Release Notes

Version 1.2.13 (2025-04-03)

• Added support for SketchUp 2025.

• Added support for V-Ray 7 when exporting V-Ray proxies

• Transmutr now generates files in the format of SketchUp 2021+, to preserve new data like PBR materials from SketchUp 2025

Version 1.2.12 (2024-04-11)

• Added support for SketchUp 2024.

Version 1.2.11 (2023-04-25)

Bug fixes

• Fixed the installer not working on older Mac computers.

• Fixed V-Ray proxies not working with V-Ray 6.

Version 1.2.10 (2023-04-18)

Features

• Added support for SketchUp 2023.

• Added support for ARM-based Mac chipsets (M1, M2).

Bug fixes

• Fixed translucency maps sometimes not being found.

• Fixed V-Ray proxies not working with V-Ray 6.

Version 1.2.9 (2022-04-26)

Bug fixes

• Fixed exporting Quixel Megascans assets with variants not working.

• Fixed Transmutr not notifying users about new versions available for download.

• Fixed the “Release Notes” button in the options not opening the correct URL.

Known issue: Transmutr does not work in SketchUp 2022 on Mac computers with M1 chips. We're working on M1 support for a future version.

Version 1.2.8 (2022-02-21)

Features

• Added support for SketchUp 2022.

Changes

• Improved support for the “Reflection Glossiness” and “Reflection Roughness” material attributes.

• Added a warning message when importing unsupported assets from Megascans, such as standalone materials.

• Added a button in Transmutr and a menu entry in SketchUp to open Transmutr’s manual.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the export step that copies textures sometimes failing silently.

• Fixed some models with n-gons showing artifacts when exported.

• Fixed normal maps not being detected for some models using unconventional attribute names.

• Fixed textures not being properly applied on models loaded without texture coordinates.

• Fixed the Megascans connection not working immediately after changing the port.

• Fixed several crashes that could happen when exporting a model.

• Fixed the “See release notes” button in the options opening the wrong webpage.

• [Studio version] Fixed floating licenses not getting released when closing Transmutr.

Version 1.2.7 (2021-06-16)

Features

• Added Reflection Glossiness/Roughness.

• Added support for SketchUp 2021.1.

Changes

• Improved the bump/normal setting automatic detection.

• Generate generic UV coordinates if they are missing.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an error that sometimes occurred when copying textures to the destination folder.

• [Studio version] Fix proxy placeholder when using the CLI.

• [Studio version] Fix VRMat path in automations.

Version 1.2.6 (2021-04-07)

Features

• Added offline activation/deactivation for users with a restricted internet connection. Documentation: https://help.transmutr.com/faq#i-cannot-activate-my-license-due-to-a-restrictive-internet-connection

Bug fixes

• Fixed V-Ray proxy export failing due to a recent V-Ray updates.

• Fixed the ply2vrmesh.bin executable being referred to as ply2vrmesh.exe on OSX.

Version 1.2.5 (2020-12-07)

Features

• Added support for SketchUp 2021.

Version 1.2.4 (2020-10-21)

Changes

• [Studio version] Adding more automation patterns: DiffuseMapName, DiffuseMapExt, SourceFolderName, SourceFolderParent, SourceFolderParentName.

• [Studio version] Allow overriding options with the CLI.

Bug fixes

• Fixed crash with V-Ray 5.

• Fixed V-Ray TwoSided materials.

• Fixed texture paths in Enscape materials.

• Fixed BottomCenter and TopCenter preview.

• Lookup in nested folders when searching for map paths in VRMats.

• [Studio version] Fixed paths lookup when using the CLI.

• [Studio version] Fixed translucency map path missing in automations.

Version 1.2.3 (2020-04-24)

Bug fixes

• Fixed BottomCenter and TopCenter not being applied in the preview.

• [Studio version] Fixed automations not being applied when using the CLI.

• [Studio version] Fixed automations being applied twice in some cases.

Version 1.2.2 (2020-04-06)

Bug fixes

• Fixed Megascans files with variants not exporting.

• Fixed the Download button that shows up when a new version of Transmutr is available.

Version 1.2.1 (2020-03-31)

Changes

• The "Smooth Angle" setting is now applied to proxies as well.

• Added options to mitigate the artifacts generated by SketchUp when scaling a mesh with small faces (see Maximum mesh scale correction and Mesh scale correction multiplier).

• [Studio version] Reflection Glossiness and Refraction Glossiness can now be set using automations.

