

Upon the start of the installation, Windows may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. For more information, please refer to the Uninstall V-Ray page.īefore running the installation, make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges.ġ. If you experience problems, you can manually uninstall the previous versions to perform a clean install.

Thus, you can seamlessly upgrade from previous versions. The V-Ray installer automatically removes any previous installations. If you are a trial user, please refer to the Trial installation of V-Ray for 3ds Max, as the process differs from the one showed on this page. This guide is to serve as a reference for installing V-Ray for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design.Ī complete installation of V-Ray for 3ds Max consists of V-Ray, V-Ray GPU, V-Ray Standalone, V-Ray DR Spawner, V-Ray license server, V-Ray tools, V-Ray SDK, V-Ray Chaos Cloud Client. If a connection cannot be established, you can choose to proceed using the assets that are already available on your hard drive.This page provides information on installing V-Ray for 3ds Max. Note that the first time the Preset Material Library is opened during a new SketchUp session, V-Ray connects to the Chaos servers to validate the completeness of the downloaded assets and check for updates. V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max and V-Ray 5 for Rhino. If a previous installation of V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max is detected, the Preset Material Library will be saved in the already specified location.Īsset files are shared between other V-Ray products if they are also installed on the system, e.g. Note that you can change the directory and disable the automatic check for updates from the Configuration rollout.

Once the download is complete, the library assets remain permanently available. The assets are saved in \Documents\V-Ray Material Library\ on Windows or ~/Library/Application Support/ChaosGroup/V-Ray Material Library on macOS. Note that you need about 8.5 GB of free disk space to download it. The first time you open the left panel of the Asset Editor after installing V-Ray for SketchUp, you will be presented with the option to download the Preset Material Library.
