V-Ray 6 for SketchUp update 2 is officially available for download now and now contains scattering features for easy scene setup, seamless .vrscene imports from various applications, and faster job submissions to Chaos Cloud.
What’s New
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 colour 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 colour 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 at the click of a button.
Availability
If you are new to V-Ray for SketchUp, you can download demo versions here. If you are already using V-Ray 6 for SketchUp, you can go to your login page at the Chaos website to get your latest full version of V-Ray 6 for SketchUp.
Buy / Upgrade
If you are convinced of the possibility of using V-Ray 6 for SketchUp, you can purchase your (upgrade) license for the render plugin through our reseller channel.
Happy Rendering!
