# V-Ray 7 for SketchUp, hotfix 2 is now available!

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/v-ray-7-for-sketchup-hotfix-2-is-now-available/121731>\
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**Created:** [February 26, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/v-ray-7-for-sketchup-hotfix-2-is-now-available/121731 "2025-02-26T12:29:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![konstantin\_chaos](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/konstantin_chaos/32/52929_2.png) [@konstantin\_chaos](https://forums.chaos.com/u/konstantin_chaos)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/v-ray-7-for-sketchup-hotfix-2-is-now-available/121731/1 "2025-02-26T12:29:32Z")

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V-Ray 7 for SketchUp, hotfix 2 is now available!

It can be downloaded here:  
[download.chaos.com](https://my.chaos.com/download/build?product=V-Ray&build-type=official&tags=windows-x64&platform=SketchUp&platform-version=2025)

After installation, you will find more detailed info about the changes in the ‘VRayForSketchUpReleaseNotes’ file:  
Windows: %PROGRAMFILES%\Chaos\V-Ray\V-Ray for SketchUp\extension\  
macOS: /Applications/Chaos/V-Ray/V-Ray\ for\ SketchUp/extension/

Regards,  
Konstantin​​​​

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**Author:** ![konstantin\_chaos](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/konstantin_chaos/32/52929_2.png) [@konstantin\_chaos](https://forums.chaos.com/u/konstantin_chaos)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/v-ray-7-for-sketchup-hotfix-2-is-now-available/121731/2 "2025-02-26T12:29:51Z")

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**Improvements & Bug Fixes**

- Added support for SketchUp 2025
- Added support for the native PBR material properties in SketchUp 2025
- Added support for the native Environments feature introduced in SketchUp 2025. Use the menu command Extensions / V-Ray / Apply SketchUp Environment to create a Dome light which is synced with the SketchUp Image-based lighting (IBL) map
- A number of useful links are added to the V-Ray / Help menu - Chaos Academy, Chaos Forum, Support Request and Ideas Portal
- An issue preventing V-Ray from being loaded when the Windows OS username contains special symbols is resolved
- An issue causing the Dome Light texture position to reset when modifying the light’s intensity is fixed
- A Custom Viewport Display bitmap texture is no longer set unnecessarily when migrating older scenes
- An issue with the material appearance after resetting its color in the SketchUp material panel during interactive rendering is resolved
- A number of issues related to Material Override activation during interactive rendering are resolved
- An issue preventing interactive rendering update on Displacement asset deletion is resolved
- An issue leading to a crash when rendering Linked Models from Enscape is resolved
- The Firefly Removal option is now hidden while the GPU engine is selected and greyed out while Progressive rendering is used, indicating that it has no effect with these configurations
- A number of tooltips are updated
- An issue preventing the submission of vrscene files for Cloud Batch rendering is resolved
- An issue causing the Max Subdivs value to double when switching between CUDA and RTX GPU engine options is fixed
- An issue causing the output resolution of Cloud Batch render images to be incorrectly overridden is resolved