Legacy Guides

Use the new scattering tool to quickly and easily add an extensive entourage. Add hundreds, thousands, or even millions of Chaos Cosmos models and objects to any surface without encumbering SketchUp or Vision. Control their density, size, and orientation, and create realistic terrain for your exterior scenes.

Chaos’ curated collection of render-ready V-Ray content adds a new category —  materials. Make use of an extensive range of tiles, wooden floors, brick walls, and more. Use the Cosmos materials out-of-the-box or customize their color, bump, gloss, and more.

Take your design to the next level with Chaos Vantage. The new live link takes even your most complex scenes to pure ray-traced real-time with zero setup. Navigate and interact with your model’s true lighting and materials, and create animations and images with ease.

Chaos Vantage requires an NVIDIA RTX series GPU.

Use your collected HDRIs to light your scenes with Light Gen. Pick your favorite skies and light up your designs in seconds. Creating different lighting scenarios has never been easier. 

With V-Ray Decal you can add realistic detail to any surface material. Stack them upon one another, project them over multiple scene objects, and invest time in creativity, not additional UVW work. 

Find out how to make the most of V-Ray’s lightweight viewer in your everyday work. Navigate your scenes like a game. Set up exposure and temporal anti-aliasing for best visual fidelity. Visualize Chaos Cosmos assets without overloading your hardware. Quickly and easily export animations. And more.

Learn how easy it is to stage your scene with Chaos Cosmos assets. Render them as they are or customize their materials to suit your project. You’ll also learn tips about the optimal way to share Cosmos-rich scenes with your colleagues.
Find out more about Chaos Cosmos: https://www.chaosgroup.com/cosmos

Learn how easy it is to generate lighting variations and find your scene’s best lighting. Use V-Ray’s Sun & Sky system or employ HDRIs for image-based lighting. Set the number of variants, save light sets and reuse them in other projects.

Learn how to quickly and easily create renders in bulk for projects big and small. Plus, you’ll learn a neat trick to create low-cost preview renders by controlling your credit limit on Chaos Cloud. 
Find out more about Chaos Cloud: https://www.chaosgroup.com/cloud