[Plugin] Material Browser - v1.1.0 - 12 Oct 2025

Dave R

This looks like a great tool Samuel. Unfortunately I'm not seeing a way to use the textures from it. I am not seeing the error message Rich shows but clicking on a material doesn't seem to do anything unless the material is already in the local Materials folder. This is also with SU2026 on Windows 11.

Rich O Brien

Same in v2023

TIG

SketchUcation tools only loads the ZIP gem stuff if it hasn't been already loaded [required].
I suggest you adjust your code to do the same.
It doesn't break things. it just warns about it already being installed ?

samuel_t

@Dave-R
Thank for your interest. What was the source of the material you were targeting? The active model, a local collection, or Poly Haven?

Once selected in the Material Browser plugin window, a material can be applied in the SketchUp scene with the Paint Bucket tool.

In your case, selection seems to have succeed... Did the plugin add wanted material to the model and select the Paint Bucket tool?

samuel_t

@Rich-O-Brien

I wonder if this timeout appears outside SU
Can you please open this URL in your browser?

https://api.polyhaven.com/info/fabric_pattern_05

If request was successful, you should get JSON.
Was this response "instant" or "seconds long"?

Rich O Brien

@samuel_t

Was this response "instant" or "seconds long"?

Instant

samuel_t

@Rich-O-Brien And you obtained JSON, isn't?

samuel_t

@TIG

SketchUcation tools only loads the ZIP gem stuff if it hasn't been already loaded [required].
I suggest you adjust your code to do the same.

I will. Thanks for your suggestion.

It doesn't break things. it just warns about it already being installed ?

Seems

By the way, SketchUcation Tools v5.0.2 bundles Rubyzip v1.1.6, whereas Material Browser v1.1.0 bundles Rubyzip v1.3.0.
Upon GitHub tags, this latter is the highest version compatible with SketchUp 2017 (Ruby v2.2.4), since Rubyzip v2.0.0 requires at least Ruby 2.4.

TIG

Incidentally, our test is...
[Assume a valid path to load the RB files]

require('zlib') unless defined?(Zlib)
require('zip')  unless defined?(Zip)

samuel_t

Thanks @TIG

Rich O Brien

@samuel_t said in [Plugin] Material Browser - v1.1.0 - 12 Oct 2025:

@Rich-O-Brien And you obtained JSON, isn't?

Yes. Near instantly

{"type":1,"date_published":1590810670,"name":"Fabric Pattern 05","old_id":262,"authors":{"Rob Tuytel":"All"},"dimensions":[500,499.9999403953552],"max_resolution":[8192,8192],"categories":["fabric","cotton"],"files_hash":"be7f619f251a6ba2f829e658c6a20948cdc18a4f","tags":["plain","cloth","towel","checker","checkered","plaid","grid pattern","windowpane plaid","upholstery","textile ","woven","drape"],"description":"Free 8K cotton fabric texture with a soft, woven, slightly nubby surface and natural drape, olive‑khaki base with thin deep‑blue windowpane plaid grid.","download_count":159063,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.polyhaven.com/asset_img/thumbs/fabric_pattern_05.png?width=256&height=256"}

samuel_t

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks. I need to figure out why it fails in SketchUp...