How to download and install V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X
To get started, you need to have a Trimble ID and a Studio entitlement, which you can get by subscribing to SketchUp Studio. You also need to have SketchUp installed on your Mac computer. You can download the latest version of SketchUp from [here].
Once you have these prerequisites, you can follow these steps to download and install V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X:
Download the V-Ray for SketchUp installer from your Account Management Portal. You can find the Common Installer under the Downloads section.
Locate the downloaded file, which should have a .dmg extension, and double-click to mount it.
Open the mounted disk image and drag the V-Ray for SketchUp icon to the Applications folder.
Launch SketchUp and sign in with your Trimble ID.
A V-Ray for SketchUp Studio page will appear. Click Sign in with Trimble and enter your Trimble ID and password again.
You should see a message that says "V-Ray license successfully activated". Click OK to close it.
You can now access V-Ray from the Extensions menu in SketchUp, or from the V-Ray toolbar or Asset Editor.
System requirements for V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X
Before installing V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X, you should make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
Processor: Intel 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support
RAM: Minimum 8 GB RAM, recommended 16 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: Minimum 2 GB, recommended 12 GB (includes additional downloadable content)
TCP/IP: Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.13 or higher
SketchUp: SketchUp 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, or 2023 (64-bit versions only)
GPU Support: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing- or Ampere- based NVIDIA card with latest recommended video driver. V-Ray Vision requires a Graphics card with Metal support.
Features of V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X
V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X offers a variety of features that can help you create stunning renders and animations in SketchUp. Some of these features are:
V-Ray Vision: A real-time rendering engine that lets you see your design in high-quality as you model. You can also export your scenes as VR-ready content or as images and videos.
V-Ray Frame Buffer: A window that shows your rendered image and allows you to adjust various settings such as exposure, color balance, denoising, lens effects, and more.
V-Ray Asset Editor: A panel that organizes all your materials, lights, geometries, render elements, and settings in one place. You can also access the online library of over 1000 ready-to-use assets from Chaos Cosmos.
V-Ray Light Gen: A tool that automatically generates lighting variations for your scene based on different times of day and sky models.
V-Ray Cloud: A service that lets you render your scenes on the cloud using Chaos Cloud. You can save time and resources by outsourcing your rendering tasks to the cloud.
V-Ray Swarm: A distributed rendering system that lets you use multiple computers to render faster. You can easily set up and manage your render nodes from the V-Ray Swarm app.
These are just some of the features of V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X. You can learn more about them and how to use them from the official documentation or from the online tutorials.
Conclusion
V-Ray for SketchUp is a powerful rendering software that can help you create photorealistic and real-time images and animations in SketchUp. It is available for both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, and it can be installed as a plugin for SketchUp. In this article, we showed you how to download and install V-Ray for SketchUp on Mac OS X, and what are the system requirements and features of this rendering software. We hope you found this article helpful and informative. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below.
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