Chaos V-Ray and Enscape

Chaos V-Ray and Enscape releases

About Enscape 3.5

Enscape™ is a real-time rendering and virtual reality plugin for Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, Archicad, and Vectorworks.
It’s the only real-time rendering solution that plugs directly into the modeling software, giving users an integrated
design and visualization workflow across all project phases.

Enscape allows users to work intuitively with accessible rendering that requires no prior specialized knowledge
to use. They can design, document, and visualize simultaneously from one model. It is the easiest and fastest
way to turn models into immersive 3D experiences.

Used by renowned architecture firms in over 150 countries, such as Foster + Partners and Kohn Pedersen Fox
(KPF), Enscape brings designs to life and enables users to give clients an unparalleled design experience.

Key benefits for users
Real-time workflow
Instant high-quality rendered 3D walkthrough at every stage of the design process. Perfect for daily design
reviews, live demos, and final client presentations.
100% integration
Bi-directional exchange between major CAD or BIM programs and Enscape, so any changes made on any
side are instantly visible, maintaining one single source of truth.
User-friendly
Enscape is extremely easy to learn and use, so even new users can start visualizing right away. The intuitive UI
guarantees an enhanced design experience at every step of the journey.
Effective iterations
Faster feedback cycles by discussing and implementing changes in real time and directing clients to the
focal points of designs through visualizations and tours.
Adjustable 3D asset collection
Bring ideas to life with diverse asset and material libraries that allow users to convey the right aesthetic to an
architectural project by placing and adjusting assets and materials with ease.
Variety of output modalities
Enscape has full VR support, multiple panoramas export, web standalone and desktop standalone app,
panorama tour, and video paths to help clients understand the full scale of their projects through an
immersive environment.

Features list

• Real-time walkthrough — Fully rendered 3D walkthrough that can be navigated and explored from every angle.
• Synchronize views — Use Enscape as a detailed rendered viewport for the modeling application.
• Virtual reality (VR) — Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows Mixed Reality support with one click.
• Site Context — Import real-world context into renderings with OpenStreetMap.
• Orthographic views — Illustrate proportions by using parallel projection to create rendered two-dimensional
  views and axonometric perspectives.
• BIM info — Display all relevant
• BIM data in the Enscape window.
• Collaborative annotation — Capture and communicate feedback with team members and external stakeholders.
• Architectural rendering styles — Help clients to understand a design by adapting the rendering style to the
  design stage. Choose between white mode, sketch mode, and heat map.
• Update views — Adjust the sun position and camera parameters independently to each view.
• Material and Asset Libraries — Choose from 390+ predefined materials and 3,500+ assets.
• Material Editor — Fine-tune materials and make use of height maps and adjust textures to heighten the
  realism. Evaluate options with the “Replace with Enscape Material” function.
  Adjustable Assets — Perfect scenes by choosing the right variant or customizing color and materials for
  selected assets.
• Custom Asset Library — Import models into Enscape and organize them by creating specific categories.
• Multi-Asset Placement and Editing — Pick, place, select and modify multiple assets all at once.
• Video textures — Include animated surfaces in designs.
• NVIDIA DLSS Support — Deep Learning Super Sampling technology support to improve performance in walkthroughs.
• Video path — Explore multiple options for every keyframe.
• Batch Panorama — Render multiple panoramas at once.
• Panorama Tour — Navigate with ease through the best parts of a project by connecting multiple 360°
  Panorama views.
• Exe or Web Standalone Export — Share visualization with anyone as a fully rendered executable (.exe) file or
  web standalone.
• Alpha Channel Export — Save time from post-processing as the reflections and tint of the semi-transparent
  materials are kept during export.
• QR Code — Create QR codes for easy scanning and project exploration.

System requirements
In order to run Enscape, the following specifications are compulsory:
▪ NVIDIA graphics chip (Vulkan 1.1 compatible, GeForce GTX 900 series / Quadro M series or newer) with the
latest driver
▪ AMD graphics chip (Vulkan 1.1 compatible, Radeon RX 400 series/equivalent Radeon Pro series or newer)
with the latest driver
▪ GB Video-RAM (6 GB recommended, min. 8 GB for VR)
More about the minimum system requirements:
https://learn.enscape3d.com/blog/knowledgebase/system-requirements/

V-Ray for Rhino

V-Ray for Rhino is the most complete visualization tool for McNeel Rhinoceros. Designers and architects can
view their design in real-time, stage their scenes with high-quality 3D assets, create renders as-real-as-canbe, and apply finishing touches — all within the application. The unparalleled Grasshopper integration further streamlines the design development process, saving users time and improving their efficiency.

