Versions Compared

Old Version 3

changes.mady.by.user Lyubomira Toshkova

Saved on

compared with

New Version Current

changes.mady.by.user Lyubomira Toshkova

Saved on

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.
Section
Column
width45%

V-Ray 7 includes:

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

Official release

Date: Mar 11Jun 9, 2025

Build: V-Ray 7, update 1, hotfix 1 (7.0010.0001)

UI Button
colorblue
icondownload
titleDownload V-Ray 7 for Revit
urlhttps://my.chaos.com/download/build?product=V-Ray&build-type=official&tags=windows-x64&platform=Revit&platform-version=252026

Column
width5%


Column
width50%
Align
aligncenter
HTML
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MvIvQTvVmjI" title="What’s new in V-Ray 7 for Revit" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>



...

Section
Column
width45%
UI Text Box
colorlight-cyan
iconinfo
typeinfo

See Release Notes for all previous V-Ray versions here.

Column
width5%


Column
width50%


Expand
titleRELEASE NOTES FOR V-RAY 7, UPDATE 1, HOTFIX 1

V-Ray 7, (7.

00

10.

00

01)

Official release

Date- Mar 11Jun 9, 2025


Improvements

General:

& Bug Fixes

  • The Visual C++ Runtime packaged with V-Ray
Core
  • is updated to its latest 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
    • An issue with the installation of Cosmos as part of the V-Ray installer is resolved.
    • An issue causing a legacy Chaos Sign-In page to open in the default web browser in specific situations after V-Ray’s installation is resolved.
    • The View selector menu is now active before V-Ray’s activation. This allows vrscenes from different views to be exported without activating V-Ray and without a license.
    • An issue with the Disconnect Chaos Vantage and Stop V-Ray Vision buttons is resolved.
    • An issue leading to a crash when closing Revit after the Vantage live link has been used is resolved.

    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
    • Materials: AccessViolationException on .vrmat file migration in specific scene


    Thumbnailspagesettings
    ThumbnailOverlayRectangleColour0,0,0
    ThumbnailOverlayRectangleOpacity0.4
    ThumbnailBGImageCornerRadius4px
    ThumbnailBGImageHeight280px
    ThumbnailSubTextSize12px
    ThumbnailTextColourWhite
    ThumbnailTitleTextSize18px
    ThumbnailOverlayRectangleBottomPadding10px

    ...