Lite Release Note

D5 Lite
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v1.1.10

2026/01/10

Improvements

  1. Improved glass material rendering quality

Fixes

  1. Fixed an issue where the viewport briefly reverted to the previous SketchUp file when switching between files
  2. Fixed ghosting artifacts on materials beneath water surfaces when moving the camera
  3. Fixed a crash when placing assets into SketchUp from Launcher
  4. Fixed a crash caused by importing CAD files
  5. Fixed a crash occurring when undoing grass material operations

v1.1.7

2025/12/30

Improvements

  1. When a light source has a color, the color option is now shown by default

Fixes

  1. Fixed occasional crashes or freezes when closing the D5 Lite window
  2. Fixed an issue where Strip Light could appear unlit at both ends at low brightness._
  3. Fixed an issue where D5 Lite and SketchUp processes remained running after closing Lite
  4. Fixed misalignment issues when zooming AI large images with the mouse wheel
  5. Fixed several UI display issues

v1.1.6

2025/12/26

New

  1. When switching from Render mode to AI mode, AI generation can now continue using the render screenshot

Fixes

  1. Fixed several crash issues
  2. Fixed an issue where the Lite window occasionally failed to stay on top of the SketchUp window
  3. Fixed an issue where mouse interactions in AI mode affected the rendering camera
  4. Fixed an issue where the effect panel was not fully displayed

v1.1.5

2025/12/24

Improvements

  1. Improved rendering quality for glass and water materials
  2. Improved rendering speed for water, grass materials, and multi-light scenes
  3. AI history timestamps are now displayed with second-level precision
  4. Reduced noise in real-time preview rendering

Fixes

  1. Fixed an issue where aspect ratios could not be saved in the scene list
  2. Fixed slow loading when selecting materials
  3. Fixed flickering when editing textures
  4. Fixed unintended camera movement when pressing WASD in the scene list
  5. Fixed an issue where editing one light affected other lights with the same color
  6. Fixed an issue where two-point perspective scenes reverted to perspective view

v1.1.4

2025/12/22

Improvements

  1. Improved water material rendering quality

Fixes

  1. Fixed an issue in SketchUp 2023 and later where Lite windows failed to launch and crashed on startup
  2. Fixed an issue where related processes did not exit correctly after closing SketchUp
  3. Fixed incomplete or abnormal lighting effect rendering
  4. Fixed an issue where no images were generated when FTP was selected as the render output path
  5. Fixed incorrect light visibility toggle states
  6. Fixed unstable remaining time estimation during rendering

v1.1.3

2025/12/19

Fixes

  1. Fixed an issue where the SuMore plugin failed to load when launching SketchUp after installing Lite
  2. Fixed a crash in SketchUp when importing CAD files

v1.1.2

2025/12/18

Fixes

  1. Fixed abnormal lighting rendering results
  2. Fixed inconsistencies between scaled light strips and their actual illumination range
  3. Fixed incorrect two-point perspective rendering
  4. Fixed abnormal water flow speed
  5. Fixed deviations in light color temperature rendering
  6. Fixed an issue where the AI preset panel could not scroll
  7. Fixed mismatched screenshots for multiple SketchUp files in AI mode
  8. Fixed a “Screenshot failed” error when launching Lite
  9. Fixed an “Unknown Error” during AI generation
  10. Fixed incorrect output paths when opening rendered images
  11. Fixed an issue where the settings window appeared unexpectedly on launch
  12. Fixed an issue where D5 Lite prompted login despite already being logged in via Launcher

v1.1.1

2025/12/16

Improvements

  1. Improved glass material rendering quality
  2. Improved HDRI loading speed and clarity
  3. Improved overall rendering performance

Fixes

  1. Fixed login conflicts between D5 Lite and D5 Launcher
  2. Fixed post-processing color issues
  3. Fixed excessively slow mouse rotation spee

v1.1.0

2025/12/12

Improvements

  1. D5 Engine upgrade with significant improvements in performance and visual quality
  2. Improved visual quality of real-time rendering previews
  3. Improved model loading speed
  4. Enhanced final render image quality
  5. Optimized parts of the UI and interaction logic
  6. Added support for SketchUp 2026

Fixes

  1. Fixed UI performance lag issues
  2. Fixed an issue where resized windows could not be restored
  3. Fixed installation conflicts with the D5 LiveSync plugin

v1.0.4

2025/10/28

Improvements

  1. Optimized window UI for high-resolution displays
  2. Exposure parameters can now be switched to an input field for precise value control
  3. Parameters can now be reset to default via right-click
  4. AI style presets, inspiration text, and related panels are now freely resizable
  5. AI generation results can now be zoomed in and out using the mouse wheel
  6. File paths for materials, HDRIs, and render outputs are now saved independently
  7. Improved window animation
  8. Refined parts of the UI styles

