Anyone seen these distorted lines with shadows in the new graphics engine. I’m using 26 and they don’t always appear but sometimes they do and there is nothing short of reverting to classic graphics engine (and abandoning AO and PBR) that fixes it? I don’t have a pattern of what objects seem to d…

try this [image] Shadows from edges does not work with SketchUp's new graphics engine SketchUp On Mac you can edit this line in PrivatePreferenes.json: "UseFasterShadows": false, That makes edge shadows work. I am asking the team if there is a fix being wor…

Perfect. I saw that topic go by and thought it was about a different thing. I wouldn’t mind changes if they included the off switch. Then again, I wouldn’t have to turn them off if they worked.

Shadows distorted and in New graphics engine 26

SketchUp Pro

ateliernab August 6, 2026, 11:23pm 2

try this

they added fast shadows on pc and mac but forgot to allow mac users to disable it.

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