V-Ray 7 for Revit, update 1 is now available!

[konstantin_chaos]

V-Ray 7 for Revit, update 1 is now available!

This is a technical release that includes necessary backend changes, but it also brings a few new features and improvements you might find useful.

It can be downloaded here:
download.chaos.com

Regards,
Konstantin

[konstantin_chaos]

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Added support for Revit 2026
• Chaos Scans (VRscan materials) can now be loaded and rendered correctly without a Scans license.
• The entire Chaos Scans material library is now available in Cosmos
• Chaos Account management window is implemented. It can be accessed directly from the toolbar before V-Ray is activated, or from the Help menu after activation
• A new distributed rendering mode called Classic DR is implemented. Use it as an alternative to Swarm by manually configuring the network environment
• The handling of all license errors is improved
• The V-Ray installer now requires a CPU with AVX2 instruction set support to run
• The V-Ray scene (.vrscene) export no longer requires a license
• Rendering of specific RPC materials is improved
• Gaussian splats can now be assigned to Families via drag-and-drop in the Appearance Manager
• Proxies are renamed to Geometries in V-Ray’s Paths & Sharing Settings. Geometry assets are now correctly stored in XML settings files
• Rendering certain Cosmos light assets no longer causes a V-Ray Core exception
• An issue that leads to an error when turning artificial lights off during Interactive Rendering with specific Cosmos assets is resolved
• An issue causing the View Selector to appear between two monitors when opening Revit on a second monitor is resolved
• The Cosmos Browser no longer sinks behind Revit when the Asset Editor is focused
• An issue preventing the VFB from closing in specific situations is resolved
• An issue causing an error when attempting to render or release the V-Ray license after running Rhino.Inside is resolved
• An issue causing a reset of all Vantage settings when modifications are made in the Revit model during a live session is resolved