Fixes

  1. Fixed blurry AI preset thumbnails
  2. Fixed an issue where replacing reference images had no response
  3. Fixed occasional issues with window always-on-top behavior
  4. Fixed an issue where brush-painted vegetation disappeared after syncing to Render

v1.0.3

2025/10/14

AI Mode

  1. New reference image upload: intelligently extracts color palettes, material qualities, and lighting features from your reference images.
  2. New style presets: expanded to over 150+ categories, including architectural types and new presets for landscapes, parks, plazas, water features, hotels, commercial spaces, exhibition halls, theaters, stages, and weddings.
  3. Structure Matching Weight: now offers three modes: Default, Creative, and Precise, replacing the previous slider control. Precise Mode replaces the former “Lock Material” function.
  4. Creative Mode optimization: delivers more diverse, imaginative, and inspiring results.
  5. Precise Mode optimization: produces results with finer detail and closer alignment to your design intent.
  6. Aerial view enhancement: improved recognition of roads.
  7. Updated style preset thumbnails and descriptions: clearer, more informative visuals.

Render Mode

  1. Livesync plugin integration: unified access point for all sync functions.
  2. View link toggle: control D5 Lite and SketchUp cameras independently.
  3. One-time model sync: lower performance overhead, ideal for partial updates.
  4. Improved camera rotation: smoother continuous rotation with refined hidden cursor behavior.
  5. Improved mouse rotation sensitivity.

Fixes

  1. Fixed rendering errors caused by parameter adjustments during rendering.
  2. Fixed crashes when switching between SketchUp files.
  3. Fixed incorrect window scaling when reopening the program.
  4. Fixed missing tooltip for structure matching weight on hover.
  5. Fixed failure to generate results when input text contained special characters in AI Mode.

v1.0.2

2025/09/18

Features

  1. Support Enscape parameters, including materials, lighting, and environment
  2. Support adjusting the FOV in the Lite render viewport (shortcut: Alt + mouse wheel).
  3. Support adjusting camera movement speed in the Lite render viewport (shortcut: right mouse button + mouse wheel).
  4. Support camera navigation in two-point perspective in the Lite render viewport.

Fixed

  1. Fixed flickering in the render viewport when adjusting material parameters.
  2. Fixed stuttering in some cases when adjusting materials.
  3. Fixed an issue where deleting a scene could delete the wrong scene.
  4. Fixed an issue where scenes created under two-point perspective were reverted to non-two-point perspective.
  5. Fixed an issue where holding Shift while moving with the right mouse button incorrectly switched to panning.
  6. Fixed excessive initialization time when loading a large number of assets.
  7. Fixed an issue where the menu did not appear when “Install for all users” was selected.

v1.0.1

2025/08/21

Features

  1. Scene List Support
    a. Sync scenes from SketchUp
    b. Create scenes in Lite, saving environment, post-production, and other settings to each scene
  2. Improved rendering for glass, emissive, and grass materials
  3. Optimized real-time rendering performance
  4. Improved material editor performance
  5. Better consistency between real-time highlights/reflections and final rendering
  6. Enhanced scene loading progress display
  7. Smoother real-time rendering UI

Fixes

  1. Fixed issue where re-uploaded HDRI files failed to load
  2. Fixed black screen flicker when loading HDRI files
  3. Fixed inconsistency between exposure compensation in Lite and D5 Render
  4. Fixed light source brightness mismatch with Render
  5. Fixed emissive material changes when moving the camera
  6. Fixed orientation mismatch between proxy assets and detailed models
  7. Fixed issue where proxy assets did not correctly show undetailed models during sync
  8. Fixed material issues under low exposure values
  9. Fixed issue where texture maps sometimes failed to display in the material editor
  10. Fixed occasional issue where Lite camera didn’t follow SketchUp view
  11. Fixed occasional issue where scene initialization froze
  12. Fixed various UI errors
  13. Fixed issue where opening multiple SKP files caused Lite to start with the wrong file
  14. Fixed issue where SketchUp window disappeared when setting specific scenes to always-on-top
  15. Fixed other occasional crashes and instability issues

v1.0.0

Feature & Optimizations

  1. Added support for D5 Engine
  2. Improved real-time rendering frame rate
  3. Added exposure compensation
  4. New Interior Commercial category (includes retail, office, hotel, etc.)
  5. Enhanced Architecture & Landscape categories with better aerial view quality
  6. Improved accuracy of structure match weight

Fixes

  1. Fixed some SKP file loading failures
  2. Fixed viewport moving issue caused by mouse wheel on post-production page
  3. Fixed render window changes during rendering
  4. Fixed rendering errors caused by aspect ratio changes
  5. Fixed crash caused by HDRI uploads
  6. Fixed glass transparency and noise issues
  7. Fixed tone adjustment not working
  8. Fixed metal roughness not working
  9. Fixed issue with images and models imported from SketchUp menu not showing
  10. Fixed issue where deleted textures still showed color
  11. Fixed image flickering after AI image generation
  12. Fixed some cases where proxy assets couldn’t be placed
  13. Fixed inconsistent asset library loading order
  14. Fixed UI black border issue
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