@fakebob said:

Hi! This software shows so much promise! I'm excited more than when I first got kerkythea waaaaay back.

I downloaded the newest alpha 0.8.4 today because the 0.8.3 one just crashed my 2023 sketchup pro on either:
a) adding a sketchup texture/colour to a face or
b) opening the Rayscaper Start Render screen (it pops up then everything crashes)

Is anyone else having the same issue? I removed the previous version before installing the update.

Bob

Hey Bob,

Glad to hear you are excited! But it sucks to hear you are having such a bad first experience. Rayscaper creates a log file that should hopefully tell us why it crashes for you. Would you mind providing me with log files for both the crashes you are experiencing?

The log file is called SUEX_Rayscaper.log and is saved under the directory (%AppData%/Rayscaper). If you are unsure, we have more details here. Can you make it crash twice and get me those files? Then I can help you on your way to get something useful out of Rayscaper.

Regards,
Thomas

@jo-ke said:

that looks much better

saving in a folder containing "ü" is not possible yet it caused this error:

Thanks for reporting! This will be fixed in the next release.

Cheers,
Thomas

@jo-ke said:

thank you. I didn't see this. solutions are so simple....

next problems:

is it possible to do an emitter with textures? like in my example the sign of the tramway?

why can't I get rid of the blue textures? they are textured in SU and all faces are frontfaces

This should be fixed now in Rayscaper 0.8.4. Here is the release post: https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=76686

The problem was that Rayscaper was not correctly handling faces that inherited their material from the parent group or component instance. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, I'm referring to this SketchUp feature.

Cheers,
Thomas

This version is superseded by version 0.8.4: https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=76686

Hey folks,

You can get the test build for Rayscaper, Windows, version 0.8.4 Alpha here.

Remember this is alpha software. Have a look here to see what that means.

Changes since the last build:

• Fix a GPU rendering bug. The same scene, with the same configuration, would sometimes give different results when
  re-rendering the scene using the GPU.
• Support material inheritance. SketchUp faces that don't have geometry assigned can inherit the material from their
  parent instance or group.
• Fix the roughness control for glass and metal materials. Low roughness values look more reasonable now.
• Remove the spherical texture mapping option.

Quick Tips

• If this is your first time installing Rayscaper, have a look at our installation instructions.
• If you installed Rayscaper before, have a look at our upgrade guide.
• We also have a quick start guide with a free demo scene.
• The documentation is here. Documentation is a work in progress.

Reach Out

When you get stuck, have questions, give some feedback or just want to say hi. Don't hesitate to create a post in this forum (Extensions & Applications Discussions) or send me a private message. We have a documentation section on finding help.

Happy Rendering!
Thomas

Hey folks,

Version 0.8.3 is out now, here's the release post: https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=76685

Cheers,
Thomas

Hey folks,

You can get the test build for Rayscaper, Windows, version 0.8.3 Alpha here.

Remember this is alpha software. Have a look here to see what that means.

Changes since the last build:

• Fix a crash when opening a recovered SketchUp file.
• Update the SketchUp toolbar icons - Icons courtesy of Rich O' Brien.
• Fix a crash when we cannot create an OpenImage denoise device.

Quick Tips

• If this is your first time installing Rayscaper, have a look at our installation instructions.
• If you installed Rayscaper before, have a look at our upgrade guide.
• We also have a quick start guide with a free demo scene.
• The documentation is here. Documentation is a work in progress.

Reach Out

When you get stuck, have questions, give some feedback or just want to say hi. Don't hesitate to create a post in this forum (Extensions & Applications Discussions) or send me a private message. We have a documentation section on finding help.

Happy Rendering!
Thomas

@sashapepperspray said:

I am talking about components that glue to face and cut an opening

Do you mind posting an example to help me understand better?

Thanks,
Thomas

Great work! Very realistic renders.

@sashapepperspray said:

two questions
are bump maps (height maps) planned to be added for materials?
are cutting components going to be supported (once hidden objects are)?
thank you for your work.

Yes, bump maps will be in the upcoming 1.0 release.

Are you referring to section cuts? They are planned for the 1.x release.

The Rayscaper roadmap is here: https://rayscaper.com/manual/roadmap/

Cheers,
Thomas

@majid said:

I did a clean installation, yet the toolbar is missing..
I think the denoiser refresh is less frequent maybe ...

I replied to your message, I need some more info.

