Enscape is a real-time rendering & virtual reality plugin that integrates seamlessly into your 3D modelling software so you can focus on creating, designing, and building.

Enscape empowers architects & designers to create beautiful visuals in real-time.

Visualise in REALTIME as you design

Enscape plugs directly into your 3D modelling software, giving you an integrated visualisation and design workflow. It is the easiest and fastest way to turn your models into immersive 3D experiences by eliminating the inconveniences of production, and giving you more time to design.

Community of Designers

Enscape is now one of, if not the most used 3D rendering software among architects, landscapers & interior designers. There is a large community of remarkable users with many great tutorials available online.

Efficient Collaboration

Make sure all of your designers are on the same page, especially when a client presentation is in the works. The live updates make it possible to incorporate and visualise client feedback instantly.

No Training Required

The simplicity of Enscape has made it a favorite for many firms. Enscape doesn’t require any extra training; start it up in your favourite CAD software and create stunning renderings in a flash.

Render in No Time

Enscape accelerates your workflows to lightning speeds, thanks to the real-time link and super-fast rendering times. Render in seconds, not hours.

Features

Real-time Walk-through

With Enscape’s real-time technology, your project is visualized as a fully-rendered 3D walk-through, which can be navigated and explored from every angle, in any time of day. With the live link between Enscape and your CAD program, you can follow every update to your plan instantly. Add Enscape to your workflow to give yourself more time to create and innovate.

Virtual Reality

Explore your design in the compelling realism of virtual reality. Connect a VR headset like the Oculus Rift S or HTC Vive in a snap and get ready to walk or fly through your project. You won’t believe the extraordinary experience it will evoke.

Export Functions

Enscape offers a variety of options to share or collaborate with anyone; design teams, clients and other stakeholders can easily explore your 3D rendered design. And they won’t need any special software or a superpowered computer to explore your work.

Standalone .exe VR Walkthrough Export (Enscape not required to view)
360 Panorama (Enscape not required to view)

To view 360 Panorama Example CLICK HERE

The speed of real-time rendering

In seconds, Enscape transforms your CAD data into a dynamic 3D model, navigable in real-time, allowing you to instantly communicate your design intent to your client. Enscape links to your CAD program, so you can experience every change you make, the moment you make it.

Material Libray + Editor

The foundation of a beautiful rendering is its materials, and with the included Material Library & Editor in Enscape, you’re set to have the right ones. Access and edit over 250 predefined materials to communicate your design aesthetic.
  • Save time by not having to search for maps
  • Enhance realism in projects
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Site Context

By utilising OpenStreetMap data, you can now import a project’s surroundings into your renderings without the need for a third-party tool.

3D Model Library + Custom Assets

Our ever-expanding Asset Library will help you to fill your scene with life and make it even more realistic. Browse through a small selection of our collection, so you can get a feel for the available models. We’re always adding more and more, currently we are at..

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The new Custom Asset Library also ensures you can add any and every asset your project requires. Whether it’s meeting individual needs or fulfilling corporate branding standards, you can include bespoke assets into your designs. This expert feature allows you to add special touches and create unique design experiences.
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Latest Release: v4.2 - 30/10/2024

Enscape 4.2 introduces you host application-specific features for tighter integration with design applications. This assortment of updates strengthens Enscape’s most significant advantage – its seamless integration with the host application, allowing users to work faster and more precisely than ever.

The release also includes the commercial launch of Enscape Impact, a brand-new add-on designed to integrate real-time rendering with building performance metrics.

New Features in 4.2:

  • Software Ray-Tracing GI & Sunshadows Improvements – enhances rendering quality on machines without hardware ray tracing, especially benefiting Mac users
  • Multiple Section Planes – enables Enscape to support rendering up to 6 section planes in Rhino and Vectorworks, enhancing detailed cross-sectional visualisations
  • Artistic visual modes improvement – introduces customisable features such as shadow hatching and adjustable texture controls in Watercolor mode
  • Support for WCS Mapping in Rhino – allows you to utilise World Coordinate System (WCS) mapping for materials, ensuring real-world scale and accuracy
  • Archicad 28 support
v4.1
 
  • Chaos AI Enhancer for more realistic people and vegetation
  • Enscape Impact for viewing building energy performance
  • Artistic Visual Modes
  • Coloured Shadows
 
v4.0
 
  • Improved reflections and global illumination
  • New people & animated vegetation assets
  • NVIDIA Denoiser for capture exports
  • Ray-traced artificial lights
  • New VR headset support
  • UI Updates
 
v3.5
 
  • Adjustable assets
  • Improved lighting and reflections
  • More 3D people assets added
  • Alpha Channel Export Improvement
  • Orthographic views update for Revit
  • Layer assignment of assets in Rhino
  • Revit 2024 support
 
v3.4

 

  • Enscape for macOS now available! – Download the Free 14-day Trial
  • Categories for the custom asset library
  • Improved reflections in mirror surfaces
  • Interior design assets & materials
  • Update view & save sun positions

 

Why use Enscape for your Design Process?

