OK, I just tried an old/existing file again and am getting this error:

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.

@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.

So far, I cannot get Rayscaper to work with Skatter. Need some help.

But now I need to be remember how to make RayScaper work with Skatter.

Can someone point me to a good place to ask questions about Affinity.

As an example, I wanted to italicize some text but it slants the text backwards in stead of forward (like most tools) and I have not found a way to do that or a resource that would give me any clue on how to adjust it.

For the most part, I have found the information on @Rich-O-Brien’s link VERY helpful but have not found an answer for this question.

OK, I finally had the opportunity to begin working with the application. Thank you again for the link. It has me going.

I obviously have a long wat to go and MANY things to explore but again, you link has me off and running. It will take some exploring and "trying" but at least I have a starting point.

All I have done so far is work with the vector graphics tool so I need to do some additional learning/practicing. This looks like a really exciting tool to learn.

@Rich-O-Brien said in Affinity Studio is Free:

They have extensive help docs for basic usage and understanding.
https://www.affinity.studio/en_gb/help/

Thanks Rich.

I think this is exactly what I was wanting. Do not know how I did not find this myself. 🤪

I will do some reading, learning, and exploring.

@Rich-O-Brien said in Affinity Studio is Free:

@ntxdave

Can someone recommend a good way to learn how to use the tool?

Roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty.

Rich, I understand and am willing to “roll up my sleeves and get you hands dirty” but I need to understand where is the best place to start. I “think” I would use designer more than photo but I am not sure.

I have used the Xara tools for several years and it is pretty easy to use. So far, what I have seen of Affinity looks more powerful but the UI seems to be far more complicated and I would like to better understand some of the basics so I can start learning/experimenting. As an example, I was just trying to draw a curvy line and could not get line to be the color I wanted. Again, I would like to understand some of the “basics” so I can begin learning/experimenting.

I have downloaded & installed Affinity. It looks like a pretty powerful tool. Now I need to learn how to use it.

I watched one video where a guy showed some really neat things that can be done with the app however, I need a good starting place to learn how to use the tool.

Can someone recommend a good way to learn how to use the tool?

@Dave-R Nice work Dave-R.

As it turns out, using the Extension Manager did not really uninstall the Trimble Scan Essentials plugin. However, do to some replies from others, I did get the issue resolved.

OK, I finally got everything setup correctly now. It was kind of an awkward process but here is what I did:

• First I uninstalled 2026
• Then I made sure all plugins were up to date in 2025
• Then I clicked on the check for update in 2025
• Now I ran the update option in 2025 to install 2026
• When the process for installing 2026 ran, I deselected the Trimble Scan Essentials, Revit Importer and V-Ray
• Everything is now running fine and the Trimble Scan Essentials is finally gone and all of my plugins are installed and things are now the way I want them.

Once again, I really want to thank everyone (on the SketchUp and SketchUcation forums) for the replies and insight of how to get things going correctly again.

As I said in the original post, I have been gone for a while. Now I can get back to using SketchUp (latest version) again.

Just to let everyone know, I finally got the whole issue resolved. As it turned out, all I had to do was go to the Extension Mager and uninstall the Scan Essentials plugin.

I appreciate all of the response.

@L-i-am Thank you sir. That is a better explanation than any of the sources I read.

I have been away from SketchUp for a while. I just updated to SU 2026 and there is a feature that I am not familiar with. I see a toolbar for Point Cloud, however:

• Can someone give me good explanation of what Point Cloud is?

• Is there a way to remove or move the toolbar for the Point Cloud?

OK, I just tried both of the items I mentioned before and they both seem to be working again.

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks Rich. I thought I had done something that "broke" things.

I use my iPad most of the time to view the forum posts. In the last few days I have noticed a couple of changes that are not working well for me:

• The checkboxes at the right of a post does not seem to be working. There are times I use the checkboxes at to select a topic that I then want to marl as “read” without actually reading them. It is no longer working for me on my iPad. It will not allow me to click the checkbox.

• I also used to click just below a threads name and it would take me to the last entry in the thread. This no longer seems to be an option. I enjoyed this option (particularly for long threads) so that I did not have to scroll through the entire thread to read the lares posts.

Am I doing something wrong or have there been changes that are not working well on my iPad?

@TIG
Thanks for your reply and instructions. Sorry I missed your post yesterday.

I think I was able to identify that I had only added one plugin and via your instructions, I think I was able to delete it. It is no longer showing up.

@Rich-O-Brien said in Sketchucation Tools 5.0.1:

@ntxdave

• Is there a way to find out which plugins I installed yesterday?

Use the Filters dropdown and choose Installed

• How do you go about deleting/uninstalling a plugin?

Use Extensions > Extension Manager

I do not see any link to be able to remove one of the plugins on the list of plugins in the list. Am I missing something?

You can't remove extensions from the current device's Bundle

Thanks a lot for the reply/ Somehow, I missed it yesterday. I wish that the Installed list would show when the plugin was installed. I think I figured out that I had only installed one new plugin and thanks to you and @TIG I was able to identify it and remove it.