VRay for SketchUp for PC or Mac

SketchUp is one of the most widely used and easy to learn 3D Modeling software on the market today. With VRay for SketchUp users now have one of the most powerful rendering tools available to visualize their models with the upmost quality and realism. VRay works within the SketchUp environment allowing users to be able to efficiently incorporate the task of rendering within their current workflows.

VRay for SketchUp in 3D World Magazine, June 2010 Download article (pdf)

The new version of V-Ray for SketchUp will include all the great features from the previous version, in addition to some exciting new upgrades:


• NEW! Ward Reflection Shader Type
• NEW! More than 10 new Procedural Textures, including Dirt (to create ambient occlusion per material)

• NEW! Ambient Occlusion!
• NEW! IES Lights and Spotlights

• NEW! Material Layer Arrangement
• NEW! Faster Parsing Times

• NEW! Support for SketchUp Transparancy and Alpha Transparancy

• True raytraced reflections and refractions
• Glossy reflections and refractions
• Indirect Illumination (global illumination, global lighting)
• Area shadows (soft shadows). Includes box and sphere emitters
• True HDRI support. Includes support of proper texture coordinate handling for both cubic and angular maps. Map your images directly without distortions or cropping.
• Fully multithreaded raytracing engine
• Native SketchUp materials supported and integrated into V-Ray Materials
• Antialiasing. Includes fixed, simple 2-level and adaptive approaches.
• Reusable irradiance maps (save and load support). Incremental sampling for fly- through animations.
• Displacement
• V-Ray Material Editor with Material Preview
• V-Ray Sun and Sky
• V-Ray Physical Camera
• Depth-Of-Field camera effect.
• Distributed Rendering allowing a single image to be process over up to 10 machines
• Per Material GI, Background, Reflection, and Refraction
• V-Ray Two-Sided Material for easy creation of thin translucency
• Caustics
• Animation Support

Click here to download the free 30 day VRay for SketchUp demo