Rayscaper New Releases
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Hey, Rayscaper users!
Rayscaper 0.9.72 Beta is available. You can get it via:
- The SketchUcation store.
- Direct download: link.
I recommend upgrading to the latest version.
What Changed?
- Rayscaper now supports direct integration with the Skatter plugin. Render-only Skatter data can now be ingested directly from Skatter, bypassing the
SketchUp viewport. This offloads complex instancing and geometry handling to Rayscaper, keeping SketchUp responsive and lightweight during rendering.
Perfect for large vegetation or scattering setups — just hit render and let Rayscaper handle the heavy lifting. (@ntxdave Thanks for connecting me with the Skatter people). - Bugfix: push/pull geometry would not properly propagate to Rayscaper.
- Fix Rayscaper for SketchUp 2024, caused by a breaking change in the SketchUp SDK. Note: Going forward, Rayscaper will only support the latest three
SketchUp releases because now that it's for sure that the SDK is not backwards compatible, it's too much overhead for me to maintain more versions. The
current version supports: SketchUp 2026, SketchUp 2025 & SketchUp 2024. - Make materials assigned to a SketchUp group or component instance work again. cc: @sashapepperspray
Here's a screenshot of a simple forest I created using Skatter:
Help Me Build the Community
If you like Rayscaper, please share your renders (final or work-in-progress, it doesn't matter)! This is motivating and helps me showcase its capabilities
to new users.Follow me on https://x.com/rayscaper3d.
Happy Rendering!
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But now I need to be remember how to make RayScaper work with Skatter.
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So far, I cannot get Rayscaper to work with Skatter. Need some help.
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That's impressive! With Skatter... well done!
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@Krass said in Rayscaper New Releases:
That's impressive! With Skatter... well done!
Don’t know what I am doing wrong but it is not working for me.
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I don't use Skatter... sorry
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@pixelcruncher thank you very much!
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@ntxdave Can you provide some context on what's now working?
As soon as you have a Skatter composition, click generate, and the skattered items should appear in Rayscaper. I will create a demo video later. It would be great if you could provide a screenshot (or video) of what youare seeing. Just saying "it doesn't work" isn't providing me much to help you.
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Thanks Thomas. I think the inclusion of Skatter will make for a more capable render program and enable us to produce better results, getting to grips with it is the issue a few of us will have but keeping on will be the answer.
Step by step, tbh, I have never had a decent result but that is me and NOT Skatter at fault.
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OK - Some progress. Although there are some problems, I just did a new test and "kind of" got it to work. Although the grass and bush colors are wrong in the rendered copy, here is the result of the test.
As I said, this is progress but so far, I can only get this to work with a new project. If I go back to an existing model, I cannot get things to work with an old/existing model. I do cannot get the Generate option to show up.
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OK, I just tried an old/existing file again and am getting this error:
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@ntxdave Sorry about that, this seems like a real bug. I will investigate!
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Here's a quick video on how to use Rayscaper with Skatter. Still trying to get better at making video content
I'm the developer of Rayscaper: https://rayscaper.com/ - Fast and easy rendering for SketchUp.
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And here are some teapots in the night
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But why aren't the transparent PNG files of the leaves taken into account?
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@pixelcruncher said in Rayscaper New Releases:
Here's a quick video on how to use Rayscaper with Skatter. Still trying to get better at making video content
Thanks for posting the video. However, in the video you have generated the skattered items in the model. Now what you need to do is to turn on the “ Render only” option and then go to Rayscaper and see if the skattered items are generated by Rayscaper.
I think we are moving in the right direction. Just need to “work some things out”.
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