RayScaper

[pixelcruncher]

@Rich-O-Brien Gotcha, would the equivalent be allowing emission from transparent geometry? Although I can see how it's easy to have a dedicated rectangular area light for this,

[Rich O Brien]

@pixelcruncher The issue without still have the plane in SketchUp would be it blocking your view.

Your point and directional components are great because they are not intrusive. So a similar setup to that would be perfect....

[pixelcruncher]

Thanks for explaining, will put it on my features list.

[majid]

The other day I was plating with "Plastic" shader and here are some of the images.
The engine material settings seem promising as even in very dark hues you can see the color.

[ntxdave]

@majid

That looks good. Wish I could do some testing as well.

[majid]

@ntxdave Do you mind checking if this link works, please?
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/70a9083d-d1d9-464c-aea8-69895402c4ef/RayScraper-material-test-scene-Unofficial

[ntxdave]

@majid
I meant, wish I could try RayScaper.

[ntxdave]

@majid
I meant, I wish I could try RayScaper. I am running SU 2020

[pixelcruncher]

@majid Thanks for sharing those material experiments. They look very realistic.

I'm making the Rayscaper material editor more intuitive and less nested so that users won't be daunted by all the material settings. @Rich-O-Brien gave me some great feedback on this. This update should land this week.

Cheers,
Thomas

[majid]

@ntxdave So, RS does not work on prior versions?
@pixelcruncher Good news and progress!

[pixelcruncher]

@majid

Right now, Rayscaper requires SketchUp 2021 or higher.

[majid]

This is rather an old model... Yet I liked the result.

[pixelcruncher]

@majid

Superb render, Majid! I like the result as well.

This scene is a classic in computer graphics. It's the atrium of the Sponza Palace, which exists in Dubrovnik, Croatia (wiki). If you are a Game of Thrones fan, Dubrovnik is also where they filmed all the scenes in King's Landing.

[gerdfa]

We get an error when we start sketchup 2024

SCFLicense is install

SketchUp: 24.0.483
OS: Ventura
Ruby: 3.2.2

Erweiterung: Rayscaper (0.9.10 Beta)
Fehler: LoadError (cannot load such file -- /users/XXX/library/application support/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/installed/Mac/3.2.2/0.9.10 Beta/resources/SUEX_Rayscaper_SetDllDirectory)
<internal:/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require' <internal:/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in require'
/users/XXX/library/application support/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:94:in <module:Rayscaper>' /users/XXX/library/application support/sketchup 2024/sketchup/plugins/rayscaper/main.rbe:5:in <main>'
/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in eval' /Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
/Applications/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' /Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in register_extension'
/Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:18:in <module:Rayscaper>' /Users/XXX/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2024/SketchUp/Plugins/rayscaper.rb:6:in <top (required)>'

[tuna1957]

@majid Superb modeling and rendering.

[pixelcruncher]

@gerdfa

It looks like you are trying Rayscaper on a Mac. Rayscaper is not yet lauched for Mac, that release is a couple of weeks out, sorry!

Cheers,
Thomas

[majid]

@tuna1957 The model is not mine, I have adjusted the model, added some details, and adjusted the textures based on an image I had from the real place...
Thanks for the compliment.

[tuna1957]

@majid Still a great job whether the model was yours or not.

[majid]

@tuna1957 This is another shot. I reduced the environment power so that we can see it is blue, then added another blue color directional light to compensate for it. this is an experiment yet not final.

[ntxdave]

@majid Looks great Majid.