Beta 1

Date – Sep 18 , 2019

Download – 4.00.01

Improvements

General

• Added support for Revit 2020. 

•  Added support for Revit Decals including interactive actions. 

• Implemented linking and rendering of .vrscene files. 

• V-Ray Core updated to version 4.20.01. 

• License Server updated to version 5.2.2. 

• Implemented V-Ray settings storage within the Revit project file. Removed .vprops files.

• Implemented options to adopt co-workers’ V-Ray settings when in workshared Revit environment.

Material Editor

• V-Ray Asset Editor replaces the Vrmat editor, introducing new material workflow and variety of material types.

Asset Browser

• Fully redesigned UX/UI. 
• Removed Color and Texture options from the material mapping controls.
• Integrated new material mapping controls with a drop-down listing all project V-Ray materials.
• Added Revit Shading as a mode for Global material overrides.
• Added option to keep materials’ bump/displacement pattern on global material override.
• Added option for V-Ray Scenes material override.
• Added option to hide all RPCs from rendering.

• Added option to hide all Revit Decals from rendering.

Proxies

• Exposed additional Revit family categories to the proxy Objects tab (Furniture, Furniture Systems, Generic Models, Casework) 
• Exposed proxies settings in the corresponding UI tab.
• Integrated Randomizer for scale and rotation parameters of Proxies/V-Ray Scenes.

V-Ray Fur

Exposed V-Ray Fur settings in the corresponding UI tab.

Materials/AutoGen

• Added support for Revit’s PrismGlazing material type.
• Improved the automatic conversion of all Revit Prism materials.

Camera

• Added options for automatic Exposure and White Balance.
• Added option to select the Focus Source. 
• Added Pick Focus Point option to the Camera tab of the V-Ray toolbar. 
• Added Use Revit Far Clip setting under Settings/Renderer tab/Optimizations. 

Lights

• Combined all environment light settings into one V-Ray Lights dialog.
• Added Adaptive Dome Light setting under Settings/Renderer tab/Optimizations.
• Improved Revit artificial lights conversion.
• Added custom background settings to V-Ray Lights window.
• Added support for the visibility of Revit artificial lights’ emit shape.
• Added Artificial Lights Overrides options to the Global Overrides tab.
• Added North Indicator (N) and Camera Indicator (C) to HDR image previews.

Interactive Rendering

• Improved stability of interactive updates.
• Enabled V-Ray Light Cache in Interactive rendering mode.
• Added support for showing/hiding elements.
• Added support for Revit Background Style changes.
• Support for interactive actions with V-Ray Scene files (experimental feature available through config.json file).

 Settings

• Implemented Default settings section under Settings/Paths & Sharing tab. 
• Implemented Reset to Default and Set As Default options. 
• Added V-Ray Material to Settings Sharing Categories. 
• Added support for buckets rendering on GPU. 
• Added Use global trace depth checkbox under Interactive settings.
• Added Ambient Occlusion settings under Settings/Renderer tab/Global Illumination. 

Channels

• Organized all render channels in expandable groups.
• Integrated Lighting Analysis channel.
• Integrated MultiMatte Materials channel.
• Integrated Nvidia AI denoiser as an alternative denoiser engine.
• Added option to denoise individual channels.
• Added standalone denoiser tool /vdenoise.exe/ to V-Ray for Revit tools folder.
• Integrated RenderID channel.
• Integrated Shadows channel.
• Integrated Extra Texture channel. 

VFB

• Added context menu option to save out renders directly to the Revit project.
• Incorporated rendering progress bar within the VFB window.
• Reworked Lens Effects calculation and settings

Toolbar

• Replaced all icons. 
• Removed Project Gallery window. 
• Added button to launch the Asset Editor. 
• Added feedback button to the expanding Help tab. 
• Added Show/Hide Render Progress button to the Render tab. 
• Removed Swarm icon. 

