Installation troubleshooting for SketchUp 2017 and IRender nXt
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It's possible that the files that we install to let SketchUp 2017 find our plugin did not get installed into the proper location.
If you are having problems installing into SketchUp 2017, read the comments below.
By default, we install the ruby files in your ProgramData folder.
Note: On your machine, the 'ProgramData' folder may be spelled differently, for your version of Windows.
Run the installation again, choosing the Reinstall choice, and notice where we are installing the SketchUp plugin files.
You should see SketchUp 2017 listed as one of the plugin folders that we will populate:
After reinstalling, here are some instructions to check the installation location:
C:ProgramDataSketchUpSketchUp 2017SketchUpPlugins
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Look in that folder in Windows File Explorer, and make sure there is a folder called RPS_IRender_nXt and a file called RPS_IRender_nXt.rb:
Note: If you don't have the View option for showing known extensions un-checked, you will just see the file as being named 'Rps_IRender_nXt'.
You can change the Folder View Options, if you want to check the .rb extension:
If that file and folder are not there, then you will need to reinstall IRender nXt and make sure that the Ruby Plugins files get installed into your ProgramData folder.
After reinstalling, if IRender nXt still does not load, please do this:
Start SketchUp and open the SketchUp Ruby Console window:
Type, or use Copy and Paste (Note the single quote marks and the backwards slashes used here.):
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- load 'RPS_IRender_nxt.rb'
in the ruby console window, and then click Enter.
Then enter this line:
- load 'RPS_IRender_nXtRPS_IRender_nxt2.rb'
and also try entering the full path for the file to load:
- load 'ProgramDataSketchUpSketchUp 2017SketchUpPluginsRPS_IRender_nXtRPS_IRender_nXt2.rb'
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Then copy all the text that appears in the Ruby Console and send it to us.
Hopefully all of that will give us a clue, if there is an error message or the files cannot be found to load.
SketchUp 2017 Available Now
The newest version of SketchUp, 2017 is available from Trimble SketchUp. You can read more about it from the SketchUp website here.
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As always, the SketchUp team has made a variety of improvements. One of the major changes is the move to an new hardware-based shader design for their 3D graphics display. Note that this imposes some new restrictions on what kind of hardware can run SketchUp 2017. You can read more about that here. Also note that with SU2017, they are dropping support for 32-bit (X86) versions for Windows (support for 32-bit OSX was already dropped in a previous version).
To install Twilight Render V2 to SketchUp 2017, you will want to download and run the latest Twilight Render installers. You can find the installers here on our website under the Latest Version.
The latest installers for Twilight Render are signed and ready to go, so you shouldn't encounter any problems. If you do, please let us know on our user forum with as complete a description as possible. Please note, for some users, Twilight Render may not automatically show up after installing. If that is the case for you, launch SketchUp and open the Preferences window. Click on Extensions, then in the list, find Twilight2, and make sure it is checked.
We always recommend that you just download the latest installer (making sure to pick the right version!) and rerun it. That will always ensure your installation is correct, instead of using a plugin manager to do it.
You can find the installers here: Latest Version.
For OSX users, please note that we are dropping support for OSX 10.8. The minimum OSX version for installing Twilight Render V2.7 is OSX 10.9.