and get this PBR extension.
I believe it is extremely useful for most modelers.
I'm very new to PBR and would like to explore more on it.
Please advise if this plugin is compatible and stable for Sketchup Pro 2019?
Any other plugin needed as supporting tools?
Thank you.

Nizam Mahmud
Malaysia

samuel_t · 3 Mar 2019, 18:30

@cadsifu said:

Please advise if this plugin is compatible and stable for Sketchup Pro 2019?

Yes. It is.

samuel_t · 19 Nov 2019, 19:38

What's new in version 1.5.0 of PBR plugin?

You can apply a height map to a material:
You can change HDR background again.
Material transparency is auto-detected.

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

filibis · 19 Nov 2019, 20:21

Hi Samuel, are you using parallax mapping technique for this height displacement?

samuel_t · 19 Nov 2019, 20:25

@filibis said:

Hi Samuel, are you using parallax mapping technique for this height displacement?

Hi Filibis, yes.

samuel_t · 21 Nov 2019, 01:55

What's new in version 1.5.1 of the PBR plugin?

You can add artificial lights to model. Here how.

Camera points by default to the front of model.

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

samuel_t · 22 Nov 2019, 01:36

What's new in the version 1.5.2 of the PBR plugin?

You can add artificial lights from Toolbar/Menu.
You can adjust sunlight intensity in Viewport.
Camera control in Viewport is similar to SU one.

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

samuel_t · 23 Nov 2019, 01:40

What's new in the version 1.5.3 of the PBR plugin?

Camera position in Viewport is automatically saved/restored.
You can reset camera position in Viewport in one click on movie camera icon.
"Propagate materials to whole model." is automatically done.

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pilou · 23 Nov 2019, 02:50

So we will win a click!

samuel_t · 24 Nov 2019, 04:02

What's new in the version 1.5.4 of the PBR plugin?

Textures not supported by glTF are supported by PBR plugin in SketchUp v2018 or greater.
Fix bug: SketchUp model can't be saved (CFileException 0...) whereas PBR Viewport is open.
PBR plugin checks automatically if a newer version is available @ http://www.sketchucation.com.

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

samuel_t · 25 Nov 2019, 19:53

What's new in the version 1.5.5 of the PBR plugin?

Ambient occlusion maps are supported. For now, they are incompatible with height maps.
When you erase a PBR light: PBR Viewport reopens automatically. Also, PBR lights are named.
Minor things were changed. E.g: SketchUp status bar changes when PBR Viewport (re)opens...

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

samuel_t · 28 Nov 2019, 04:37

What's new in the version 1.5.6 of the PBR plugin?

There is an option in PBR Menu to track all changes done in SketchUp. When checked, PBR Viewport is automatically refreshed. Note that requires a powerful computer!

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samuel_t · 2 Dec 2019, 00:29

The version 1.5.7 of the PBR plugin:

Exports sun light direction according to settings defined in Shadows panel.
Fixes three little bugs about: ME tooltips, SU back faces & Viewport loader.

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

samuel_t · 2 Dec 2019, 17:41

The version 1.5.8 of the PBR plugin:

Exports sun light intensity according to Light parameter defined in Shadows panel.
Fixes a bug affecting some models: Viewport doesn't open and SketchUp freezes

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

samuel_t · 19 Apr 2020, 11:17

The version 1.5.9 of the PBR plugin fixes URL of required plugin (glTF Exporter).

Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.

DH2002 · 14 Apr 2021, 11:20

First, Is this Plugin works for Mac OS SketchUp 2018 Pro?
I managed to Install it and I have SimLab USDZ exporter Installed that works fine.
After I install this Plugin SketchUp crashes, cant even save or load any object?
I can draw a new mesh and even open this plugin, Load maps etc but when the try export files Aplication Crashes?
My SketchUp the doesent work properly until I deinstall this Plugin.
/ Daniel

samuel_t · 29 Apr 2021, 09:44

@dh2002 said:

First, Is this Plugin works for Mac OS SketchUp 2018 Pro?
I managed to Install it and I have SimLab USDZ exporter Installed that works fine.
After I install this Plugin SketchUp crashes, cant even save or load any object?
I can draw a new mesh and even open this plugin, Load maps etc but when the try export files Aplication Crashes?
My SketchUp the doesent work properly until I deinstall this Plugin.
/ Daniel

First, sorry for this late reply:

This plugin is compatible with SketchUp 2017-2021 for Windows and should be compatible with SketchUp 2017-2021 for macOS.

If this plugin crashes when you export model as glTF file, you can try to in order:

Open "Window > Ruby Console".
Copy-paste below code:

PBR;;GlTF.export

Press enter to execute above code.
Send me a screenshot.

samuel_t · 8 Mar 2022, 12:44

The PBR 2.x plugin for SketchUp will support real-time ray tracing. Work in progress:

pabloarias · 9 May 2022, 11:32

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?

chon · 10 May 2022, 06:25

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