In the past view weeks, I worked with ai to make a subdivision and mesh reduction plugin. I started off with this old plugin (https://github.com/NB70/sketchup-loop-subdivision), and got the ai to improve it, and then I got it to make a dynamic subdivision plugin, and a mesh reduction plugin. I don't really know ruby coding, so I can't say it will work, but it works for me. I will attach it here, hopefully someone finds it useful. I also am attaching a manual, generated by ai (obviously) from the code.
mesh tool manual.pdf
Mesh Tools.rbz

I gave the code of this plugin to ai, and asked him to write a manual, here it is.Sculpt Tools Manual.pdf

did you by any chance press k on the keyboard, it looks like back edges are showing

okay, thanks (a feature request- maybe you can make a seperate reload button for the regular texture, for the metalness, roughness, and normal maps, so If I edit the regular texture in sketchup but want to keep the metallness changes in rayscaper I can do that.)

I think I figured something out about the blue material bug, I can make it happen in any file if I use the "edit texture in external editor" in the sketchup material editor, It shows up as blue.
(Another thing I noticed, is that If i edit a material in sketchup, it does not automatically update the material in rayscaper.)

@pixelcruncher thank you so much!

@pixelcruncher said in Rayscaper New Releases:

produce this wit
here is one with the bug, the stone texture does not work.
terrrain.skp

I just noticed a bug, Most files (I think it is if they were created before 2026, and I am opening them in 2026) that I open the rayscaper window in, all the faces are blue, and I have to reset every material to see the textures.
Also, One file (it is on the warehouse here https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/6e2af6cd-7fde-487b-99f4-919da24ecd11/the-original-second-temple) whenever I open rayscaper in it, sketchup just closes.
here si pictures of the first bug

@pixelcruncher thank you very much!

@pixelcruncher thank you

@pixelcruncher any update on when the material inheritance is going to be fixed?

maybe vbo jump to levels-https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/584dba2f-6938-4f03-a1de-df61213cc672/vbo-jump2levels

thank you very much

thank you for the new release.
I noticed two bugs with this release

1. it does not Support SketchUp material inheritance anymore. Faces, or objects that have the default material painted on them, but the group that they are in have a material, show up as unpainted (with the default material).
2. the rendered images have a watermark on the bottom, even though I have a license (and I doublechecked that it is connected)
   [as a side note, any idea when you will connect the sketchup pbr materials to the rayscaper material properties, so that I don't need to set up metalness, roughness, etc, twice?]

I also have this problem, for know what I do is I disable Lord of the toolbars with the sketchucation plugin manager tool, then I restart sketchup and set up the toolbars, then I enable it and restart sketchup, and it then stays.
@fredo6 do you have any ideas what is causing this?

@pixelcruncher Thanks, it works

@pixelcruncher Hello, I have downloaded sketchup 2025 and rayscaper doesn't work, it just says idle and doesn't render, (and do you have plans to incorporate sketchup's pbr materials into rayscaper's materials?) thanks

@samuel_t Any model I try doesn't work, but here is onejuggler.obj

@L-i-am I would recommend quixel mixer (https://quixel.com/products/mixer/win/2022.1.1), especially now that you can claim all megascans for free for now (https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/access-legacy-megascans-on-bridge-and-quixel-com/2142664).

@sashapepperspray
I have installed an older version of the plugin (1.1.9) and I now can do poligon reduction, but I can't import, I get the following error message
do you have any ideas?