Getting started with V-Ray for SketchUp.

Get familiar with the V-Ray for SketchUp user interface and main functionalities, and learn the best render settings to get up and running.

Learn the essential steps when applying V-Ray materials to your SketchUp scene. Shade your scene with ready-to-use materials from Chaos Cosmos or build one from scratch.

Learn how to add realistic sunlight and artificial lights to your scene with V-Ray for SketchUp.

Learn how to take real-time Enscape projects to V-Ray 6. V-Ray reads Enscape materials, lights, and compatible assets, and allows you to build on your work by fine-tuning components or substituting them with hi-res equivalents.

Find out how to make the most of V-Ray’s lightweight viewer in your everyday work. Navigate your scenes like a game. Set up exposure and temporal anti-aliasing for best visual fidelity. Visualize Chaos Cosmos assets without overloading your hardware. Quickly and easily export animations.

Take your design to the next level with Chaos Vantage. The new live link takes even your most complex scenes to pure ray-traced real-time with zero setup. Navigate and interact with your model’s true lighting and materials, and create animations and images with ease.

Learn how easy it is to stage your scene with Chaos Cosmos assets. Render them as they are or customize their materials to suit your project. You’ll also learn tips about the optimal way to share Cosmos-rich scenes with your colleagues.

Chaos’ curated collection of render-ready V-Ray content adds a new category — materials. Make use of an extensive range of tiles, wooden floors, brick walls, and more. Use the Cosmos materials out-of-the-box or customize their color, bump, gloss, and more.

Learn how to improve the precision of material and procedural effect placement using the V-Ray Distance texture. Control the spread depending on the proximity to desired objects in your composition.

Learn how easy it is to generate lighting variations and find the best setup for your scene. Use V-Ray’s Sun & Sky system or employ HDRIs for image-based lighting. Set the number of variants, save light sets, and reuse them in other projects.

Use your bank of HDRIs to light your scenes with Light Gen. Pick your favorite skies and light your designs in seconds. Creating different lighting scenarios has never been easier.

Learn how to add the right clouds for your scene using the procedural clouds in V-Ray Sun & Sky system. Control their type, variety, density, and height, and animate beautiful timelapses for your sun studies.

Use the new scattering tool to quickly and easily add extensive entourage. Add hundreds, thousands, or even millions of Chaos Cosmos models and objects to any surface without encumbering SketchUp or Vision. Control their density, size, and orientation and create realistic terrain for your exterior scenes.

Learn the power and ease-of-use of V-Ray Enmesh — the perfect tool when you need to create tiled geometric patterns. Fabrics, fences, and panels are simple to make and customize at no extra memory cost.

Learn how to 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.

With V-Ray Decal, you can add realistic detail to any surface material. Stack them upon one another, project them over multiple scene objects, and invest time in creativity, not additional UVW work.

Learn how to speed up reviews and get your projects done faster. Simply invite them to review your images and share their feedback.

Discover how to quickly and easily create renders in bulk for projects big and small. Plus, you’ll learn a neat trick to create low-cost preview renders by controlling your credit limit on Chaos Cloud Rendering.