Bug fixes

• Fixed instances not being exported as components.

• Fixed the extension toolbar showing up even after being previously closed by the user.

• Fixed presets not being saved.

• Fixed some colors not being formatted correctly in Enscape materials, which resulted in all parameters being ignored by Enscape.

• Fixed a crash occurring when objects had no materials applied to them.

• Fixed a crash occurring when scanning unauthorized directories.

• Fixed V-Ray proxy export failing in rare cases.

• [Studio version] Fixed automations not being loaded from presets.

Version 1.2.0 (2020-03-09)

New features

• 🍎 MacOS support.

• Transmutr can now import SKP files.

• Transmutr can now edit individual components directly from an opened SketchUp document.

Changes

• Transmutr now installs for SketchUp 2020.

• Texture maps embedded in FBX files are now extracted.

• Duplicate material names are now renamed automatically.

• It is now possible to choose for which rendering engines materials are exported.

Bug fixes

• Fixed tiny faces not being created in some cases.

• Fixed the generation of VRMesh proxies not reporting errors in case of failure.

• Fixed missing textures not being reported to the user.

• Command-Line Interface: fixed simplified meshes being sometimes assigned the wrong materials.

• Fixed materials with "<" or ">" in their name not loading.

• Fixed a crash that occurred when running several instances of Transmutr simultaneously.

• Fixed the connection to Megascans failing silently when the communication port is already in use.

Version 1.1.2 (2019-10-24)

New features

• Added an option to add a custom prefix to relative paths

Bug fixes

• Fixed the connection with Megascans Bridge not working for some users

• Fix proxy export with non-ascii paths

• Fixed small issues when smoothing edges

Version 1.1.1 (2019-09-27)

Changes

• Objects that occur only once are now exported as groups, whereas objects occurring multiple times are exported as component instances.

• Transmutr now produces slightly cleaner hierarchy: the top-most group (root node) is now omitted and its children are added to the model itself.

Bug fixes

• Fixed Megascans assets with variants not being exported.

• Fixed Transmutr producing errors when exporting over existing files.

• Fixed crashes occurring on systems with non-ASCII paths.

Version 1.1.0 (2019-09-09)

New features

• [Studio version] Added a Command-Line Interface to use Transmutr from a terminal or with your own custom scripts in order to easily process large sets of models. Read the documentation here.
• [Studio version] Added Material Automations to let you apply your own automatic transformations to materials with a brand new visual scripting interface. Read the documentation here.
• You can now open files in Transmutr from the Windows explorer with Right-click > Open with. You can also associate some 3D formats to be automatically opened with Transmutr by clicking the Always use this app to open .obj/.fbx/.3ds/... files checkbox.

Bug fixes

• Fixed mesh simplification not being applied in the preview when loading preset settings.

• The scale is now correctly affected when changing the model dimensions in Stats

• Fixed some OBJ files generating parsing errors during loading (this error especially occurred for files exported from Rhino).

• Fixed remote trial extensions not working.

Version 1.0.6 (2019-08-08)

Bug fixes

• Fixed SketchUp not automatically opening converted files.

Version 1.0.5 (2019-06-11)

Bug fixes

• Fixed blank screen when windows username contains special chars.

Version 1.0.4 (2019-06-10)

New features

• Transmutr can now import STL files.

• When launched from SketchUp with Thea v2.1 (and above) active, Transmutr will export Thea proxies as *.mod.thea files instead of *.xml files.

Changes

• Transmutr now reads the "Up Axis" attribute that is sometimes stored in FBX files so that models are automatically rotated as intended.

Bug fixes

• Fixed missing material in V-Ray proxy when placeholder is "Simplified Geometry" or "Full Geometry"

• Fixed texture paths discarded when the drive letter is assigned but disconnected

• Fixed camera clipping plane not being updated when changing modifiers (scale, origin, etc)

Version 1.0.3 (2019-05-04)

Bug fixes

• Fixed Transmutr files crashing SketchUp 2017 (and below) when saving

• Fixed a bug introduced in v1.0.2 that made some textures black in the preview

Version 1.0.2 (2019-05-03)

New features

• Added floating licensing to dynamically share license seats between employees of the same company, up to a predefined number of concurrent users. Please contact us if you are interested in this type of licensing (Studio licenses only).

Changes

• Transmutr now scans the directory of the model to search for missing textures. This is helpful in some cases when the model contains absolute paths that are no longer valid.

• Geometry simplification should feel faster on the first simplification, since heavy initialization work is now done as a background process.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the general options being reset to default values when loading a new model after the first one.

