Nil-Devops / SketchUp-PBR-Plugin

Open-source Physically-Based Rendering extension for SketchUp 2017 or newer.

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Free PBR extension for SketchUp

💅 Add reflections, reliefs and lights to your SketchUp models. 🏃‍♀️ Render in real-time. ✈️ Export to 2D or 3D.

Demos

A SketchUp model rendered without PBR extension	Same SketchUp model rendered with PBR extension

A virtual reef rendered with SketchUp PBR extension.

Screenshots

Installation

1. Be sure to have SketchUp 2017 or newer version installed.
2. Download required plugin: glTF Export.
3. Download latest PBR plugin from the SketchUcation PluginStore.
4. Install both plugins following this guide.

Now, you should have in SketchUp a "Physically-Based Rendering" menu and a "PBR" toolbar. 👍

Optional. Install PBR Material Library:

5. Download sketchup_pbr_material_lib.zip from this link.
6. If you use macOS, extract .zip contents to this folder: ~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2017/SketchUp/Materials
   If you use Windows, extract .zip contents to this folder: %AppData%\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Materials
7. Restart SketchUp.

Enjoy one hundred ready-to-use PBR materials in SketchUp! 😊

Documentation

A help document is available.

Thanks

PBR plugin project would not have succeeded without: SketchUp, glTF, glTF Exporter, Chromium and ClayGL.

Copyright

© 2020 Samuel Tallet