SketchUp is one of the most widely used and easy to learn 3D modeling software on the market today. V-Ray Next for SketchUp is the ultimate visualization solution for SketchUp artists and designers. It's a 3D rendering software that combines real-time and photoreal rendering — all in SketchUp.
Go beyond rendering: V-Ray 5 for SketchUp lets you do more in your renderer than ever before. See your designs in real-time with V-Ray Vision*. Light scenes automatically with Light Gen. Relight your renders instantly with Light Mix. And fine-tune and finish your images without a separate app.
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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. And when you’re ready for photo quality renders, V-Ray is ready to go.
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Keep your work within V-Ray:
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LIGHTING MADE EASY Adjust the lights in your scene even after you render. With Light Mix, once your scene is rendered, you can interactively adjust the brightness and color of any light without having to render again. |
POST-PROCESS YOUR RENDERS RIGHT IN V-RAY V-Ray 5 features a new V-Ray Frame Buffer. With built-in compositing, you can make color corrections, combine render elements and save them as presets to be used in future—all without needing another app. |
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SEE YOUR DESIGNS IN THEIR BEST LIGHT Light Gen is a new V-Ray tool that automatically generates thumbnails of your SketchUp scene each one presenting a unique lighting scenario. Choose your favorite look and you’re ready to render. |
NEW LAYERED V-RAY MATERIAL The V-Ray Material now includes built-in Coat and Sheen layers. Coat makes it easy to create materials with reflective coatings like varnished wood, and Sheen makes it easy to create fabrics like silk, satin, and velvet. |
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.
V-Ray and SketchUp are the perfect team. SketchUp is the world's most widely used 3D modeling software for architecture and design. And V-Ray is the world's #1 rendering software for architectural visualization. The two together are the perfect combo to take your designs to the next level.
In order to work properly, your copy of V-Ray Next for SketchUp requires:
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A V-Ray Next for SketchUp major version has active SOFTWARE SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE from its release date to the following next major release date. During the SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE stage Chaos will:
Download and test V-Ray before you make your purchasing decision.
Manufacturer's system requirements are generally the bare minimum that you need to run the software and insufficient for effective and productive operation of the product.
Our suggested "real world" mid-range desktop system key specifications to properly run V-Ray are as follows:
Novedge, in partnership with High Speed Computing, can also provide the perfect hardware for your design needs, pre-installed with your software, at a very competitive price. Contact us to discuss custom-configured workstations and laptops.
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CPU: Intel Core i7 |
I got the software at an unbeatable price. I am glad to have found this vendor. Thanks!
V-Ray is a well known and powerful renderer for many other applications and the specific Sketchup version is an excellent choice for Sketchup work.
I've tested many renderers for sketchup: Podium, IrenderNxt, Kerkythea, LIght-up, IDX renditioner as well as rendering in other apps ( Vue 7 and Carrara Pro 5) Each of them has their own peculiarities and ways of doing things that are too involved to outline here. The principle benefit of V-Ray for Sketchup is that it works entirely within Sketchup (as do some of the others mentioned above) so that it's easy to refine the model and textures within Sketchup and re-render without any exporting. The interface is fairly simple at first glance, but has a lot of depth, which takes a while to get the hang of. The resulting renders come out relatively fast and look extemely natural. Many of the others retain a less than photo-real look.
The only negative aspect is that it doesn't support volumetric light.
I got the software at an unbeatable price. I am glad to have found this vendor. Thanks!
V-Ray is a well known and powerful renderer for many other applications and the specific Sketchup version is an excellent choice for Sketchup work.
I've tested many renderers for sketchup: Podium, IrenderNxt, Kerkythea, LIght-up, IDX renditioner as well as rendering in other apps ( Vue 7 and Carrara Pro 5) Each of them has their own peculiarities and ways of doing things that are too involved to outline here. The principle benefit of V-Ray for Sketchup is that it works entirely within Sketchup (as do some of the others mentioned above) so that it's easy to refine the model and textures within Sketchup and re-render without any exporting. The interface is fairly simple at first glance, but has a lot of depth, which takes a while to get the hang of. The resulting renders come out relatively fast and look extemely natural. Many of the others retain a less than photo-real look.
The only negative aspect is that it doesn't support volumetric light.
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