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    • ntxdaveN Offline
      ntxdave
      last edited by

      Nice Rich πŸ‘

      Do you have an interior and/or exterior model that you could render and post in this thread?

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      • Rich O BrienR Online
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        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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        • soloS Offline
          solo
          last edited by

          Is there a shadow catcher material?

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • ntxdaveN Offline
            ntxdave
            last edited by

            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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            • P Online
              pixelcruncher Extension Creator
              last edited by

              @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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              • ntxdaveN Offline
                ntxdave
                last edited by

                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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                • P Online
                  pixelcruncher Extension Creator
                  last edited by

                  @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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                  • P Offline
                    pc10pc Newcomers
                    last edited by

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

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                    • P Online
                      pixelcruncher Extension Creator
                      last edited by

                      @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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                      • majidM Online
                        majid
                        last edited by

                        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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                        • majidM Online
                          majid
                          last edited by

                          It works charmingly!


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                          • Rich O BrienR Online
                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @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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                            • majidM Online
                              majid
                              last edited by

                              @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..


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                              • majidM Online
                                majid
                                last edited by

                                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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                                • P Online
                                  pixelcruncher Extension Creator
                                  last edited by

                                  @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-keJ Offline
                                    jo-ke
                                    last edited by

                                    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-keJ Offline
                                      jo-ke
                                      last edited by

                                      Is there a tutorial for glass and emitter materials?

                                      http://www.zz7.de

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                                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @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-keJ Offline
                                          jo-ke
                                          last edited by

                                          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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                                          • P Online
                                            pixelcruncher Extension Creator
                                            last edited by

                                            @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

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                                            @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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