Cheers,
Thomas

@majid said:

I was really busy recently doing my project. Just installed the latest version and tried it using the previous model. The toolbar does not show and when I start rendering many materials are missed and had to reload them manually. Also it seems slower to me...Maybe it is because my laptop is old and the GPU needs an update...
I will keep an eye on this post and pray for fast updates

Hey Majid,

Which version are you using?

You can get the toolbar back with this: https://rayscaper.com/manual/user-interface/#i-lost-my-toolbar - I renamed the title of the toolbar in a previous release, hence the reason it disappeared.

Can you share the log and scene where the materials went missing? The log is named SUEX_Rayscaper.log, see item 5 here on how to get it: https://rayscaper.com/getting-help/report-a-bug/

What is slower? Do the render times or the user interface feel slower? If it's slow, I consider that a bug

I will be releasing Rayscaper on a more frequent cadence now, have to get to 1.0.

Cheers,
Thomas

Hey folks,

You can get the test build for Rayscaper, Windows, version 0.8.2 Alpha here.

Remember this is alpha software. Have a look here to see what that means.

Changes since the last build:

• Fix the alpha channel for GPU rendering.
• Fix the texture scaling for faces that inherit their material texture from the parent group or component.
• Fix a crash when refreshing SketchUp materials in the material editor.
• Make sure the Rayscaper installation process works for users that run multiple SketchUp instances in parallel.
• Support loading image textures embedded in the skp file. Before this code change. Before this change, Rayscaper users could reload the materials from SketchUp to fix the textures, but these changes would be gone again after saving and reloading the file. Now, users should be able to retain their changes after reloading the skp file.
• Fix a crash when editing the scene after clearing the Rayscaper data. Also changed the clearing behavior, Rayscaper will not reload the data after clearing the data.

Quick Tips

• If this is your first time installing Rayscaper, have a look at our installation instructions.
• If you installed Rayscaper before, have a look at our upgrade guide.
• We also have a quick start guide with a free demo scene.
• The documentation is here. Documentation is a work in progress.

Reach Out

When you get stuck, have questions, give some feedback or just want to say hi. Don't hesitate to create a post in this forum (Extensions & Applications Discussions) or send me a private message. We have a documentation section on finding help.

Happy Rendering!
Thomas

Very nice. I'm glad to see you are enjoying Rayscaper!

Happy to learn that grunge is not dead.

How did you achieve those little specks? It seems like dust on the lens; I'm pretty sure Rayscaper doesn't do that unless it's a bug.

The latest release post is here: https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=76669

Hey folks,

You can get the test build for Rayscaper, Windows, version 0.8.1 Alpha here.

Remember this is alpha software. Have a look here to see what that means.

Changes since the last build:

• Fix a crash when deleting a SketchUp material while rendering using the GPU.
• Fix a crash for SketchUp materials that don't have a default color.
• Fix a bug when selecting categories and tags in the asset manager, now it's visibly clear which category or tag is selected by highlighting the correct item in the list.
• Fix an intermittent crash when downloading HDRI and texture thumbnails.
• Fix the artifacts in GPU rendering with high-quality denoise enabled.

Quick Tips

• If this is your first time installing Rayscaper, have a look at our installation instructions.
• If you installed Rayscaper before, have a look at our upgrade guide.
• We also have a quick start guide with a free demo scene.
• The documentation is here. Documentation is a work in progress.

Reach Out

When you get stuck, have questions, give some feedback or just want to say hi. Don't hesitate to create a post in this forum (Extensions & Applications Discussions) or send me a private message. We have a documentation section on finding help.

Happy Rendering!
Thomas

Thanks for sharing. They have a very impressive show reel. How easy is it to get content from SketchUp in their online solution?

Cheers,
Thomas

Hi there! Welcome!

@ntxdave said:

@pixelcruncher said:

@ntxdave said:

Looks like you are really moving this tool along. Just curious if you have any idea of when I might be able to use it with 2021.

Hey ntxdave,

You mean 2020 right? 2021 should work.

It’s definitely on my radar. My top priority is Rayscaper’s stability, there are still a bunch of crashes with the software. Next is outstanding rendering bugs. After that I will support 2020. I can’t give you a definitive date.

Cheers,
Thomas

Ooops, yes 2020 (wrong key )

Thanks for your response. Just curious where you are in Belgium. I was there back in 1984. Stayed in Brussels ans also saw Ghent, Bruge, and a couple of other cities.

Very cool, that was before I was born I live in the North, in the Flemish part, in a small town named Aarschot (wikipedia). Moved back here last summer after being overseas for 11 years.

Very nice