I recently upgraded to Sketchup Pro 2023 (ugh, those awful icons) and am not able to get Twilight Render to load. I realize that Twilight Render is discontinued but does it work with SU2023? If so, I’d like to get it running until I find an alternative rendering software. Any suggestions for alterna…

When I use the Twilight installer it doesn’t give the option to install it to SU2023. It does not show up in the Extensions menu. It is still loaded and working in SU2022.

Assuming you were using Twilight V2 Pro. Suggest you try this…. Go to Twilight’s website and download the latest version of Twilight. Open the Extension manager in SU 2023 , click the install extension button and go to wherever you saved the Twilight download, select it and follow the prompts. You h…

I am using the Hobby version. That worked. The Twilight installer I had on my computer was either outdated or corrupt. Re-downloading it from their website allowed me to choose to install it to SU2023. Thank you. Looking to the future, what do you all recommend for a free or inexpensive renderer th…

You might take a look at D5Render. I understand they have a free version. [image] D5 Render | Real-Time Ray Tracing 3D Rendering Software D5 Render builds a streamlined real-time rendering workflow for 3ds Max, Archicad, Blender, Cinema4D, Revit, Rhino and Sketchup. Download and use for…

I will check D5 out. Thank you.

Also, … Rayscraper is in Beta Alpha … [image] Rayscaper - A new render extension for SketchUp Extensions Hey folks wave My name is Thomas. I’m the developer for a render extension named Rayscaper . I have been working on Rayscaper for the last couple of months, but it’s …

Thanks for sharing. I will keep an eye on Rayscaper. For now, I need to rely on fully developed software.

Before getting the studio version I was using an engine called Brighter 3D, it offers a perpetual license with all future updates for free for just $175, it’s a lot better than twilight cause it has ray tracing feature, it’s also a cpu based engine so you don’t need a gpu to use it like with D5.

I’m still using Brighter 3D…I switched from Twilight. It’s latest version 4.4.1 is SU 2023 compatible. The image I just posted of minion Dave was rendered in Brighter, using an environment map of an airport.

Does (the now discontinued) Twilight Render work with SU 2023?

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Also, … Rayscraper is in ~~Beta~~ Alpha …

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