Build 6.10.04

Official release

Date - 14 FEB, 2024

Bug Fixes

General

• Revit 2024 toposolid cannot be added as a Scatter host 
• Null reference exception on rendering after switching design options 
• UnitTypeld is not a unit identifier error when enabling V-Ray 

Build 6.10.03

Official release

Date - 13 JUL, 2023

Improvements

General

• Added support for Revit 2024
• Asset Editor updated to version 3.1.0
• License Server updated to version 6.0.1
• Unified Login Application updated to version 2023.1.18
• Chaos Cosmos Browser updated to version 2023.7.10
• Chaos Cloud Client updated to version 1.26.0
• Optimized scene upload to Chaos Cloud 

Environment

• Added Contrails settings to the V-Ray Sun panel

Assets/Enscape

• Support Enscape Adjustable assets
• Included the Enscape 3D assets to the global material override 
• Custom Enscape assets’ materials render in albedo color if their texture file is missing 

Materials

• Use Revit Shading Colors takes priority over Render Enscape Materials

UX/UI

• Removed deprecated Trace Depth option from the Interactive Settings rollout of the Renderer tab and added Max Trace Depth option to the Optimizations rollout 
• Added dark mode toolbar icons when the Revit UI theme is set to dark
• Added a scrollbar to the V-Ray Lights panel, and improved the one in the Settings panel 

Bug fixes

 General

• Name cannot include prohibited characters exception on project migration
• NullReferenceException when importing settings containing references to legacy V-Ray 3.7 or older materials

Assets/Enscape

• Enscape asset 'Bamboo 005: Single Cane' renders trunk and leaves in different places 

Interactive

• Rendering doesn't update on artificial lights changes
• Dispatcher exception after deleting a light in a complex project
• Lights are copied instead of moved
• Moving a cosmos light does not update the light sources and moves only the asset geometry

Appearance Manager

• Materials' tab dot indicators remain after deleting Fur/Displacement
• Rotation min field in the Families tab doesn't accept 0 input

Cosmos Assets

• Some ceiling-based Cosmos assets are offset from the host in the viewport

UX/UI

• Materials modified in the Enscape editor are not indicated in orange in the Appearance Manager 

Build 6.00.02

Official release

Date - May 2, 2023

Improvements

General

• Updated EULA

Bug fixes

General

• Name cannot include prohibited characters exception on project migration

Build 6.00.01

Official release

Date - DEC 07, 2022

Improvements

General

• Integrated Chaos Cloud Collaboration service
  
• Chaos Cosmos Browser updated to version 2022.11.15

Environment

• Default Sky Model changed to PRG Clear Sky
• Added options to animate the procedural clouds in solar studies

Environment/Enscape

• Added options to transfer the Enscape cloud settings to V-Ray

Asset Editor

• Added ability to search across tags
  

Bug fixes

Materials/Enscape

• Transmissive color of the Revit Glazing materials is ignored in the V-Ray render

Geometries

• Displacement Amount and Shift are not considered by the V-Ray Decal

Asset Editor

• Fixed issue with the Exclude and Affected by options of the Dirt texture

UX/UI

• Exception when loading user settings and collapsing the groups of loaded settings

Build 6.00.00

Beta release

Date - NOV 3, 2022

Improvements

General

• Asset Editor updated to version 3.0.0
• Chaos Cloud client updated to version 1.20.2
• Chaos Cosmos Browser updated to version 2022.11.2 
• Chaos License Server updated to version 6.0.0 
• Added ability to render Enscape materials with V-Ray
• Added ability to render Enscape library 3D models with V-Ray 
• Added support for the Light Cache GI engine in Interactive 
• Dropped support for Revit 2018 
• Dropped support for Windows 8 

Materials 

• Added ability to promote Enscape materials to the Asset Editor
• Improved conversion of Revit’s Generic material type 
• Added ability to promote Revit Generic materials to the Asset Editor
• Improved texture paths compatibility with Revit 
• Added ability to create a V-Ray Decal 
• Migrated the V-Ray Material Library to Chaos Cosmos 
• Added Thin Film material layer 
• Extended the Dirt texture with options for more precise control
• Improved reflections for metals and rough reflective surfaces
• Improved translucent materials
• Implemented Car Paint 2 material 

Geometries

• Added View & Override replacement options for Scatter
• Added ability to pick a geometric face as a Scatter host

Environment

• Added procedural clouds settings to the V-Ray Sun panel 
• Added finite mode for the Dome Light 

Camera

• Enabled the Auto options in Interactive

VFB

• Added a panorama viewer for spherical panorama renders 

• Added proportion guide layer

• Added ability to flip the image horizontally or vertically 
• Added ability to color correct a batch of pre-rendered images at once
• Added Dither colors option to the Render View tab of the VFB Settings panel 
• History state is preserved between installations 

Asset Editor

• Implemented asset tagging system
• Added a Sphere preview to the material preview swatch presets 
• Added Automatic Transfer Function mode to the Bitmap texture 
• Added Mix Amount parameter to the Mix (Operator) texture
• Renamed the Bitmap Texture Color Space to Transfer Function 
• Increased the slider precision of the Reflection and Refraction Glossiness, and Metalness parameters of the Generic material 
• Added Local Space Bump mode to all materials that support bump mapping 
• Removed the upper limit of the Emissive material Intensity parameter 
• Disabled the automatic texture resize for the GPU asset preview 

UX/UI

• Added ability to drag & drop Cosmos materials to the Appearance Manager 
• Improved the bottom toolbar instructions for actions with Scatter 

Bug fixes

General

• Error in GUI on V-Ray standalone start
• Batch render fails to start if the autosave path has been deleted 
• Installing Chaos Vantage v.1.7.1 breaks the Cosmos browser 
• System.Net.WebException on attempt to import Cosmos 3D models 

Materials

• Pick Material does not detect Revit split faces 

Geometries

• Proxy Mesh material slots fail to generate in case of a .vrmesh containing a single material

• Disabling Proxy Mesh Materials from within the Asset Editor is not respected

• Show Mass options of the Massing & Site menu is not respected

Textures

• Normal maps rotated by the UVWGenRandomizer appear inverted in some situations 

Asset Editor

• V-Ray NeUI fails to load VRaySDKLibrary.dll resulting in blank V-Ray Asset Editor

Scatter

• Guest instances sink into the Host when it contains layers 
• Families containing nested RPCs are incorrectly scattered

VFB

• The Exposure (display only) slider part of the Display Correction’s layer parameters affects images saved from the VFB

UX/UI

• Fixed several tooltips in the Appearance Manager