Ambient Occlusion Distance & Intensity Uneditable

[Emberry333]

Hi Sketchup Community,

Has anyone had any issue with the new ambient occlusion feature in SketchUp Pro 2024? I am able to supposedly turn this feature on, however, I am unable to edit the distance or intensity. I selected “interior” style > “edit” > “faces” > “ambient occlusion”, but when I do this, the distance and intensity is grayed out. I saw one post suggesting to close the secondary selection plane and it is still grayed out. Any suggestions?

Has anybody else had this issue? I am working on a 2020 Macbook Pro and my operating system is updated.

[ateliernab]

you’re sharing the panel of someone else, and it worked for them.

can you share your panel with us so we can see the current parameters ?
does it happen on every model ?

if you go check the performances in the preference panel, are you using the new 3d engine ?

[Guido]

Don’t know if the answer is in this video @TheOnlyAaron just released - he seems very taken with it!

Top 5 NEW Features in SketchUp 2024

[TheOnlyAaron]

@ateliernab

if you go check the performances in the preference panel, are you using the new 3d engine ?

I would guess this is the culprit! AO is disabled if you are using the classic engine.

[Emberry333]

Solved! It was just that I didn’t have the new 3D engine checked. Thanks for the quick help!