I just loaded SU 2025 yesterday. I opened a file previously created in SU24 and the photoreal materials is greyed out. i created a new file and photoreal materials is there but as soon as i switch to a different display setting the photoreal gets greyed out and i can’t turn it back on. I also can’t get the skydomes to show up. What am i doing wrong?
What graphics card? What graphics engine have you got selected in Settings>Graphics Engine?
What exactly do you mean by “display setting”?
NVIDIA GeForde RTX 2070
if i switch the Style from Photoreal Materials to shaded mode or texture mode then i can’t go back to photoreal as it is greyed out an not selectable.
So you’re using Windows. Then in Preferences>Graphics, what graphics engine?
When you installed SketchUp 2025 did you right click on the installer and choose Run as administrator to ensure correct installation?
This is what I see. The skydome is visible in any face style.
Maybe you can share a .skp file in which this is happening?
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i went in and switched the engine based upon your last comment and that worked. Thanks!
Good. The photo real rendering, sky dome, and AO only work with the new graphics engine.
Thanks so much for your help!
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