PBR plugin v1.4.1 is out.

• Enhances Material Editor UX.
• Library includes 82 materials.

PBR plugin v1.4.0 is out!

What's new?

• You can change sun elevation in Viewport. Sun and stars rise.
• You can save image in Viewport just by clicking on camera icon.
• Hold mouse middle button to zoom more quickly in Viewport!
• You can enter VR mode in Viewport — if you own a VR headset.
• You can't change environment map from menu anymore. Sorry.
• Material Library includes 79 materials! Thanks to Texture Haven.

The next PBR plugin version will include a virtual atmosphere (sun and stars). Demonstration:

PBR plugin v1.3.6 includes a library of 73 materials!
Most have been converted from texturehaven.com.
All these materials contain at least one normal map.

v1.3.5 of PBR plugin has just been released.

• Enhance macOS support.

• Upgrade Chromium browsers.

• Update sunlight direction. Beta

• Add two materials to library.

• Clarify menu and Viewport UI.

• Fix camera's orbit control damping.

@peerman said:

Ah thank you! I should've read the documentation better...
I will try it again.

Best,

No problem, Peter.

Best regards,

Samuel

@peerman said:

[...] the UVs aren't coming through correct. [...]

This is a known issue and there is a workaround.

@unknownuser said:

Texture looks weird with perpendicular lines around.

With your preferred photo editing software, resize texture image to a power of 2 in height and width (e.g. 1024x2048, 2048x2048, 4096x4096). Reimport texture image in SketchUp.

Source: https://github.com/SamuelTS/SketchUp-PBR-Plugin/blob/master/docs/help.md#in-pbr-viewport

@peerman said:

Edit: OK, after replacing the chromium app with the latest from chromium.org the viewport is working!

Next PBR plugin version will include latest Chromium macOS stable version.

@peerman said:

[...] I'm also not sure how I can start a render? Is that the force viewport update or am I missing something. The help page on github is not really helping as well. [...]

I added a Workflow section in GitHub README: https://github.com/SamuelTS/SketchUp-PBR-Plugin#workflow

@peerman said:

Hi Samuel,

I get this:

PBR::Chromium.executable
/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/pbr/Chromium/Mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium

I can get inside the plugin folder and find the chromium app but I can't start it. All priviliges are correct for the files read and write are set for all files within the pbr folder. Maybe if I replace the Chromium app with a newer one from the internet it works? I will try today.

Thanks!

Best,
Peter

Hello Peter,

File: exists. Read/Write: granted. OK. Now...

Open a Terminal in OS this time and paste this:

chmod +x '/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/Plugins/pbr/Chromium/Mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium'

It should make Chromium file executable.

Best regards,

The new PBR plugin version (1.3.4) :

• Keeps camera position in Viewport.

• Increases material library to 9 elem.

• Fixes an exposure issue in Viewport.

Hello. PBR plugin version 1.3.1 is available.

What's new?

• Plugin comes with a tiny PBR materials library. Donate to make it grow!

• When you save, open or create a model: Viewport is automatically updated.
  Technically, nginx Web server has been replaced by Chromium Web browser.

As part of an update, remember to disable plugin before uninstalling-reinstalling it.

@peerman said:

Hi, I really want to test this plugin but when I install the plugin (or after restarting SU) I get the message that Chromium cannot be found "Get latest". I'm working on a Mac. I can change materials but force viewport update crashed SU. I'm also not sure how I can start a render? Is that the force viewport update or am I missing something. The help page on github is not really helping as well.

I hope you can help/fix. The plugin looks promissing! Thanks!

Best,
Peter

Hi Peter,

Viewport use Chromium. Viewport opens automatically.
I don't have a Mac, this is why its support may be buggy.

It seems you have a problem related to path or chmod.
Please open Ruby Console in SketchUp and paste this:

PBR;;Chromium.executable

Then give me back console answer with a screenshot.

Thanks!

A new version is available, 1.3.3.

• Add exposure control in Viewport.

• Add one material to "PBR" library.

• Disable Viewport update on save.
  It was too slow. I recommend to set a shortcut for menu entry "Force Viewport Update".

A new version is available, 1.3.2.

• Add macOS support. Test n' report.
• Add 2 new materials in PBR library.

I understand now. Thanks for the trick!

@filibis said:

@samuel_t said:

• Plugin comes with a tiny PBR materials library. Donate to make it grow!

Take a look at these websites for free (CC0) textures: Pixel-Furnace, CC0Textures, freepbr. You can provide link to these sites maybe?

Hello filibis, thanks a lot for these links.

@filibis said:

I think you should indicate that we need to open a collection to use PBR materials you provided. People may not find PBR folder you generated easily.

I added following sentence in official README:
Additionally, you should have a new "PBR" materials collection in "Materials" tray. Enjoy!

@filibis said:

In addition to 'saving, opening and creating' a model, when we "apply all changes" in the PBR material editor, Chromium pops-up and updates the view as well.

You are right. I forgot to mention this case.

@filibis said:

HDR images working fine Can we rotate them somehow? That would be cool

I don't understand. You want to rotate HDRi?

@jql said:

Thea has viewport rendering which, for single monitors brings sketchup to life. Your plugin, as it is realtime, would be amazing with viewport rendering.

Yeah. There is an expensive workaround: to buy several monitors. More seriously, I will try to find a way to synchronize PBR Viewport with SketchUp.

Thank you for your idea.

Overlay feature request is out of my skills for now. Maybe another dev can, since code is open-source.