• Fixed license keys being considered invalid when manually typed with some variations (eg. lowercase, spaces).

• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a model with TIFF textures.

• Fixed the preview appearing empty for a few seconds after loading large models.

• Fixed V-Ray issues that occurred when some materials had names containing characters not supported by V-Ray.

• Fixed a rare crash that occurred when loading a FBX model with invalid per-face material data.

Version 1.0.1 (2019-03-25)

Changes

• The trial is now 7 days long

• Reset the camera position when loading a new model

Bug fixes

• Fix some billboard placeholders having the wrong width depending on the model's orientation

• Fix badly constructed faces from corrupting whole objects

Version 1.0.0 - Public release (2019-03-21)

Changes

• The 3 days trial is now available

• "Open File" dialogs are now always on top of the main window

• The SketchUp extension is now signed

Version 0.4.3 (2019-03-20)

Bug fixes

• Fix the simplification damaging UV seams

• Fix loaded presets not being applied immediately

Version 0.4.2 (2019-03-16)

Changes

• Adding base materials to complement V-Ray 2Sided materials, as a workaround to the issue of texture scale discrepancy in V-Ray Next

• Adding a dummy colorized texture when a material doesn't have a diffuse map but has other maps, to preserver UV mapping

• Enable materials "Normal" setting if the bump map's name contains "norm"

Bug fixes

• Fix FaceSkipping's face count not working

• Fix geometry simplification producing holes in some cases

• Fix emissive color

Version 0.4.1 (2019-03-14)

Bug fixes

• Fixed power-of-2 textures (512, 1024px...) being flipped in the preview

Version 0.4.0 (2019-03-13)

New features

• Brand new simplification engine: much faster, and more reliable

• Old FBX files (FBX version <2011) can now be opened

Changes

• Renamed "Proxy Preview" to "Placeholder"

Bug fixes

• Fixed textures being flipped vertically in the preview

• Fixed textures being flipped vertically in Thea proxies

• Fixed geometry disappearing in models with tiny faces

• Fixed some textures appearing stretched in the preview

• Fixed Transmutr crashing when opening ill-formed models with invalid texture paths

Version 0.3.4 (2019-03-04)

New features

• All Proxy Preview types are now available for Artist licenses (adding 'Billboard', 'Simplified Geometry', and 'SketchUp File').

• We can now edit the target face count when using 'Face skipping' proxy preview.

• The model's dimensions are now displayed in the 'Stats' section, and are editable (this will update the Scale multiplier).

• Transmutr now exports Megascans assets with multiple variants.

Changes

• Sped up the import of large models with many objects.

• It is now possible to drag and drop maps between slots.

• Added a security certificate so that Transmutr is less likely to be flagged as malware by antivirus softwares.

• Transmutr will now use the scale factor of FBX files.

• The 'Cancel' button has been renamed to 'New' and asks for confirmation.

• Added an input field next to the Simplification slider.

• The Simplification slider is now non-linear by default, as we usually need high simplification levels. This behavior can be disabled.

• Improved the look of the icon on Windows.

Bug fixes

• Fixed simplification producing many holes in the mesh. Holes can still happen, but they should be much less frequent.

• Fixed some TIFF textures crashing the app because of an unsupported internal compression mode.

• The camera clipping plane now depends on the size of the model. This avoids huge models from disappearing.

• Fixed some faces not being created when triangulated.

• Fixed some groups/components not being created when containing tiny faces.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when creating Thea materials.

• Fixed the UI being slow when having many materials in the Materials tab

Version 0.3.3 (2019-02-08)

Bug fixes

• Fixed geometry disappearing in models with tiny faces

Version 0.3.2 (2019-02-07)

Changes

• Transmutr is now smarter when looking for missing maps, it will look in all potential folders. When the user adds a map, Transmutr will look into this folder for all missing maps.

