[Release] Skatter 2.2.0

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Here’s a major update for Skatter that brings new features requested by users as well as the long-awaited support for Mac M1/M2.

Features

  • Skatter now supports newer Mac computers with M1/M2 chipsets.
  • Added an “Ignore boundaries” option to surface hosts and masks to provide more flexibility when using the Boundaries filter.
  • Added a “Regenerate all” button to the composition manager.
  • The composition editor now remembers which UI sections have been expanded/collapsed for each composition.

Changes

  • Disabling the preview now only hides the instances that will be generated. Other elements like masks and cameras will still be displayed, making it easier to work on a composition while maintaining good performance.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed object-space distributions not aligning the instances’ axes with the host’s.
  • Fixed the object groups being lost when exporting/importing compositions.
  • Fixed automatic generation not running when deleting the last remaining object of a composition.

How to install this update?

You can either:

  • Start Skatter and let it automatically update

Or

Or

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Error come up and I can’t use skatter anymore

How to solve this fast?! Thanks

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I have received the same error message 27210

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Oh shoot!
We will fix that very soon.

In the meantime, you can reinstall the previous version: [Release] Skatter 2.1.7

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I have the same error 27210.

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skatter error 2837×397 26.4 KB

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Please revert to the previous version for the time being, while we fix the issue in v2.2.0.

Previous version: [Release] Skatter 2.1.7

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The issue has been fixed. Downloading the package again should now work.
Sorry for the inconvenience!

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Hi!
Is this a known issue with this version (2.2.0)? I was able to download the other 2.x versions without problems, this one was blocked.

With Google Chrome from Lindalë > Download The Installer

ska-02b
ska-02b868×636 94 KB

With Firefox from the link above “Download the .rbz package and install it manually”

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ska-03872×417 30.5 KB

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Hi, unfortunately the installation did not go trough. Got this now.

Skatter Issue

Revert to 2.1.7

EDIT: All worked fine if you do a manual installation of the rbs file.

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@atornese Thanks for the update, good to hear it’s resolved.

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Hi @mihai.s
This kind of issues unfortunately happens from time to time, when antivirus software wrongly flags our products as malware but it’s only a false positive.

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Hi @merwan,
Thanks for the reply!
I wrote to Bitdefender and I received now the information that they checked and made the necessary changes, and the file download no longer appears as a false positive. I updated Bitdefender and I downloaded the file without problems.
Have a nice day!

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Thanks for contacting BitDefender about this!

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Is Skatter available for Sketchup 2023? Just upgraded so I can begin learning VRAY, and need to load my extensions.

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Yes, Skatter is compatible with SketchUp 2023.

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