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, shortening the feedback loop, 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
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.
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
- Save time by not having to search for maps
- Enhance realism in projects
Site Context
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..
Latest Release: v4.0 - 27/03/2024
New Features in 4.0:
- 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
- Plus more!
- 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
- Enscape for macOS – Download the Free 14-day Trial
- Archicad 26, Revit 2023 & Vectorworks 2022 support
- Categories for the custom asset library
- Improved reflections in mirror surfaces
- Interior design assets & materials
- Update view & save sun positions
- Bugfixes + stability improvements
- SketchUp 2022 Support
- Site Context
- Alpha Channel Export
- Education Assets & Materials
- Always on Top
- Material Overwrite
- Camera Sync Optimisation
- Upload Migration
- Transparent Materials in Reflections
- Dynamic Asset Placement
- Green Building Assets and Materials
- Batch Panorama
- Panorama Tour
- Uploads Management Update + bugfixes and stability improvements
- Material Library with approx. ~250 included materials! + more planned
- Material Editor overhaul + Revit Material Editor added
- NVIDIA DLSS Support + Ray Traced Sun Shadows
- Panorama Gallery
- Optimised assets for performance + bugfixes and stability improvements
- New look & feel. Totally revamped UI designed to be even more intuitive
- Faster texture loading (Added multi-thread CPU support)
- Linked presets are applied when switching views
- Video editor improvements
- Multiple bugfixes and stability improvements
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.
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.
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.
BIM Workflow Tools
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.
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) |
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 - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Windows Example Files
Use these files to test the quality and speed of Enscape on a Windows PC. You can view Enscapes system requirements HERE.
These example projects are standalone files like you would send to clients, Enscape or SketchUp is not needed to run these files.
MacOS Example Files
A Mac with an M1/M2/M3 chip and Enscape + SketchUp is needed to run these files (You can view Enscapes system requirements HERE):
Note: The resources image file “Enscape Resources – Apple Hills.dmg” has all the textures, skyboxes and IES files. This file needs to be mounted before you open the project file.
Plans & Pricing
Enscape Subscription License
$939 /yr
– Annual subscription license
– Free locally based NZ support
– Unlimited access to all future releases & updates