There are a few new methods now available in v2015, but that is more likely to mean that a v2015 based tool will not work in earlier versions, which lack that new functionality. The main outstanding incompatibility was with Dider Bur's tools - but with his permission I have recently finished updating those to be compatible with the newer SketchUps - now available in the PluginStore.Ī v2014 compatible tool is almost certainly going to work in v2015, but it might have some issues when used in v2013 or even more likely <=v8, particularly if it now relies on some of the new features only available in the newer Ruby version etc, and there the author has included no workarounds for the earlier versions.*** However, most authors updated their Plugins to suit the new Ruby when v2014 came along around a year ago.

The big changes in coding came at v8/v2013 and then the biggy at v2014, as that used a newer version of Ruby which handles a few things slightly differently, and is less forgiving of sloppy syntax etc, so there were potential issues stepping up versions. The good news is, if a Plugin is compatible with v2014, then it is almost certainly going to be compatible with v2015. Currently the choices offered for 'compatibility', to authors when they are setting up their PluginStore entries are =v2014'. The reason that I ask is that SU 2015 is not listed in the Sketchucation store. (When 'Glossiness has a low value, the reflection is blurry.) However, some people use the term 'Glossy Reflection' as a synonym for 'Blurred Reflection'.Glossy used in this meaning means that the reflection is actually blurred.Seasdes wrote:Thanks for your reply.

Sometimes it is a setting which is the opposite of Blurry.

Metallic - A reflection is Metallic if the highlights and reflections retain the color of the reflective object.

Blurry - A Blurry Reflection means that tiny random bumps on the surface of the material cause the reflection to be blurry.

Polished - A Polished Reflection is an undisturbed reflection, like a mirror or chrome.

Reflection on a shiny surface like wood or tile can add to the photorealistic effects of a 3D rendering. Reflection is accomplished in a ray trace renderer by following a ray from the eye to the mirror and then calculating where it bounces from, and continuing the process until no surface is found, or a non-reflective surface is found. Reflection is a property you add to a material to emulate reflective objects like mirrors and shiny surfaces. You can also add other special features - such as Sharpness/(blurriness), glossiness or metallic reflection. You can start with a default Reflective Material and use a slider bar to change the amount of reflection. Make any SketchUp material reflective with a simple right click edit.

Mirror plugin sketchup 2014