V-ray Sketchup

 

Is it possible to use multiple V-Ray licenses or switch between 2 licenses in the same SketchUp license?

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V-Ray for SketchUp. SketchUp Studio brings new functionality for subscribers allowing them to work beyond their modeling. Working with Chaos Group we've made V-Ray available in your Studio subscription. While you'll still find a wealth of material on the official V-Ray website, we wanted to cover a handful topics to get you off on the right foot. V-Ray for SketchUp Evaluation fffff Jun 1, 2021.

V-Ray 3.6 for SketchUp is available for Windows & Mac OS, and is compatible with SketchUp versions 8–2018. About Chaos Group Chaos Group is a worldwide leader in computer graphics technology, helping artists and designers create photorealistic imagery and animation for design, television and feature films. Now, V-Ray® 5 for SketchUp gives you an essential collection of free ready-to-render assets and HDRI skies. Plus, we’ve boosted CPU denoising with Intel Open Image Denoise support and introduced more functionalities in V-Ray Vision and the VFB Compositor.

Here is the problem; me and my daughter (student) are using my SketchUp license in my laptop. I use Thea Render which I own but she want to use V-Ray. Before I purchased Thea Render, I installed the trial version of Vray so me and her had the chance to try both… then I decided to buy Thea and she insisted on vRay.

Later on I decided to buy her Vray and since she is a student and qualifies for the student discount, I bought her Vray for students under her university email. The problem now is that when she run Vray, it is still using my trail license instead of her license! I tried reinstalling Vary but it always pick my trial license without giving me the option to change it.

For the record, my Vray trial license is using the same email as my SketchUp license so I am guesting this might be the problem. Now I am not sure if this problem is related to Vray or to Sketchup so I posted this here and in Vray forum.

Any idea?

To get started you'll need to download and install the V-Ray for SketchUp extension. You can download the Installer from the 'My Products' page for your account.

Before you get started, it's important that you confirm your system is able to use V-Ray. Below are the recommended system requirements as indicated by Chaos.

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System Requirements

V Ray Sketchup Materials

  • Processor: 1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64).
  • RAM: Minimum 8 GB RAM, recommended 16 GB RAM.
  • Hard Disk Space: Minimum 2GB, recommended 12GB (includes additional downloadable content.)
  • TCP/IP: Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported.
  • Operating System: Windows® 8.1, Windows 10.
  • SketchUp Version: SketchUp 2021 (V-Ray 5 for SketchUp, as included in the Studio Subscription, requires SketchUp 2021)
  • GPU Support: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta- and Turing-based NVIDIA card(s) with latest video driver or at least version 411.31. For more info, see GPU Rendering.
    V-Ray Vision requires a Graphics card with DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 and Shader Model 5.0 capabilities.

Installing V-Ray for SketchUp


Step By Step Instructions

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When you're ready to get started, follow the steps below to install V-Ray for SketchUp

  1. Download the V-Ray for SketchUp installer, available here.
  2. Locate the installer and double-click to launch, EXE.
  3. Please review the license agreement and click Next for your installation options.
  4. You're prompted for the version of SketchUp you're using, choose 'SketchUp 2021' and click Install
  5. Selecting 'Advanced' will give you option to install the Chaos Swarm and specify licensing options. Note that V-Ray for SketchUp Studio requires the 'Local' option for licensing.
  6. After the installation you'll have some additional options to share anonymous usage data with Chaos Group, and to review the Release Notes for the current version.
  7. Clicking 'Done' will close the installer and you should be ready to authorize and use the software;

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Authorizing V-Ray for SketchUp Studio

Once you've completed the installation you can launch SketchUp. Upon opening SketchUp after the install process you'll be prompted to 'Sign in with Trimble' which will open a browser.

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Once you've signed in with your Trimble ID you're finished and can return to SketchUp and start using V-Ray.