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Hello,

This is a beta release and it has not been tested very much. You need Indigo 3.6.0 or greater to use this version.

To Install:
1) Download RBZ file from link below
2) In SketchUp, go to Window->Preferences->Extensions->Install Extension
3) Select the RBZ file you downloaded

Some features are WIP. You can now create custom preview scenes by selecting 'New.." from the preview scene dropdown list. You just need to have a material in your scene named 'previewmaterial'. There is no way yet to delete a custom preview scene. They are stored here:

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Indigo Renderer\su_preview_scenes

The 1m scale preview scene is not working fully yet. You can try it out but it does not scale displacement properly yet (it works with absorption and media settings though).

Material loading of the new material types also does not work yet.

#Version 3.6.16

#Fixed: bug with custom preview scene directory not being automatically created
#Fixed: enabled support for GIF textures as they are now supported by Indigo

#Version 3.6.14

#Added: support for Double-sided thin materials
#Changed: moved emission map setting to 'Emitter Attributes' section in UI
#Changed: map dropdown option to say 'None' instead of 'Constant' to be consistent with Indigo UI
#Added: support for Coating material
#Added: fresnel scale for Phong materials
#Added: support for spherical camera
#Added: 1m scale Indigo preview scene - WIP
#Added: ability to easily create custom preview scenes - WIP
#Changed: Exit Portal materials now replace exit portal meshes
#Fixed: full path of textures now shown in texture editor
#Fixed: Made Indigo preview scene render faster

http://www.indigorenderer.com/dist/expo ... 3.6.16.rbz

hey whaat

i can't open the material editor with this version (via toolbar icon or through the menus)

osx 10.8
sketchup 8
indigo 3.6.12

thanks

Jeff Hammond wrote:hey whaat

i can't open the material editor with this version (via toolbar icon or through the menus)

osx 10.8
sketchup 8
indigo 3.6.12

thanks

Hi Jeff,
Any errors in the ruby console window?

Thanks Whaat! Seems great..

..why so many wip functions though? You want us to drool even more?

I'm working on several projects at the moment so I don't want to mess the work up with the new versions: I'm going to test them as soon as possible!

Hi Jeff,
Any errors in the ruby console window?

here's the error:





Error: #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - /Applications/Indigo Renderer/Indigo.app/Contents/Resources/su_preview_scenes>
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4529:in `open'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4529:in `entries'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4529:in `get_preview_scenes'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4520:in `refreshPreviewSceneList'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4652:in `refresh_dialog'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4728:in `show_editor'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:3036
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4529:in `call'
/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins/skindigo/skindigo_core.rb:4529

Jeff Hammond wrote:

Hi Jeff,
Any errors in the ruby console window?

here's the error:

Ah..there is a bug where SkIndigo is not creating the directory for custom preview scenes. I will prepare a fix. If you manually create the directory for 'su_preview_scenes' it should work in the meantime.

Whaat wrote: If you manually create the directory for 'su_preview_scenes' it should work in the meantime.

yep. that works.
thank you

Released update, see first post. Material editor should open properly now. GIF support is back.

Whaat wrote: Material editor should open properly now.

yes, this is working properly again on mac

GIF support is back.

sweet. thank you

Hi Whaat, nice work! I still have a problem though.

I have SU 2013 installed, the following issue occurs with the 3.6 beta aswell with the older stable version of Skindigo.

When I apply a bumpmap in the material editor the ticking box automatically untics itself after pressing "Accept" in the 'assign texture window'. It isn't a one texture scenario, doesn't work with many maps I used before..

Keep up the nice work!

FoXar wrote:Hi Whaat, nice work! I still have a problem though.

I have SU 2013 installed, the following issue occurs with the 3.6 beta aswell with the older stable version of Skindigo.

When I apply a bumpmap in the material editor the ticking box automatically untics itself after pressing "Accept" in the 'assign texture window'. It isn't a one texture scenario, doesn't work with many maps I used before..

Keep up the nice work!

Hi FoXar,
Strange, I will look into this. Is it just for bump maps?
Can anyone confirm? Is there a sequence of repeatable steps?

Works well for me - the only issue I have is the scroll bar from the materials preset flyout window is missing so I can't scroll down through the presets. I have to expand the window to see the ones I want.

Also seems to export slower and open the material editor slower, but I might be imaging that.

I like the exit portals as a material now, thats a lot more intuitive

Bosseye wrote:Works well for me - the only issue I have is the scroll bar from the materials preset flyout window is missing so I can't scroll down through the presets. I have to expand the window to see the ones I want.

Fixed for next release.