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BUILD 2.00.24

FEATURES ANDIMPROVEMENTSSP1

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NEW FEATURESAddedsupportforSketchUp2014.V-RayforSketchUpnowprovidestheBatchRenderTool whichallowstheusertorenderallscenetabsina SketchUpfilewiththeclickofabutton.SketchUpfilesaresavedalongsidethe.VRMeshproxy outputsothatcomponentcreationcanbestreamlined.WhenclickingtheRTbuttonduringanRTrenderitnow automaticallyrefreshesthescene.

MODIFIED FEATURESAddedmultiplybyopacitytotheemissivelayer.Optimizedthedefaultmaximumdepthstandard.AddingnewVRayBRDFlayerstoaStandardMaterialisnow addedunderexistingDiffuselayer.OptimizeddefaultsettingsforTexStucco,SunLight, VRayBRDF,TexMix,TexCellular,TexTiles,andTexCloth.VFBchannelsthatarenotcurrentlyfunctionalarenow hidden.OntheSystempanelofourV-RayOptionsEditoryouwill noticeDefaultGeometryasachoiceintheraycaster parameters.ThedefaultoptionisAuto,whichmeans groups/instancesarechosen,thatareheavilyusedas dynamicgeometrytosaveRAM.

Thetexturecacheisfullyclearediftheuserchoosestodoso fromthedebugmenu.MaterialIDisautomaticallyassignedifacolorisnotspecifically chosenbytheuser.Addedverysimpledefaultuvsincaseswherenouvinformation canbegrabbedfromSketchUp.ChangedDiffuselayerGITransparencyCutoffdefaultvalue changedfrom0.3to0.5.AddedCanbeoverriddenoptiontoMtlToon,Mtl2Sided, MtlSkp2Sided,andMtlAngleBlend. .skpversioncanbeexportedofproxyeveniftheAutomatically createproxiesoptionisnotchosen.YoucanspecifyhowlongtoletanRTrendergobeforestopping bytime,noisethreshold,ormaximumsamplelevel.DefaultDisplacementintherenderoptions,nowhasoverride disabledbydefault.VRayMaterial,andVRayBRDFhavefresnelreflectionsenabledby default.OnOSX,XMLDRSpawner.appisdistributedsouserscandouble- clickitratherthanneedingtomanuallyopenterminal.Addedcheckboxtomaterialeditor,whichtogglestheabilityto rendermaterialsub-assets.

V-RayforSketchUp/Build2.00.24

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BUG FIXES Resolvedissuethatwouldcauseproxiesthatreferencean invalidpathtonotbefoundwhilepackingasceneor rendering. Resolvedissuewherere-writingproxiesSketchUpfilewhen importingaswellasexporting.Nowa.skpfilecanbewritten outwhenexporting. Resolvedissuewherepurgingunusedmaterialsordeleting materials,throughourmaterialeditorcouldcauseacrash. Resolvedissuewherethefileextensionwasnotbeing appendedtothefilenamewhenexportingaproxyonOSX. Resolvedissuewhereduplicatingamaterialwithonlyzeroes foranumber,likeColor_000,wouldpotentiallyusenamesof otherexistingmaterials. Resolvedissuewhereexportingvrmeshwithmultiple materialswasveryslow. Resolvedissuethatcouldcauseemptyrenders. Resolvedissuewheredoingamove/copyofinstancescouldbe veryslowiftheyareinsideabigcomponent. Resolvedissueswithconflicting3rdpartyplugins. Resolvedanerrorthatwouldpreventa.vrmeshfromexporing ifitwasoverridinganexisting.vrmesh. Fixedcrashthatwouldoccurwhencopyinggeometryduring anRTrender. Resolvedissuethatcouldcausematerialstobedeleted randomlyduringanRTrender. Resolvedissuethatcouldcauseundooperationsto randomlyoccurduringanRTrender. Resolvedissuethatcouldcauseproxyentitiestobecome invalidandcauseacrash. Resolvedissuethatcouldcausegeometrytonotberendered afterareferencedassetfailstobefound. ResolvedissuethatcausedMultiMaterialsthatwerecreated throughtheUItonotloadproperly. Refractionglossinessaffectalphashouldworkasexpected. Resolvedissuethatcouldcausegeometrytonotberendered afterareferencedmaterialfailstobefound. TexCellularshouldnowworkwhenusedasadisplacement. Resolvedissuethatpreventedsunpositionfromupdatingin RTwhennotusingEnglishlocale. LenseffectsnowworkwithDR. ResolvedissuewheremanuallyclosingaDRSpawnercausesa crash. TheVFBopensaboveotherwindowswhenarenderstarts. TexCellulartypesotherthanDotsnowworkasexpected. Wenowsupportallofthesettingsintheproxyexportdialog. Spedupproxycreationsignificantlyforcomplexgeometry. Fixedcrashthatcanhappenifyoutrytorenderananimation withnoscenesaddedtotheanimation. ResolvedissuewithStringIOmodulethatcausedconflictwith otherplugin.

