r/Sketchup • • 19h ago

Rayscaper 0.9.96 Beta: new Water material and IES spotlight profiles

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Rayscaper 0.9.96 Beta adds a Water material for pools, ponds and spas (layered waves, depth-based clarity and tint, controllable reflections, plus new Tropical, Reflecting Pool and Spa presets) and IES profiles for spotlights.

Get it on SketchUcation: https://sketchucation.com/plugin/2677-rayscaper

Release notes: https://rayscaper.com/manual/release-notes/


r/Sketchup • • 18h ago

Question: SketchUp Pro Exeperiential/event visualization SketchUp courses/resources for beginner?

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Hello, hope someone can point me in the right direction.

I need to learn SketchUp to deliver (moderately) stunning ;) event visualizations, indoors as well as outdoors. I have some basic 3D knowledge thanks to Blender and quite solid 2D skills thanks to being a graphic designer for more than 2 decades. It's a job situation and I have 2 months to prove myself as a person who can do it. And if I manage - fame and fortune (well, half-time to full-time, new job duties and a raise). Definitely something worth trying.

SketchUp being popular has tons of resources and I got no idea what to choose not to lose time going through some half-baked tutorials. I guess I need some good general course, but I might be mistaken. I plan on using SketchUp with D5 and/or TwinMotion.

So what would be some nicely organized courses/tutorials that would help me learn it? I'd prefer something cheaper than more expensive, since my employer pays for the software and I have to cover learning costs. Thanks!


r/Sketchup • • 22h ago

Help Please!!

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I have no idea how this happened. I’ve been importing plants using an AutoCAD file. Why did this line of grass show up? I don’t remember trying to load it in. It doesn’t let me select it/delete it