Material Reloader

Install from Extension Warehouse.

Access the extension from Extensions > ZB Smart Material Reloader.

Choose to reload a single material or all materials in the model. The extension reads the current texture files from disk and refreshes the SketchUp material cache.

This is useful when you have edited a texture in an external application and want to see the result immediately without restarting SketchUp.

Use the Update Folder option to re-link materials to a new or updated folder of texture files. The extension matches materials by filename and updates the source path for each match found.

Useful when moving a project to a new machine or reorganising your asset folders.

1. Open the texture file in your image editor and make the required change.
2. Save the edited texture to disk.
3. Return to SketchUp and open Extensions > ZB Smart Material Reloader.
4. Reload the affected material, or reload all materials when several textures changed.
5. Inspect surfaces that use those materials. Repeat the save-and-reload cycle for further edits.

• Your edit is not visible: confirm the external editor saved the file to disk. Reload reads the texture file, not unsaved editor changes.
• The texture folder moved: use Update Folder to relink materials to the new folder.
• A material does not relink: folder updates match by filename. Check that the required texture filename exists in the selected folder.
• Only some surfaces changed: check which material those surfaces use and reload that material, or use the all-materials action.

Yes. The extension is designed to refresh materials and texture files while SketchUp remains open.

Yes. It supports fast refresh workflows for multiple materials.

Yes. It can help relink or refresh texture folder workflows when files change.

Yes. That is one of the main use cases: edit textures externally, then refresh them inside SketchUp.