In V-Ray 6, internal and external collaboration is streamlined even further. The new compatibility with the Enscape renderer allows users to transfer their 3D models, materials, and lights into V-Ray. Once there, these can be taken to the highest level of realism without starting from scratch, eliminating one of the biggest timesinks for archviz artists in companies using both applications in their work.

Remote approvals are also significantly sped up with the ability to collaborate on the cloud. With the help of Cloud Collaboration, users can upload their work directly from within the V-Ray Frame Buffer, keep all their feedback in the same place, and access their content from anywhere, anytime.

V-Ray’s Chaos Cosmos 3D content library enables designers and architects to build real-life context for their model’s exterior and interior. By employing hundreds of carefully curated assets, great-looking visualizations can be achieved effortlessly, helping users convey their ideas better while retaining accurate scale.

Achieving photorealism is where V-Ray for Rhino shines. With realistic lights and environments, real-world cameras and effects, as well as an ever-expanding library of high-resolution materials and textures, any artistic vision can be turned into reality. Designers can make use of presets or tweak multiple parameters to their liking, making V-Ray suitable for users at any level.

V-Ray takes users beyond rendering. The Frame Buffer allows for post-processing and eliminates reliance on third-party applications. The powerful color correction, compositing, and lighting capabilities refine final
images without the need to re-render.

Key features in V-Ray 6 for Rhino, update 1
Take your Enscape designs to the next level of photorealism.
Better compatibility with Enscape. The latest update enables seamless transfer of Enscape clouds to V-Ray,
ensuring consistent visual appearance. Moreover, Enscape’s exposure, cloud, and environment settings can
now be effortlessly migrated to V-Ray, allowing artists to leverage their work without starting from scratch.
Level up your designs.

Decal cylindrical projection. It is now easier than ever to apply stickers, labels, or surface imperfections onto
cylindrical objects such as bottles, jars, cups, or cans. With just a few clicks, you can now match the projection
of the decal to the curve of the object’s surface. In addition, you can automatically size the decal based on a
texture from various sources.

Decal additive bump. Effortlessly merge surface and decal bumps and bring your product designs to a whole
new level of realism. Create lifelike stickers, labels, embossed logos, lettering, or any other bumpy surface.
Decal displacement. Use V-Ray Decal to add displacement to any surface for even more realistic effects
such as cracked walls, rocks, embossed lettering, and more.

Improved procedural clouds. The new V-Ray Sky contrails layer enables the simulation of airplane contrails
within your design, expanding the possibilities for realism and artistic expression.
Enhanced V-Ray material. Generate emissive and semi-emissive materials quickly and easily with the newly
added self-illumination parameters in the Generic V-Ray material.

Streamline your workflow.
Improved compatibility of V-Ray lights. Enjoy a much easier and faster way to work with native Rhino lights.
V-Ray lights now retain changes to their own properties, rather than applying them to the Rhino source, which
also improves compatibility with Enscape. Additionally, you can convert V-Ray lights to native Rhino lights and vice versa with a click of a button.

Access to more assets. Enhance your projects with an even wider selection of pre-made patterns. You can now easily browse and import Enmesh presets from Chaos Cosmos.
V-Ray GPU - Mesh clipper support. Now you can render intricate cutaways and sections of any mesh object with ease. The GPU engine fully supports mesh clippers, including both CUDA and RTX.
Fine-tune your renders in no time.

Masking for Lens Effects. We’ve boosted post-production control with masking support for Lens Effects. Choose
specific lights and materials to apply lens effects.

V-Ray Emissive Material post-processing. Refine your V-Ray Light Materials with LightMix. With greater control
than ever before, you can now edit self-illuminating objects in your scene even after rendering.
Panorama image preview. Explore and fine-tune your spherical renders in 360° directly within the V-Ray Frame
Buffer. During the panorama mode, the preview output is displayed as a mono image, so it’s easier to make edits.

Collaborate better.
Cloud Collaboration visual annotations. Use visual annotations to easily communicate your ideas. Don’t limit
yourself to words — make use of lines, arrows, and many more figures to illustrate what you mean.
Cloud Collaboration versioning. Upload and share different versions of your files for review. Allow teammates
and clients to compare and critique your work for a smoother decision-making process.

Unleash your creativity with V-Ray for Grasshopper.
Textures and mapping controls. Achieve breathtaking skies and environments with the newly added V-Ray
components. Refine the environment projection and texture 2D mapping to your exact specifications. Moreover,
you can create and manage a completely personalized environment setup without using the light rigs. To
further enhance your designs, we have also included three commonly used procedural texture components
- sky, gradients, and color and texture mixing. And, one more new component for rendering outlines.
Improved lights. All light components now feature a Unit parameter, such as watts or lumens, which enables
you to establish real-world light intensity.

