vrscene file, rather than the entire scene and a new ‘bright’ colour theme for the UI. Other workflow improvements include the option to export only selected objects as a V-Ray. The update also improves material editing workflow, with V-Ray now automatically generating material slots for proxy objects, and the option to add or remove attributes from materials at will. New features include Color Assistant, an extension to the V-Ray Color Picker intended to generate variations of the colour currently selected. Updated 19 February 2020: Chaos Group has released V-Ray Next for SketchUp Update 2.Īs with recent updates to the 3ds Max and Maya editions of the software, the release adds support for the RT ray tracing cores in current-gen Nvidia RTX graphics cards, accelerating renders by an average of 40%. The update also adds support for SketchUp’s native colour correction workflow, making it possible to adjust the colour value of a texture in SketchUp and see the change in real time in the VFB. New features include support for automated matte ID-generation system Cryptomatte, and new lens effects in the V-Ray Frame Buffer, including procedurally generated dust and scratches. It’s largely a workflow and performance release, improving interactive rendering performance on the CPU, and updating the UI, including adding custom cursors for common V-Ray tools. Updated 19 October 2019: Chaos Group has released V-Ray Next for SketchUp Update 1.

The UI also gains a new V-Ray Toolbar intended for quick access to common tools and quick adjustments to cameras or render settings. Workflow improvements include a new asset-management system based around a library shared across SketchUp projects, and a Scene Interaction tool for direct access to any level of the SketchUp hierarchy. The update also adds support for Nvidia’s AI-based OptiX render denoising system, and makes the standard V-Ray material compatible with metalness PBR workflows used in game engines like UE4. Like its predecessors, it improves CPU and GPU render speed and introduces new ‘Scene Intelligence’ features designed to simplify render set-up, including the Adaptive Dome Light and automatic exposure. SketchUp is the latest host application to be updated to the new V-Ray Next architecture – V-Ray 4.x in old version numbering – after the release of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max and Maya last year.

The update makes key features of V-Ray Next available to SketchUp users, including the Adaptive Dome Light and automatic exposure systems, and introduces new asset management tools.įaster rendering, new Scene Intelligence features and workflow improvements Scroll down for news of Update 2.Ĭhaos Group has released V-Ray Next for SketchUp, the latest version of the renderer for Trimble’s architectural sketching software.

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