Pre-Design

Quickly iterate and present concept studies to find the design strategy which responds best to the unique challenges of the project.

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Schematic Design

Balance ambiguity and specifity as design decisions are made. Create beautiful and engaging diagrams and renderings without being limited to a small handful of options.

Design Development

A valuable tool in user groups and stakeholder meetings, real-time rendering enables feedback to be easily gathered and studied by the design team to find the most meaningful solutions for their clients.

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Documentation Phase

Enscape is always directly linked with the documentation models. When coordination issues arise, they can instantly be seen and verified so that solutions can be coordinated before they have an impact on schedule or budget.

Construction Phase

Visualising materials and FF&E layouts prior to installation can be done effectively with virtual reality. Designers and clients can go through the project in an intuitive and immersive way to finalize the details with confidence.

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BIM Workflow Tools

BIM Information

BIM mode places all the information you need right at your fingertips. Just click on any single or grouped elements in the Enscape window to immediately display all available BIM data. Or, search for an element in our BIM mode menu and instantly see one or all instances of the object highlighted in the Enscape window.

Collaborative Annotation

Whether it’s a change request, material suggestion, or problem, highlight issues directly within the project with the new collaborative annotation feature. Share progress, maintain context, and benefit from continuous communication with your team and clients, even when they don't own Enscape.

Orthographic Views

No project is complete without a floor plan or cross-section representation; in many situations it’s the clearest and simplest way to present the scope, size and intent of your design. One click is enough to create a two-dimensional view out of your three-dimensional project. Switch easily between several flat perspectives to create floor plans or side view section cuts.
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Create Stunning Renders & Simulations in Seconds

If you can dream it, Enscape can render it. Whether interiors, exteriors, landscapes, airports, hotels or country houses, Enscape quickly and reliably produces the best renderings & simulation fly-throughs from any environment. With Enscape, BIM modeling and visualisation are finally united. Unlike other renderers, you don’t have to stop design to create high-quality visuals. The images in this gallery are from real-life Enscape users, generated within seconds out of the CAD planning environment.

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COMPARISON WITH OTHER RENDERERS

TYPE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES KNOWN FOR
GPU Ray Tracer
Directly integrates with SketchUp, ArchiCAD, REVIT, Rhino & Vectorworks

Very easy to learn

Large asset library

Real-time viewport

High quality lighting

Amazing VR experience

Frequent free updates with major new features

Requires a powerful GPU (NVIDIA RTX model graphics required for Ray Tracing & DLSS features)


Limited compositing capabilities

Gaining popularity – especially among architects, interior designers and landscapers

Rich library of ready-to-use assets

Free support & frequent updates

Great for the design phase where multiple iterations are required
TYPE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES KNOWN FOR

GPU Raster Engine

Easy to Learn

Large asset library

Slow render times compared to Enscape, Twinmotion & V-Ray

Requires powerful GPU

Limited compositing capabilities

Simple and fake looking lighting

Not tightly integrated with host software, requires file reimporting/syncing after every change to your model

Expensive – 3000 Euros!

Rich library of ready-to-use assets

Only used in architecture
TYPE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES KNOWN FOR
CPU, GPU (Unbiased)
High quality, physically accurate

Relight feature
Least amount of features out of all the render engines in this comparison

You have to buy extra licenses for each software version i.e. if you want to use Thea with SketchUp & Rhino, you would need to purchase 2x licenses

Limited compositing capabilities

Infrequent minor updates

Not a strong competitor –
lagging behind

Perceived as accurate,
but slow

TYPE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES KNOWN FOR

GPU Raster Engine

Real-time viewer

Very easy to learn

Requires powerful GPU (NVIDIA RTX model recommended)

Small asset library compared to Enscape & Lumion

Basic and fake looking lighting 

Too simplistic for more advanced 3D users

Limited compositing capabilities

Infrequent minor updates

Relative newcomer – still immature in terms of features

Owned by Epic Games – Creators of Unreal Engine

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TYPE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES KNOWN FOR
CPU, GPU, Hybrid Ray Tracer
Works with all major 3D industry software & plugins

Real-time viewer

High quality, physically accurate

Considered industry standard

Built-in compositing features

Frequent free updates with major new features

Most online assets (models, materials) are V-Ray ready
Steeper learning curve compared to other renderers, though latest releases continuously improve ease of use
Leading renderer for all major 3D software

Large user base & active community

Free support

Frequent updates

Plans & Pricing

Enscape Subscription License

$939 /yr

– Annual subscription license
– Free locally based NZ support
– Unlimited access to all future releases & updates