Cloud rendering. You can now export your Grasshopper designs directly for cloud rendering, including all types
of animations.

V-Ray for Sketchup

V-Ray for SketchUp is an integral rendering solution for SketchUp, enabling designers to experience their designs in real-time as they model and take them to the highest level of photorealism without leaving SketchUp. Preferred by architects and 3D artists alike, it is used by 95% of the top AEC firms worldwide and in countless films.

V-Ray for SketchUp enables architects and archviz specialists to collaborate more smoothly than ever. Enscape compatibility allows real-time scenes created in the early stages of design development to be transferred to V-Ray where they can be taken to the highest level of realism without starting over. Remote teams can easily share their work via the cloud directly from within SketchUp, keep all their feedback in the same place and access their content from anywhere, anytime.

With physically accurate lighting, materials, and cameras, V-Ray for SketchUp creates renders as real as can be. Beginners can take advantage of presets to achieve impressive results quickly, while professionals can expose advanced parameters for full creative control. V-Ray’s post-processing capabilities also give users the ability to polish final renders without the need for third-party image-editing applications.

The Chaos Cosmos 3D content library includes thousands of free render-ready assets from essential categories: vegetation, people, materials, furniture, and more. Users can even add digital replicas of realworld manufacturers to their projects. With Cosmos assets, SketchUp users can quickly and easily set up context for exteriors or decorate interiors. Cosmos assets are smart and adapt to any viewport users choose to work in to deliver exceptional results in a memory-efficient way.
Built to handle the toughest scenes, V-Ray’s Academy Award-winning technology is the perfect tool for SketchUp users to take their designs to the next level.

V-Ray 6, update 1 enables users to add even more realism to their designs, fine-tune their renders and collaborate better than ever. Designers and artists can enjoy better compatibility between V-Ray and Enscape,
improved V-Ray Decal for adding stickers and labels to even the most challenging surfaces, enhanced materials, realistic clouds, and a lot more.

Key features in V-Ray 6 for SketchUp, update 1
Take your Enscape designs to the next level of photorealism.
Better compatibility with Enscape. With the latest update, you can take your Enscape clouds to V-Ray and they will look exactly the same. In addition, it’s easy to transfer Enscape’s exposure and environment settings to V-Ray,
ensuring you can continue building on your design and take it to the highest possible level of photorealism.

Level up your designs.
Decal cylindrical projection. Easily add anything from stickers and labels to different kinds of the surface curvature of bottles, jars, cups, cans, or any other cylindrical object. Match the Decal’s projection to the curve
of the object’s surface in just a few clicks. You can also automatically size the decal based on a texture from various sources.

Decal additive bump and displacement.
Blend surface and decal bumps in no time. Take your product designs to new levels of realism with lifelike stickers, labels, embossed logos, lettering, or any other bumpy surface.

Decal displacement.
Use V-Ray Decal to add displacement to any surface for even more effects such as realistic cracked walls, rocks, corroded metal, embossed lettering, and more.

Improved procedural clouds.
With the introduction of the V-Ray Sky contrails layer, you now have the ability to simulate airplane contrails in your design, broadening the scope for realism and artistic expression.

Enhanced V-Ray material.
Create emissive and semi-emissive materials in no time with the new selfillumination parameters added to the Generic V-Ray material. Streamline your workflow.

Extended animations.
New animation capabilities enable you to create and render cutaway animation while respecting object visibility. Access to more assets. Enrich your projects with even more readymade patterns. Now, you can browse and import Enmesh presets from Chaos Cosmos.
V-Ray GPU - Mesh clipper support. Mesh clippers are now fully supported by the GPU engine — both CUDA and RTX. Render complex cutaways and sections using any mesh object.

Fine-tune your renders in no time.
Masking for Lens Effects. We’ve boosted post-production control with masking support for Lens Effects. Choose specific lights and materials to apply lens effects.

V-Ray Light Material post-processing. Fine-tune V-Ray Emissive Materials using LightMix. With more control than ever before, you can now edit self-illuminating objects in your scene — even after you’ve rendered.

Panorama image preview. Explore and refine your 360° spherical renders directly within the V-Ray Frame Buffer. When in panorama mode, the preview output is presented as a mono image, making it simple to make edits.

Collaborate better.
Cloud Collaboration visual annotations. Don’t limit yourself to words — you can now add lines, arrows, and
many more figures to communicate your ideas.

Cloud Collaboration versioning. Upload and share different versions of your files for review. Allow teammates
and clients to compare and critique your work for a smoother decision-making process.