User Interface

SketchUp Toolbar

Many interactions between SketchUp and Rayscaper happen via the Rayscaper toolbar in SketchUp.

The SketchUp toolbar for Rayscaper.

The below table describes the toolbar item from left to right:

Item	Description
Render View	Opens the Rayscaper main window.
Sphere Light	Activates the point light creation tool.
Spot Light	Activates the spotlight creation tool.
Directional Light	Activates the directional light creation tool.
Lock Camera	Prevents camera updates from going to Rayscaper, even when making camera changes in SketchUp. Locking the camera is handy when you want to move around in the scene but still want to keep the original camera in Rayscaper.
Match Viewport	Matches the Rayscaper viewport to the SketchUp viewport. This feature matches the Rayscaper camera configuration with SketchUp and updates the Rayscaper render resolution to have the same aspect ratio as the SketchUp viewport.
License Dialog	Launches the SketchUcation licensing dialog.
Rayscaper Help	Launches the default browser and loads the Rayscaper documentation website.

I lost my toolbar

When you correctly installed Rayscaper but don’t see the toolbar, you can make it visible again via Menu > View > Toolbars:

Rayscaper Render View

The below image shows the Rayscaper main render view.

Annotation	Name	Description
1	Toolbar	The Rayscaper render toolbar
2	Viewport	Shows the render output, and updates in real-time.
3	Status Bar	Displays the status of the current render.
4	Asset Manager	Shows the assets, You can directly drag and drop assets in the viewport or the material editor.
5	Scene Editor	Here, you configure all render settings (e.g. materials, camera, etc). for the scene.