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This page provides information on installing V-Ray for SketchUp.

 

Overview

This guide is to serve as a reference for installation of V-Ray for SketchUp. 

 

A complete installation of V-Ray for SketchUp consists of:

  • V-Ray

  • V-Ray Online License Server

  • V-Ray Swarm
  • Chaos Cloud Client


If you are a trial user, please refer to the Trial installation, as the process differs from the one showed on this page.

 

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Installation Steps

 

Before running the installation, make sure your Windows/macOS account has administrative privileges.

Run the installer.

1. Upon the start of the installation, Windows/macOS may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.

 

 

 

2. You are presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Check the I AGREE button to proceed.

 

 

 

 

Host App Version

3. In this screen you can select for which SketchUp version to install V-Ray. You can choose more than one versions at once. Click the Install button to proceed with standard installation.

If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, press the Advanced button.

 

Click here to see the Advanced installation options...

 

Additional Components

In this step you can opt to install the License Server, V-Ray Swarm, and Chaos Cloud client. Press the Continue button to proceed with the installation.




 


Licensing

In this step, you can specify whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine.

If you select the option Remote you will have to fill in the IP address of your V-Ray license server in the field Primary License Server. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged. An Alternate License Server is used when the primary one does not respond.

 

 

 

4. The installer first checks for running applications and prompts you to stop them, if there are such. Then it automatically uninstalls all old versions. 

 

 

 

5. Your installation is completed. On the last screen resides the usage statistics collection option. For more information on the Chaos Group Telemetry, follow the link. Also, you can check the Open the release notes file option to open the release notes file after the installation.

 

 

 

 

 

Check Your License

Once the installation of the License Server is done, you are directed to the License Server local host (127.0.0.1:30304) in order to sign in and activate it.




 

The License Server will skip its installation process for two reasons:

  • If it detects a previous installation of the Online License Server on your machine.
  • If you choose the option Remote V-Ray license server on the network.


 

Enabling V-Ray for SketchUp 2016, 2017, and 2018

 

 

In order to use V-Ray plugin, the render package must be enabled.

 

 

 

SketchUp 2018 and 2017:  Window > Extension Manager > Enable V-Ray for SketchUp extension

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 SketchUp 2016:  Window > Preferences >  Extensions > V-Ray For Sketchup

 


 

 

 

 

For full information on the License Server options and settings, see the Licensing section of the documentation.