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V-Ray 7 includes:

  • Gaussian splats
  • Interactive virtual tours
  • VFB Upgrades
  • and more!

Official release

Date: Mar 11May 16, 2025

Build: V-Ray 7, update 1 (7.0010.00)

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titleRELEASE NOTES FOR V-RAY 7, UPDATE 1

V-Ray 7, (7.

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10.00)

Official release

Date- Mar 11, May 16 2025


Improvements

  • General: V-Ray Core updated to version 7.00.06
  • General: Asset Editor updated to version 7.0.3
  • General: License Server updated to version 6.2.0
  • General: Unified Login Application updated to version 2024.10.17
  • General: Chaos Cosmos Browser updated to version 2025.1.8
  • General: Chaos Cloud Client updated to version 1.33.4
  • Geometry: Added Gaussian splats
  • Geometry: Added support for point cloud rendering
  • Scatter: Added ability to scatter items along a path/line
  • Scatter: Added ability to scatter items over a bounding box
  • Scatter: Added grid distribution mode for surface scattering
  • Scatter: Extended the random offset, scale and rotation controls of the scattered items
  • Scatter: Added ability to pick areas and exclude/include them to Scatter
  • Scatter: Added proximity-based fall off controls of the scattered items
  • Scatter: Added ability to scatter lights
  • Scatter: Added various internal optimizations
  • Asset Editor: Added ability to composite multiple textures together via a Layered texture
  • Asset Editor: Added ability to associate the Gradient map color positions with textures
  • Asset Editor: Added ability to procedurally colorize a grayscale texture based on gradient map values
  • Asset Editor: Added ability to apply a custom remap curve to the Falloff transition
  • VFB: Added Chromatic aberrations effect
  • VFB: Added Vignetting layer
  • VFB: Added color correction presets/filters
  • VFB: Improved usability of the Curves layer
  • VFB: Added polygon render region
  • VFB: Added ability to stop the rendering while preserving the post effects
  • Collaboration: Added ability to auto-generate panorama tours
  • Cosmos: Added ability to detect animated assets in Chaos Vantage and Envision
  • Swarm: Moved the Swarm settings to the Asset Editor
  • Swarm: Implemented Swarm 2 distributed rendering system
  • General: Implemented new standardized agreements acceptance workflow
  • UX/UI: Added a redirect message within the VFB History panel on how to enable history
  • UX/UI: Improved installer experience and consistency

Bug Fixes

  • General: Fixed Revit 2023.1.4 crash when enabling V-Ray
  • General: Crash when switching the GPU engine from RTX to Cuda with Buckets sampler on
  • General: Fixed “Unable to find an entry point named 'VRay_VRayRenderer_logVfbMessage' in DLL 'VRaySDKLibrary’” issue
  • General: Revit stops responding when opening VFB before first rendering
  • General: DirectoryNotFoundException on render start after enabling artificial lights
  • General: Fixed issue with saving to Revit’s Project Browser not working
  • General: Fixed core exception on render start with Scatter
  • General: Fixed issue with missing interactive updates when geometries are changed
  • Interactive: Crash when changing Scatter Density with a density map applied
  • Environment: Changing the View Distance of Aerial Perspective automatically sets to 0
  • VFB: Fixed issue with VFB not being displayed in some Revit versions
  • VFB: Crash on attempt to load a layers preset
  • VFB: Fixed Undo and Redo behavior when there is a Background layer
  • Cosmos: Fixed issue with Cancel/Esc not being applied properly after placing an asset
  • Cosmos: Fixed issue with V-Ray renderer not starting when the project contains Cosmos assets

    • and 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

    Materials: AccessViolationException on .vrmat file migration in specific scene


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