My latest practice/learning experiment. The Bently car is from the 3D warehouse (do not remember who the contributor/designer was - Sorry).

@Mike-Amos said in Alphabet to sketch(up):

@Rich-O-Brien

Agreed. IMHO, the ai generated 'stuff' is crap.

That makes three of us.

@marked001 said in Hercules 2031:

@starrigger Very cool!

Agree completely!

Whar renderer did you use?

@Gus-R Really nice model and render.

@Gus-R Much improved - IMO.

@pixelcruncher Some good answers (IMO) Thomas.

As for the start/stop buttons, again IMO, I think you should have to click the start button before Rayscaper starts rendering. There are times when you want to make some settings, like the HDRI background and making some material selections/settings and camera/FOV and maybe some lighting settings, before you start rendering. Again, just IMO.

Looking forward to your next update(s).

@nlipovac Rich, I agree. You are 100% correct (IMO).

@Mike-Amos have you tried opening SU and then looking are recent fi,es?

@Mike-Amos Agree!

@Alan-Fraser Very interesting piece of work.

@iamlegend123456 Nice!

for the obvious question. What render software?

@Bryan-K said in House Render Sketchup/TM:

Love the tire tracks.

Agree except, why are there wet tire tracks underneath the overhang?

@Mike-Amos said in Rayscaper New Releases:

@pixelcruncher

I can confirm that the 0.9.27 update has successfully completed.

Thanks.

I tried it but every time I launched Rayscaper it crashed SketchUp. So I have gone back to 0.9.23.

In order to get it working, I had to uninstall 0.9.27 and then reinstall 0.9.23 (which was the only other download I had).

I have to admit that I am still working with the "free" version. I do like it and anticipate purchasing but I am still trying to lean and improve my skills. One of the things I still have a little problem with is matching stuff I create (in particular vegetation) with HDRI files but I am exploring ways to handle this situation.

@pixelcruncher

Pause/resume is definitely on the roadmap.

Thank you.

@pixelcruncher OK, somehow, I had not noticed the Reload button. However, there are times when I would like to pause and/or restart the render process. You might want to consider adding something like that.

@ntxdave Well, here is another update. Keep trying to learn how to manipulate the grass around the building.

Now for another issue/suggestion about Rayscaper. Since I had to go back into SketchUp and manipulate the grass (actually I created a whole new SketchUp material during the process) I needed to keep restarting Rayscaper so it would recognize my SU material modifications. In order to get things to work I had to keep shutting down Rayscaper and then restart it. So, I had the following issues:

• I had to close down Rayscaper and then relaunch it because there is no way in Rayscaper (at least that I could find) to restart the render process. Suggest that you add a button (or some kind of link) that would restart the render process and take notice of any changes in the SketchUp model.

• When I switch over to the SU model, the Rayscaper screen kind of disappears. I then had to "reopen" (probably not the correct term) screen but that is probably actually pretty normal. I would not want the Rayscaper render window to keep me from being able to go back to my SU screen view. So, not sure what to say about this.

@Emilia44 I think the simplest answer is to post a question on how to do something. You will get good answers/instructions on this forum.

@Mike-Amos nice updates/progress.

@pixelcruncher said in Rayscaper New Releases:

Hey, Rayscaper friends!

Help me build the community

I'm on Twitter (X) now: https://twitter.com/Rayscaper3d/ - Please follow the @Rayscaper3d that will help me grow the community and spread the word about Rayscaper!

If you like Rayscaper, please share your renders! This will help me showcase its capabilities to other potential users.

Happy Rendering!
OK, I set up an account on Twitter, but I have to say that so far what I see is not something I like. I think there has to be a better way to promote your product and get positive feedback.

I have shared several renders on the Rayscaper Learning-Practice thread. If you think any of them are worth posting somewhere, feel free. The ones I have shared so far are inspired by @majid and his book.

Again, I think it would be good (better IMO) if you started your own forum. Another idea might be to get Rich to set up a category on SketchUcation for Rendering and then a subcategory for Rayscaper (but that might bypass some SketchUp users).

More "playing around/practicing"......