Thanks for this reply. I will have to play about with proxies in my next model. It's not something I've done before. I've tended to go the route so far of having complex plants, etc. on a layer I open only when looking at or rendering a particular scene. I am no expert, so I'm unsure if that keeps the SU model as light and maneuverable, (with the layer(s) switched off) as having proxies in place.
@hornoxx said:
Hi Gary and Pixero
I´m using Shaderlight as my main render tool but unfortunately it is not able to handle Skatter files so far. I hope that this will change, sometime 😉
As long, as Pixero´s DIY Hedges are finished SU files which no longer need any connection to Skatter itself in the background, Shaderlight will be able to render these. Shaderlight's "Replace Me Creator" works fine which makes it possible at least to replace complex geometry by lightweight proxy geometry within SketchUp as seen in this linked example
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40%26amp;t=67665#p620146
Anyway you will probably have to adjust the used textures within Shaderlight´s material presets, so that these present the desired render result.
@ Pixero: if possible Gary and I could make a little Shaderlight testing using a small sample file from you?
Best