UX

• Size and location of V-Ray windows is saved on window reopen. 
• Extended the displayed version info in the V-Ray About window. 
• Added a link to VRayForRevit.log file in the About window. 
• Limited the minimal value for Camera Focus Distance. 
• Increased precision of Dome Light vertical offset. 
• Search boxes filter automatically on every key press. 
• V-Ray material name is highlighted in red in case of invalid or unresolved material. 
• Improved exceptions processing, reporting and logging. 
• Revit generic color is used in case of invalid AutoGen texture file. 
• Increased precision of Environment Fog Emission Multiplier. 
• Implemented dynamic sliders in Proxy/Vrscene settings.
•  Organized linked project materials into expandable groups.
• Organized Objects tab Revit families into expandable groups. 
• Organized Global Overrides settings into expandable groups.
• Added Update button to Denoiser settings.

Bug fixes

General

• Issue with Revit hanging during license acquiring.
• Issue with windows appearance and positioning on high dpi monitors. 
• Exception on V-Ray license acquire with Revit 2017 and Windows 8.
• Unhandled exception on re-render after switching from GPU to CPU.
• Format exception when Windows decimal symbol is set to none.
• Crash when trying to acquire license without an open Revit project. 
• Incorrect image size when overwriting an existing image in the Revit project. 
• Crash when sending telemetry about V-Ray Camera. 
• Exception when trying to write to V-Ray Telemetry log file.
• Exception when adding warning/error messages to the render log. 
  
  

Settings

• Save V-Ray settings window pops up after Revit project save. 
• Wrong resolution when switching from Widescreen to Crop Region. 
• Add Path button opens unlimited number of browsing windows. 
• Buckets + Brute Force + Light Cache produces too much noise on Draft Quality preset. 
• Asset Paths list increases its height when adding more paths. 

Swarm

• Different render results when refractive objects overlap with other faces. 

Interactive Rendering

• Exception when rendering a specific project. 
• Latest Render filter displays no materials if a change is made during IR.
• Slowdowns caused by specific global override materials. 

Lights

• Zoom level changes on Dome Light image rotation/offset. 
• Some IES lights render differently on GPU vs CPU.
• Memory leak when loading Dome Light images. 

Materials/V-Ray

• Starting material editor from the UI fails for some users. 
• Displacement is not respected on material swap in Interactive.
• Displacement does not update in Interactive.
• Unhandled exception when swapping vrmats with displacement.
• Displacement map remains after the V-Ray material assignment is removed in Interactive. 
• Displacement map remains active on global material override.
• Displacement causes unhandled exception when adjusting map size of materials in Interactive.
• Issue with SSS materials disappearing in Interactive GPU. 
• Crash on global override with Dirt texture material. 
• Refraction max depth and exit color are not respected.
• Some bitmap textures are not respected in Interactive GPU. 

Materials/AutoGen

• Error resolving default Revit textures file paths.
• Fixed bug with Opaque material type parameters not being converted correctly to V-Ray.
• Wood procedural texture is not rendered correctly by V-Ray.
• Wavy bump of ceramic materials is not respected.
• Glossiness conversion mismatches the Revit output.
• Generic color is not respected when texture tiling is disabled.
• Generic color is not respected when an alpha texture is used.
• Incorrect positioning of non-tiled AutoGen textures.
• Wrong conversion of marble procedural texture.
• Wrong conversion of Revit water material. 
• Texture tiling set to None fails in Interactive GPU.
• Broken water material reflections.
• Water refraction does not render the pool bottom in a specific scene.
• Use texture intensity when a texture is assigned to the reflectivity slot.
• Exception when enabling Relief Pattern of Revit Masonry material without assigning an image.
• Issue with Cutout textures disappearing in Interactive GPU.

Proxies

• Crash when editing RPC Proxy material during Interactive rendering.
• Enabling proxies in Interactive GPU fails every second time.
• Crash when changing proxy material from .vrmat to color.

VFB

• Crash when adding LUT files in Interactive.
• Revit hangs on Interactive restart with Color Corrections panel open.
• Copy to Stamp label is cut on high dpi monitors.

UI

• Render in Chaos Cloud icon downscaled on high dpi monitors.
• Long material names cause misalignment in the Asset Browser. 

UX

• Asset Paths Remove button remains active even if a path is not selected.