Automatically create V-Ray materials for all imported SketchUp materials

[Maitken]

Currently, materials imported from SketchUp Warehouse assets or external SKP files must be converted individually into V-Ray materials in the Asset Editor before V-Ray-specific attributes can be applied.

On larger projects containing dozens or hundreds of materials, this becomes a repetitive and time-consuming process. The Asset Editor currently only allows conversion on a material-by-material basis, even though V-Ray can already identify which materials have not yet been assigned a V-Ray asset.

Suggested improvements:

• Add a “Convert All SketchUp Materials to V-Ray Materials” command.
• Add multi-select support within the Asset Editor to allow batch conversion of selected materials.
• Provide an optional preference to automatically create V-Ray material assets for all imported SketchUp materials.
• Include a filter showing “Materials Without V-Ray Assets” for easier management.

This would significantly reduce setup time when importing Warehouse content, merging models, or working with large material libraries, while maintaining full compatibility with existing workflows.

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Submitted on AHA Ideas (VSRR-I-40).

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[konstantin_chaos]

The Asset Editor will list all SketchUp materials at the top by default, identifiable by their icon.
You can simply select the first one, Shift-select the last one, right-click, and choose Convert to V-Ray Material.

There is also a menu option that works on the SketchUp’s material selection (one material at a time…).

The reason we don’t convert everything to V-Ray materials is to give you the option to use SketchUp’s PBR material configuration if you prefer.
It also helps with Enscape compatibility, allowing you to render Enscape materials in projects that were originally created in Enscape.