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The industry standard for SketchUp rendering.

V-Ray is a powerful rendering plugin for SketchUp, crafted to help designers, architects, and creators transform their SketchUp models into lifelike visuals.

From initial concept sketches to photorealistic renders, V-Ray supports you at every stage of the design process, enabling you to communicate your vision with clarity and impact.

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Real-time visualization Explore your designs in real-time and make decisions on the fly.

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Easy cloud rendering and collaboration Render to the cloud with a push of a button.

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Extra render power Get the most from your distributed and network rendering.

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Why choose V-Ray for rendering in SketchUp?

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Power-up your SketchUp toolkit.

V-Ray and SketchUp are the perfect team. SketchUp is the world's most widely used 3D modeling software for architecture and design.

And V-Ray is the world's #1 rendering software for architectural visualization. Put them together and you've got the perfect combo to take your SketchUp model to the next level.

Create photorealistic renders.

With rendering features such as true-to-life lights, cameras, and materials, rendering with V-Ray is as real as it gets. For any project, you can see exactly how it will look. It's as close as you can come to the real thing before it’s built. See key features >

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Bring your scenes to life.

Employ our curated collection of smart assets. Our Chaos Cosmos library includes high-quality models of furniture, accessories, vegetation, people and beautiful HDR skies so you can stage your architectural and interior designs in minutes. Learn more about Chaos Cosmos >

Go beyond rendering.

V-Ray provides a comprehensive set of lighting, shading, rendering, and post-production tools, all within one platform, so you can maintain your creative flow without needing to switch between different applications.

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Grow with V-Ray.

With versatile and intuitive tools designed for both beginners and advanced visualization artists, V-Ray adapts effortlessly to any project’s demands and scales with you as your needs evolve.

Work seamlessly in connected workflows.

V-Ray is designed to work seamlessly with Enscape and Vantage, ensuring a seamless workflow between artists and designers using different tools.

Plus, you can leverage Chaos Cloud services, from design and review to interactive virtual tours and cloud rendering.

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Transform how you create.

Create 3D environments faster, streamline design workflows, and deliver immersive experiences. Experiment with a range of predefined looks and speed up your design tweaks. Populate lifelike scenes effortlessly with an expanded collection of Cosmos assets & variations and new scattering controls. With handy tools for texture creation, improved skies, and lighting, every angle of your design becomes a vibrant experience that clients can explore through interactive virtual tours. See what’s new >

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How to create a SketchUp rendering with V-Ray

With V-Ray for SketchUp, we've made creating high-quality renders as easy as modeling in SketchUp itself.

Install the software, which has an easy-to-use interface just like SketchUp's, and you can jump straight into the fun stuff like setting up your camera and lighting. Once you get to know V-Ray, you can make use of its seriously impressive feature set, and create great renders and emotionally compelling scenes.

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Palm Springs collaborative project proves to be a creative success

Discover how V-Ray for Sketchup joined forces with Archilime to visualize a stunning sustainable home.

The power of dynamic geometry, V-Ray proxies, and Chaos Cosmos

Learn how dynamic geometry, V-Ray proxies and Chaos Cosmos all work together to improve your workflow and enrich your scene.

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Creating communal coziness in V-Ray for SketchUp

Glass Cow Studio’s Adam Clark has demonstrated his arch-viz skills with this autumnal project. We find out how V-Ray 5 for SketchUp helped him create it.

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