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V-Ray Next for SketchUp provides designers with faster rendering, better lighting tools, and the ability to create and visualize complex scenes.
This designer-friendly rendering solution for SketchUp features dramatic improvements to visualization workflow with V-Ray RT and improved image based lighting quality with the V-Ray Dome Light. V-Ray Proxy allows for easier complex scene management with highly detailed models.
V-Ray for SketchUp supports SketchUp 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016
Now with Online Licensing
V-Ray for SketchUp
V-Ray for SketchUp comes with all the lighting, shading, and rendering tools you need to create professional, photoreal imagery and animations. Built to handle your toughest projects and biggest scenes, V-Ray gives you the power to render anything and everything in SketchUp. Spend less time waiting and more time being creative, and deliver your best work without missing a deadline. V-Ray for SketchUp puts you in control. Its versatile feature set lets you pick the best approach for your scene. V-Ray is seamlessly integrated into SketchUp, so your workflow is fluid and smooth. Top artists & designers use V-Ray for SketchUp every day to create world-class images and designs.
Twin-engine
performance
V-Ray includes two powerful rendering engines. With CPU or GPU acceleration, you can use the best engine for your project and hardware.
Interactive rendering
Render interactively while you design. Fine-tune lights and materials and see the results right away.
GLOBAL ILLUMINATION
Render photorealistic rooms and interiors with V-Ray’s powerful and fast global illumination.
ACCURATE LIGHTS
Render natural and artificial lighting using a wide range of built-in light types.
ENVIRONMENT LIGHTING
Light your scenes using a single high-dynamic-range image (HDRI) of its environment.
PHYSICAL SUN & SKY
Simulate realistic daylight for any time and any location.
REAL-WORLD CAMERAS
Work like a photographer with real-world camera controls for exposure, white balance, depth of field and more.
PHYSICAL MATERIALS
Create great looking materials that look exactly like the real thing.
PROXY OBJECTS
Add highly-detailed models like grass, trees and cars as V-Ray proxy objects.
Network Rendering
Use the full computing power of your network to render single or multiple images all at once.
Advanced textures
Create realistic and unique materials using any texture map or one of V-Ray’s many built-in procedural textures.
Render Elements
Render your scene as separate passes for more artistic control in your image-editing software.
Frame Buffer
Track render history and fine-tune color, exposure, and more directly in V-Ray’s frame buffer.
V-Ray Scene export
Share complete, ready-to-render V-Ray 3 for SketchUp files with any V-Ray 3.4 or higher application.
System requirements for Vray for SketchUp
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.
| Processor |
Intel® Pentium® IV or compatible processor with SSE3 support. |
| RAM |
4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
| USB Port |
Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP |
Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| Operating System |
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 |
| SketchUp |
Version SketchUp 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016 |