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BUILD 2.00.24

FEATURES ANDIMPROVEMENTSSP1

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NEW FEATURES•AddedsupportforSketchUp2014.•V-RayforSketchUpnowprovidestheBatchRenderTool whichallowstheusertorenderallscenetabsina SketchUpfilewiththeclickofabutton.•SketchUpfilesaresavedalongsidethe.VRMeshproxy outputsothatcomponentcreationcanbestreamlined.•WhenclickingtheRTbuttonduringanRTrenderitnow automaticallyrefreshesthescene.

MODIFIED FEATURES•Added“multiplybyopacity”totheemissivelayer.•Optimizedthedefaultmaximumdepthstandard.•AddingnewVRayBRDFlayerstoaStandardMaterialisnow addedunderexistingDiffuselayer.•OptimizeddefaultsettingsforTexStucco,SunLight, VRayBRDF,TexMix,TexCellular,TexTiles,andTexCloth.•VFBchannelsthatarenotcurrentlyfunctionalarenow hidden.•OntheSystempanelofourV-RayOptionsEditoryouwill notice“DefaultGeometry”asachoiceintheraycaster parameters.Thedefaultoptionis“Auto”,whichmeans groups/instancesarechosen,thatareheavilyusedas dynamicgeometrytosaveRAM.

•Thetexturecacheisfullyclearediftheuserchoosestodoso fromthedebugmenu.•MaterialIDisautomaticallyassignedifacolorisnotspecifically chosenbytheuser.•Addedverysimpledefaultuvsincaseswherenouvinformation canbegrabbedfromSketchUp.•ChangedDiffuselayerGITransparencyCutoffdefaultvalue changedfrom0.3to0.5.•Added“Canbeoverridden”optiontoMtlToon,Mtl2Sided, MtlSkp2Sided,andMtlAngleBlend.• .skpversioncanbeexportedofproxyevenifthe“Automatically createproxies”optionisnotchosen.•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,like“Color_000”,wouldpotentiallyusenamesof otherexistingmaterials.• Resolvedissuewhereexportingvrmeshwithmultiple materialswasveryslow.• Resolvedissuethatcouldcauseemptyrenders.• Resolvedissuewheredoingamove/copyofinstancescouldbe veryslowiftheyareinsideabigcomponent.• Resolvedissueswithconflicting3rdpartyplugins.• Resolvedanerrorthatwouldpreventa.vrmeshfromexporing ifitwasoverridinganexisting.vrmesh.• Fixedcrashthatwouldoccurwhencopyinggeometryduring anRTrender.• Resolvedissuethatcouldcausematerialstobedeleted randomlyduringanRTrender.• Resolvedissuethatcouldcause“undo”operationsto randomlyoccurduringanRTrender.• Resolvedissuethatcouldcauseproxyentitiestobecome invalidandcauseacrash.• Resolvedissuethatcouldcausegeometrytonotberendered afterareferencedassetfailstobefound.• ResolvedissuethatcausedMultiMaterialsthatwerecreated throughtheUItonotloadproperly.• Refractionglossiness“affectalpha”shouldworkasexpected.• Resolvedissuethatcouldcausegeometrytonotberendered afterareferencedmaterialfailstobefound.• TexCellularshouldnowworkwhenusedasadisplacement.• Resolvedissuethatpreventedsunpositionfromupdatingin RTwhennotusingEnglishlocale.• LenseffectsnowworkwithDR.• ResolvedissuewheremanuallyclosingaDRSpawnercausesa crash.• TheVFBopensaboveotherwindowswhenarenderstarts.• TexCellulartypesotherthan“Dots”nowworkasexpected.• 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 geometryrenderastransparentif“Usecolortextureas transparency”isenabled.• Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventascenefromparsing,ifa meshhad0points.• ResolvedissuewherematerialpreviewscanrestartRT.• ResolvedissuewhereRTwasrefreshingwhenchanging betweenSceneseventhoughthecamerawas“frozen”.• ModifiedhowUIcalculatesitsminimumsize,thisshouldhelp itdisplaybetterwithoutbeingcutoffwhenyouusingawindows accessibilitytosetmagnifiedview.• Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventtexturereferencesfrom beingupdatedwhensettoNone.• ResolvedissuewhereDRnodescouldfailtocontributeto DR/RTonaseeminglyrandominterval.• ResolvedissuewhereIESfilesorotherexternalfilesmaynot befoundproperlyduringRT.• Resolvedissuewherechangingmaterialswithdisplacement wouldcauseafreezeorcrash.• OSXtoolbarnowstaysdisplayed.• Resolvedissuethatcausecomponentsusingthe“cutopening” behavior,tonotupdateproperlyinRT.• Resolvedissuewhereobserverswerenotfunctioningproperly inSketchUp2014.• Resolvedissuethatcouldcausecrasheswhenarenderis cancelledorfinishes-thisonlyhappenedincaseswherea MtlASGVIScontainedmultipleBRDFRefractionlayers.• Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventvrmeshfilesfrombeing includedinpackedscenearchives.• ResolvedissuewherearenderdidnotstartinSketchUp2014.• ResolvedacoupleissuesrelatedtoRuby2.0differencesinthe SketchUp2014build.• Optimized“makeunique”detectionsocopying/pastinglights shouldnotbeasslow.• Proxyexportmode“Exporteachselectedobjectinaseparate file”exportsungroupedobjectsbyusingconnectedfacesrather thangroupingallungroupedobjectsintoasinglemesh.

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• Resolvedissuewhereweexportedallungroupedgeometry whenexportingproxiesratherthanjusttheselected ungroupedgeometry.• Wemanuallycachewhetherthetoolbarsarehiddenorshown now,sothetoolbarsshouldberestoredproperlyonOSX.• Resolvedissuethatwouldpreventhide/unhidefromworking properlyonnon-componentobjects.• Fixedissuethatwouldcausegroups/instancestonotdeletein RTiftheyhadbeenmodified.• Resolvedissuewherecolorcorrectionwindowwasdrawn incorrectlyonOSX.• ResolvedissuewhererestartinganRTrenderbyclickingthe “RT”buttonagainwouldcauseacrashonOSX.• ResolvedissuewhereswitchingbetweenwindowsonOSXwith lighteditoropencouldcauseSketchUptobecome unresponsiveifyouhadothermodaldialogs,likethecolor pickerortextureeditor,open.• Resolvedissuewhereswitchingbetweenwindowswould sometimesshowtheVFBevenifitwasn’tvisible.• RenderhistoryshouldnowacceptUnicode(non-latin alphabetslikeCyrillic,Hebrew,Arabic,etc)folderpath• RTnowrespondstolayervisibilitychangesthatoccurto layersthatexistedwhenthescenewasloaded.• Resolvedissuethatwouldincorrectlycauseobjectsto disappearduringRT,afterdeletingaface.• RTnowrespondstoentitiesinascenebeinghiddenor unhidden(case10028).• Batchrenderswillnowignoresceneswhere“Includein animation”isunchecked.• Lightscontainedincomponents,whicharemadeunique,no longerinvalidatethelight.• Resolvedissuewhere“phantom”componentdefinitions (compdefsnotfoundinthemodeldefinitionlist)couldcause ustofailparsingthescene.• Resolvedissuewhereproxiescouldbetreatedaslightobjects bymistake.• Resolvedissuewherelayervisibilitychangeswouldstartthe RTrender.