Resolvedissuethatwouldcauseadramaticslowdownin complexsceneswhileinteractingwiththeviewport. Optimizedtheprocessofwritingoutvrmeshfiles. Resolvedissuewhereundoingafterapplyingatextured SketchUpmaterialcouldpotentiallycrash. Texturesextractedtoourtempcachefolderarenowstored withanamethatisuniquetothetexturefileitself,ratherthan thematerialname. Allmaterialsreferencedbyaproxymultimaterialareapplied whenweexportthe.skpfile.Thisensuresthesematerialsare properlyimported. Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventtexturesfrombeingwritten formaterialsthatnamedwith. Resolvedissuewheresavinganimagetotherenderhistory wouldsometimescrash. Resolvedissuewheremissingbitmaptexturecouldmake geometryrenderastransparentifUsecolortextureas transparencyisenabled. Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventascenefromparsing,ifa meshhad0points. ResolvedissuewherematerialpreviewscanrestartRT. ResolvedissuewhereRTwasrefreshingwhenchanging betweenSceneseventhoughthecamerawasfrozen. ModifiedhowUIcalculatesitsminimumsize,thisshouldhelp itdisplaybetterwithoutbeingcutoffwhenyouusingawindows accessibilitytosetmagnifiedview. Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventtexturereferencesfrom beingupdatedwhensettoNone. ResolvedissuewhereDRnodescouldfailtocontributeto DR/RTonaseeminglyrandominterval. ResolvedissuewhereIESfilesorotherexternalfilesmaynot befoundproperlyduringRT. Resolvedissuewherechangingmaterialswithdisplacement wouldcauseafreezeorcrash. OSXtoolbarnowstaysdisplayed. Resolvedissuethatcausecomponentsusingthecutopening behavior,tonotupdateproperlyinRT. Resolvedissuewhereobserverswerenotfunctioningproperly inSketchUp2014. Resolvedissuethatcouldcausecrasheswhenarenderis cancelledorfinishes-thisonlyhappenedincaseswherea MtlASGVIScontainedmultipleBRDFRefractionlayers. Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventvrmeshfilesfrombeing includedinpackedscenearchives. ResolvedissuewherearenderdidnotstartinSketchUp2014. ResolvedacoupleissuesrelatedtoRuby2.0differencesinthe SketchUp2014build. Optimizedmakeuniquedetectionsocopying/pastinglights shouldnotbeasslow. ProxyexportmodeExporteachselectedobjectinaseparate fileexportsungroupedobjectsbyusingconnectedfacesrather thangroupingallungroupedobjectsintoasinglemesh.

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Resolvedissuewhereweexportedallungroupedgeometry whenexportingproxiesratherthanjusttheselected ungroupedgeometry. Wemanuallycachewhetherthetoolbarsarehiddenorshown now,sothetoolbarsshouldberestoredproperlyonOSX. Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventhide/unhidefromworking properlyonnon-componentobjects. Fixedissuethatwouldcausegroups/instancestonotdeletein RTiftheyhadbeenmodified. Resolvedissuewherecolorcorrectionwindowwasdrawn incorrectlyonOSX. ResolvedissuewhererestartinganRTrenderbyclickingthe RTbuttonagainwouldcauseacrashonOSX. ResolvedissuewhereswitchingbetweenwindowsonOSXwith lighteditoropencouldcauseSketchUptobecome unresponsiveifyouhadothermodaldialogs,likethecolor pickerortextureeditor,open. Resolvedissuewhereswitchingbetweenwindowswould sometimesshowtheVFBevenifitwasntvisible. RenderhistoryshouldnowacceptUnicode(non-latin alphabetslikeCyrillic,Hebrew,Arabic,etc)folderpath RTnowrespondstolayervisibilitychangesthatoccurto layersthatexistedwhenthescenewasloaded. Resolvedissuethatwouldincorrectlycauseobjectsto disappearduringRT,afterdeletingaface. RTnowrespondstoentitiesinascenebeinghiddenor unhidden(case10028). BatchrenderswillnowignoresceneswhereIncludein animationisunchecked. Lightscontainedincomponents,whicharemadeunique,no longerinvalidatethelight. Resolvedissuewherephantomcomponentdefinitions (compdefsnotfoundinthemodeldefinitionlist)couldcause ustofailparsingthescene. Resolvedissuewhereproxiescouldbetreatedaslightobjects bymistake. Resolvedissuewherelayervisibilitychangeswouldstartthe RTrender.