

Updated 5 October 2022: We asked Chaos if there is anything in an Enscape scene that isn’t converted on import to V-Ray. or just the key ones.Ĭhaos pitches the change as making it easier to develop the initial look of a scene inside Enscape, then transfer it to V-Ray to take it to the “highest possible level of photorealism” The update adds support for “Enscape materials, 3D models and lights” in V-Ray – there isn’t a list in the release notes, so we aren’t sure if all Enscape materials and light types are supported. The biggest change in V-Ray 6 for SketchUp is interoperability with Enscape, the increasingly popular real-time architectural rendering software with whose developer Chaos merged earlier this year. The new version was released alongside that of V-Ray 6 for Rhino, which has similar new features.Ĭompatibility with Enscape reduces the need to rebuild scenes when moving between renderers Other new features include geometry replication system Enmesh, procedural clouds in V-Ray Sky, the option to pause and resume renderering, and support for the V-Ray Distance texture and ACEScg colour space. The update makes the SketchUp edition of the renderer compatible with real-time architectural visualisation tool Enscape, making it possible to render Enscape materials, models and lights in V-Ray. Have you looked at the materials that are part of V-Ray’s Chaos Cosmos ? There are almost 700 other V-Ray materials there for you to use.Originally posted on 25 August 2022, and updated with details of the final release. But you pay for this with the speed that it takes to make a final image. V-Ray on the other hand can represent almost any type of surface and has more types of materials built in. There are also hardwired limits to the types of lights and reflections that an object might have. Rugs/Carpets, Velvet and various transparent materials can’t be created.

However you will struggle if you want to certain types of fabrics and transparent materials and more unusual surfaces. I really love it, the speed at which I can iterate a visual is fantastic and pro users make incredible stuff. As a realtime renderer Enscape is best suited to producing video and interactive content, there are various technical technical and visual concessions that are made to keep it being able to produce an image multiple times a second to make this possible.
