Hi Enscape,
When do you think Vectorworks 2026 will be supported? It is out now.
Thank you,
Pavol
Would be great to get some sort of timescaleā¦
Hi @drelarch and @lovespies , while there is no definite promise I can make yet, our next upcoming preview (releasing this Wednesday) should add support for VW 26 as well. If youāre unable to make use of our preview for any reason, you can be assured that this support will of course also be added to the next upcoming full release.
Iāve installed the new preview version (4.12.0.153) and VW2026 works fine with it immediately - not done anything too complex but basics seem fine.
Weāre eager to use it in VW 2026, but since they are working out some bugs of a new release, we are still working in 2025. But donāt let that slow you down from getting up and running for 2026. Thanks.
The 2025 version had some lingering bugs in it which were pretty much showstoppers for me (crashing when updating rendered or Renderworks sheet viewports), occasionally simply causing walls to vanish) that when I found v2026 didnāt have them, I decided I may as well take my chances with a fresh set of bugs. Change is as good as a rest, as we say in Yorkshireā¦ :o/
Iām having trouble importing Enscape into VW 2026. The āTools> Third Party > Enscape > Add Enscape to your Workspaceā option is not visible in VW 2026. I canāt even find it when editing the workspace. Is it hidden somewhere else?
It installed faultlessly for me this time but Iāve had this issue before. I uninstalled Enscape (via Settings > Apps etc), rebooted the PC, and then installed the new version of Enscape and it appeared as it should.
We will give it a try soon.
Does the New official release today ( V 4.12.0.204 ) include support to Vectorworks 2026 already? Or is that still only on the Preview 1 release?
Changelog says just VW2025ā¦
Hi @CarlosMPA_1 , only our current Preview 1 of Enscape 4.12.0 includes support for VW 2026 Beta. But Iāll make sure to notify you via this thread once we release another version that officially supports it soon.
Iāve had no problems with the current Preview version (not the official release). In the past when Iāve had similar non-appearance issues Iāve uninstalled via Settings > Apps, rebooted the PC, then installed the new version and itās worked (but like you Iām just a user, so it may be pure luckā¦)
Thanks @PhilBixby , I canāt explain it, but after doing all the things you mentioned, itās still not available.
Dear Enscape ( @Demian_Gutberlet ), will we see a fix soon, please? I am reluctant to start using Vectorworks 2026 because I canāt use Enscape to render any work created in the new version.
Hereās a question for @PhilBixby or @Demian_Gutberlet :
To use Enscape with Vectorworks 2026, do I need to remove it from Vectorworks 2025? Is that the problem?
Do I have to uninstall it and remove all the registry entries (thatās tedious) so that VW 2026 can see it?
Please say no, but if true, having an instruction list for uninstalling would prove helpful again.
Afternoon Lee
As per previous comments, Iām just a user like you so you could probably do with Demianās input, butā¦
I just tried firing up VW2025 with one of last yearās projects. Enscape icons were all as they were back last year, all worked okay when launched, with the Enscape version being the one Iām currently using (the Preview 1 version). I shut it all down, opened VW2026 and a current project, and Enscape works fine with that too - so no - it doesnāt appear to be a problem with VW2025 ākeeping holdā of Enscape or anything weird like that.
My own method - which I got from a posting on here which I now canāt find - is to uninstall Enscape using Windows 11 Settings > Apps >Installed Apps and uninstall from there. Then reboot the PC. Then install Enscape (usual double-click of the .exe file). Maybe then reboot again just because. Then fire up VW and it appeared okay for me in Tools > Third Party > Add Enscape to Workplace. Iāve got a fairly standard Windows setup - but clearly different things happen on different PCsā¦ ā¦good luck!
@Demian_Gutberlet Hereās a question.
Is there any reason to believe I cannot install Enscape in Vectorworks 2026 because I already have another third-party rendering plug-in installed? I was asked to be part of a beta tester, and I just realized their software plug-in exists.
Any reason to think that? Otherwise, why isnāt the Enscape Workspace Integration Menu Item not in the Plug-ins folder? Would you be able to do that manually for now?
It seems from Enscapeās own site, itās not ready for VW 2026. I see version 4.13 states it is.
@PhilBixby , you must have some magic going on there in the UK. In the States, not so much. I guess Iāll just wait patiently.
Hi Lee - now on the Preview 2 version which works fine. The official (v4.12) version definitely doesnāt work with VW2026 but Demian promised it for the next update so hereās hopingā¦
(There is much going on here in the UK but Iām not sure any of it is magic!) 