• VRMat is now a material property instead of a material type

• Spaces are trimmed from license key to avoid copy/pasting issues

Bug fixes

• Fixed exploded object when using scale/unit conversion

• Potential fix for SketchUp not being able to connect to Transmutr, when opening it from SketchUp

• Fixed 'Communication Port' option not being saved between sessions

• Fixed wrong material name when created from VRMat

• Fixed several issues with map paths in VRMats

Version 0.3.1 (2019-01-24)

Changes

• The preview viewport now supports TIFF textures

• V-Ray Materials: “Diffuse Texture Alpha” is enabled if there is no opacity map

Bug fixes

• Fixed SketchUp zoom bug when importing models with tiny faces

• Fixed maps not being copied to the destination folder when exporting Thea proxies

• Fixed opacity maps not being picked up from FBX files

• Fixed TGA textures appearing black in the preview

• Non-planar faces are now triangulated

Version 0.3.0 (2019-01-17)

New features

• Added Thea proxies

• Transmutr can now be opened directly from SketchUp, the transmuted asset will be automatically added to the model

• Added smoothing edges by angle

• Transmutr now reads basic properties of V-Ray and Corona material in FBX files exported from 3dsmax

• Renaming materials is now possible

Changes

• Binding is now turned off in V-Ray materials created from a VRMat file

• Transmutr no longer automatically triangulates the model. It will be triangulated only when using Geometry Simplification.

Version 0.2.1 (2019-01-08)

New features

• Added a "Face Skipping" proxy type that only keeps a few faces to get an idea of the model's overall shape

• Added a "Zoom extents" button to make the model fit the viewport

Changes

• Transmutr now adds a dummy colorized texture when the Diffuse slot is empty but other textures are in use (bump, opacity, reflection, etc) in order to preserve UV mapping in SketchUp

• Texture files can be drag-and-dropped from the file explorer to the slots of the material panels

• Improved Megascans assets materials

• Added a notification when a new version of Transmutr is available so that users can easily download it

• Added a button in the Options panel to open those Release Notes from the application

• Converting units now sets the appropriate drawing unit in the SketchUp model

Bug fixes

• Fixed missing geometry when importing models with faces that are smaller than SketchUp allows

• Fixed texture mapping when vertices of a same face have identical UV coordinates

• Fixed some edges not being smoothed

• Fixed the unwanted rotation animation that sometimes started when clicking the "Show edges" button

• Fixed Megascans asset imported as white when format is OBJ

Version 0.2.0 — Beta stage (2018-12-19)

New features

• Added Quixel Megascans integration

• Added "Top Center" origin option

Changes

• Added default filename when saving .skp

• Significantly sped up mesh simplification for high-poly models

• Added an option to prefix material names with the model name

• Added warning when using TIFF bitmaps

• Options: added a button to open the folder that contains log files

• Options: added a button to display GPU info for debugging purposes

Bug fixes

• Fixed the mesh simplification slider

• Fixed the "Cannot load options" error that occurred if the options were not modified by the user

• Fixed normal maps color space in V-Ray

• Fixed browsing for .vrmat files

Version 0.1.4 (2018-12-10)

New features

• Added Metal material type

Changes

• Added thumbnails to the material panels

• Added an Options dialog

• Added notifications (errors, warnings, etc)

• Tweaked materials

Bug fixes

• Added better support for paths with special characters

Version 0.1.3 (2018-11-23)

New features

• The material type is automatically assigned based on the material's name (e.g. "...leaf..." ⇒ Translucent)

Changes

• When exporting a *.vrmesh proxy, the black console window that briefly popped up does not appear anymore

• Copying maps to the destination folder is now optional

• Preset saving and loading buttons have been moved to the header

• It is now possible to unfold multiple materials

Bug fixes

• Fallback to lower-quality graphics when webGL is not available (Work in progress)

• Fixed wrong up axis and origin transformations for models that already have a transformed root node

• Fixed the *.vrmesh proxy generation sometimes locking up the export

• Fixed automatically finding *.vrmat files matching material names

• Fixed faces not being exported for some files

• Fixed material names encoding issues

Version 0.1.2 (2018-11-16)

New features

• Added Enscape materials

Changes

• Added better feedback when exporting

• Transmutr now also looks for resources with invalid absolute paths in the model's folder

• For Emissive materials, the Diffuse color is now the same as the Emissive color

• Refraction now affects opacity in SketchUp (the lowest value between Refraction and Opacity sets the opacity in SketchUp and Enscape)

• Profile edges are now disabled in generated *.skp files

Bug fixes

• Fixed most materials in OBJ files having Refraction set to 1

Version 0.1.1 (2018-11-14)

New features

• Added Thea materials

Changes

• Added the possibility to pan the viewport's camera

• Added a checkbox to show/hide the model's edges in the viewport

• Improved the visibility of the material-picking eyedropper

Bug fixes

• Fixed Transmutr only working with administrator privileges when installed "For all users"

Version 0.1.0 — Alpha stage (2018-11-08)

Initial preview release to a small number of testers.