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V-Ray for SketchUp
V-Ray 6 for SketchUp combines real-time and photorealistic rendering, giving you all the tools you need for stunning architectural renders and animations from SketchUp.
IMPORTANT: All new V-Ray licences are now sold as V-Ray Solo or V-Ray Premium which include access to V-Ray for SketchUp, plus a whole lot more! Existing perpetual licences can still be upgraded to the latest version.
V-Ray Solo is the simplest offering and is locked to a single computer, while V-Ray Premium can be used in multiple locations and includes complementary software. Visit our Chaos V-Ray page for more information.
V-Ray 6 for SketchUp
V-Ray 6 for SketchUp is the ultimate solution for rendering in SketchUp Pro.
V-Ray for SketchUp combines real-time and photoreal rendering, all without leaving SketchUp. V-Ray is the renderer of choice for professionals across the design spectrum, popular with architects, interior designers and professionals working with the built environment.
When paired with SketchUp, V-Ray also lends itself well to many other design fields such as furniture and product design. An easy, natural extension of your SketchUp design workflow, you can render anything you can imagine from early design concepts through to your final photo-realistic images.
New licences of V-Ray are now sold as V-Ray Solo or V-Ray Premium.
Existing perpetual licences can still be upgraded, but new subscriptions of V-Ray for SketchUp are a part of V-Ray Solo or Premium.
The new way to buy V-Ray gives users access to V-Ray on all host platforms including SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino, and more. Enjoy continued access to the ever-expanding library of Chaos Cosmos high-quality smart 3D assets.
Choose fixed or floating licencing, and customers buying five or more licences of Premium can save with V-Ray Enterprise!

- Tied to one computer
- V-Ray for all host applications
- Chaos Cosmos

- Multiple computer access
- V-Ray for all host applications
- Chaos Cosmos
- Chaos Phoenix
- Chaos Scans
- Chaos Vantage
- Chaos Cloud
- Chaos Player
What's New in V-Ray 6 for SketchUp
V-Ray & Enscape compatibility
With V-Ray 6, you can transfer your real-time scenes from Enscape and continue building on your work to take it to the highest possible level of photorealism. With support for Enscape materials, lights and compatible 3D models, V-Ray ensures that all design decisions are kept throughout the project.

V-Ray Enmesh
Create complex geometric patterns over object surfaces to make panels, fences, fabrics, and more in an automated and memory-efficient way.

Chaos Cloud Collaboration
Share your work and collaborate on the cloud. With Chaos Cloud Collaboration you can upload your images and panoramas straight from the V-Ray Frame Buffer and significantly speed up the approval process.

Distance Texture
Vary effects such as displacement or procedural fur based on proximity to create a realistic correlation between the elements in your composition. Create a well-trodden path through your procedural lawn, or form dark spots under downspouts.

Iridescent materials
Easily create iridescent materials such as soap bubbles, oil spills, and more with the new Thin Film option available in the V-Ray Material.

Finite Dome Light Mode
Fine-tune the scale and add depth to the environment of your project when using image-based lighting with this new V-Ray Dome Light mode.

Enhanced Dirt texture
Place dirt in your scene with higher precision by adding or excluding objects.

Better Translucent Materials
Render translucent materials like frosted glass or marble faster with the V-Ray Material’s improved subsurface scattering mode.

Plus...
- Pause your renders
- Asset tags
- Chaos Cosmos integration
- ACEScg colour management
- Smarter light calculation in interactive mode
- Optimised animation export
- Refine your scene's composition
Why V-Ray for SketchUp?
V-Ray and Enscape Compatibility
You can now open your real-time Enscape scenes directly in V-Ray to continue building on your work to take it to the highest possible level of photorealism. Your department can now experience a fast and easy end to end design process.
See Your Designs in Real-Time
Seeing your Sketchup designs in real-time has never been easier. Now with V-Ray Vision, you can visualize your designs in real-time while you work in SketchUp. Move around your model, apply materials, set up lights and cameras — all in a live real-time view of your scene. You can also package your V-Ray Vision result for others to experience just like you did in SketchUp.
Create Photorealistic Renders
With true-to-life lights, cameras, and materials, rendering with V-Ray is as real as it gets. For any project, you can see exactly how it will look. It's as close you can come to the real thing before it’s built.
Bring Your Scenes to Life
Employ our curated collection of smart assets — including high-quality models of furniture, accessories, vegetation and people — and stage your project with just a few clicks. The all-new Chaos Cosmos asset browser lets you easily drop render-ready 3D content right into your SketchUp scene.
Get a Headstart on Your Next Project
V-Ray comes with hundreds of ready-to-render materials that you can apply to any scene and access to an extensive library of video tutorials, free technical support, and helpful forums. V-Ray has one of the largest visualization communities, with a world of community-created content that’s readily available.
Brand | Chaos |
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Delivery Type | Digital Delivery By Email |
Processing Time | 1 - 4 (Business) Hours |
Windows
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit versions of SketchUp.
Processor |
1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
RAM |
4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
TCP/IP |
Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
Operating System |
Windows® 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10. (64-bit versions only) |
SketchUp |
SketchUp 2016 (64-bit), 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. |
Mac OS X
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.
Processor |
|
RAM |
4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
TCP/IP |
Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
Operating System | Apple® Mac OS X 10.9.x or higher |
SketchUP | SketchUp 2016 (64-bit), 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. |
- CUDA rendering is available only for Fermi-, Kepler-, Maxwell- and Pascal- based NVIDIA cards as well as CPUs.
- Interactive GPU OpenCL rendering mode is currently not supported.