Release Notes 09.04.2025

New

• Improved Roughness Value Handling in SketchUp: Improved synchronization between SketchUp and Enscape by introducing a fallback roughness value, ensuring the roughness setting is preserved when a roughness texture is removed.
• Improved Handling of Archicad Element Properties: To address performance limitations in the Archicad API, we’ve enhanced the element property system to support lazy loading of additional properties when needed, improving stability and preventing future issues related to incomplete data access.
• Update to DLSS4 Super Resolution
• Artistic visual mode performance optimization: Removed rendering flush for contours and extended lines, as recent performance improvements eliminate the need for it - even at 4K - reducing potential slowdowns.

Fixed Bugs

• [Enscape Impact] No  loading bar displayed when reopening Enscape Impact after changing project data: Loading bar is now reintroduced.
• Closing the CAD during Multi-Asset Placement leads to Infinite Error Loop when you Choose to Apply and Leave: Error dialog is displayed only once and then Enscape quits.
• Enscape Version Is Shown On Loading Screen With Customized Background Image: Enscape version is no longer visible on Customized Background images.
• Invalid License Overlay Not Refreshing on New License Error: No valid license overlay is displayed.
• Section plane is not applied after you edit it once: Section planes are now updated correctly.
• Ray-Traced Sun Shadows Offset in Polystyrol Mode with Orthographic Camera: Shadows now appear correctly aligned.
• ReSTIR Capture Results Are Not Deterministic: Still image captures of the same camera position with the same settings now generate 100% deterministic/reproducible results on the same machine.
• ReSTIR: Checkerboarding artifacts
• Video textures skewed due to incorrect row alignment: Video textures are now rendered properly.
• Renderer crashes in Korean: Renderer starts without crashing.
• Enscape 4.5.0 Is Not Detected By New Version Check: New versions are now correctly detected.
• [SketchUp] Document Isn't Properly Closed On Shutdown Leading to Log Spam: The exception on shutdown does not appear anymore in the sketchup plugin logs.
• [SketchUp] Time of Day Resets When Creating a New View: The time of day remains the same after creating a new view.
• [Vectorworks] Inconsistent global illumination: Resolved an issue where Global Illumination (GI) results varied between batch renders of the same views within the same session when using Hardware Ray-Tracing (HWRT) and Real-Time Sun and Sky (RTSS) in Vectorworks. GI is now stable and consistent across consecutive batch exports.
• [Rhino] Stability Improvement for High-Quality Renders: Resolved a crash that could occur in quality levels above Draft when capturing multiple screenshots in close proximity to complex geometry, such as metal bars.
• [Rhino] Cutout texture rotation does not reflect on the renderer when the mapping type is Worldplane/worldbox for Albedo: Cutout texture rotation now reflects on the renderer.

Known Issues

• Views in Artistic modes freeze Enscape window with 3D stereo mode enabled
• Ray-traced sun shadows broken during camera movement
• HitGroup Index not calculated correctly
• [SketchUp] False Color Visualization does not work well with White mode overrides and breaks switching to None Mode.