Update: Chaos V-Ray 6 for Rhino & SketchUp, Update 2

Chaos has updated V-Ray for Rhino and SketchUp with faster workflows and a better user experience, adding more scattering features, accelerating job submissions to Chaos Cloud, and more.

What’s new in V-Ray for SketchUp, Update 2?

Better user experience. Faster workflows.

V-Ray 6 is better than ever. The latest update brings a multitude of improvements to enhance your user experience and expedite workflows. We’ve improved V-Ray to simplify your design experience with new scattering features for easy scene setup, seamless .vrscene imports from various applications, and faster job submissions to Chaos Cloud.

More V-Ray Scatter capabilities

Populate your scenes with grass, trees, rocks, and light sources in a few clicks. The updated Scatter tool introduces new scattering modes along grids, curves, and within volumes, as well as area modifiers so you can limit the scatter area. Plus, you’ll find more transformation settings for finer control over your scattered objects.

Chaos Cosmos IES lights import

Cosmos assets with built-in IES light sources are importable and ready for rendering, offering expanded lighting choices from Cosmos.

VFB improvements

Enhance your editing experience with a number of enhancements to the VFB (V-Ray Frame Buffer). The new Chromatic Aberration effect adds color distortion similar to real-world lens imperfections, giving your projects subtle realism. Easily create folders within the layers stack for easier navigation. Quickly create simple backgrounds with the new plain color in the Background layer.

Improved viewport materials

Do you ever use SketchUp viewport screenshots for presentations? Now, you can display procedural textures and their corrections within the viewport, enabling a better design and presentation process.

Better V-Ray scene import

Experience a more seamless .vrscene import process from Enscape and other applications. The UI for materials and textures not originally designed for V-Ray in SketchUp has been upgraded significantly. Additionally, scenes created in Enscape import faster thanks to an improved approach to handling texture buffers.

V-Ray GPU – Enmesh support

GPU users can now take advantage of V-Ray Enmesh, the perfect tool for tiled geometric patterns.

One-click to Chaos Cloud

Enjoy a much more intuitive and faster workflow for rendering scenes on Chaos Cloud in the click of a button.

What’s new in V-Ray for Rhino, Update 2?

Better user experience. Faster workflows.

V-Ray 6 is better than ever. Benefit from numerous improvements designed to elevate your experience and streamline workflows. V-Ray has been enhanced to deliver a more streamlined design experience, thanks to expanded scattering features for effortless scene creation, the introduction of volumetric effects in V-Ray for Grasshopper, and accelerated job submissions to Chaos Cloud.

More scattering capabilities

Effortlessly add grass, trees, rocks, and light sources to your scenes with just a few clicks. The updated Scatter tool introduces advanced scattering modes across grids, curves, and volumes. Additionally, it offers improved methods to limit scatter areas using area modifiers, along with expanded transformation settings for precise control over scattered objects.

VFB Improvements

Enhance your editing process with several upgrades to the V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB). The new Chromatic Aberration effect adds color distortion similar to real-life lens imperfections, giving your projects subtle realism.  Improve navigation by effortlessly organizing layers into folders within the stack. Additionally, you can swiftly generate simple backgrounds using the new plain color feature in the Background layer.

Better V-Ray scene import

Importing V-Ray scenes from Enscape and other applications is now a smoother and more efficient process with the V-Ray scene importer. Experience a significantly improved UI for materials and textures, which were not originally designed for V-Ray in Rhino, and enjoy much faster import of Enscape scenes thanks to an optimized texture buffer management method.

V-Ray GPU Enmesh support

V-Ray GPU now supports Enmesh, offering GPU users the ability to utilize this tool to effortlessly create tiled geometric patterns.

Improved viewport materials

Enhanced viewport materials now showcase procedural textures and their adjustments directly within the SketchUp viewport. This upgrade significantly improves the experience, especially for users who frequently incorporate viewport screenshots into their project presentations.

One-click to Chaos Cloud

Experience a significantly more intuitive and accelerated workflow when submitting scenes for rendering on the Chaos Cloud. It’s as effortless as clicking a button.

Chaos Cosmos IES lights import

Cosmos assets with built-in IES light sources are importable and ready for rendering, offering expanded lighting choices from Cosmos.

V-Ray for Grasshopper

V-Ray for Grasshopper now offers volumetric effects for heightened realism in atmospheric rendering. Achieve lifelike skies with natural atmospheric depth, or incorporate haze and fog with authentic light scattering. Moreover, the latest scatter feature is accessible within V-Ray for Grasshopper, with additional components to simplify scattering setup and configuration.