Build 7.40.00
Official release
Released May 27, 2026
Veras integration
- Veras is now part of V-Ray. You can use it for AI image generation, AI image post-processing and video generation.
- You can start Veras from the V-Ray / AI submenu, V-Ray toolbar, VFB toolbar, history context or Asset Editor.
- You can send viewport screenshots or renders for AI processing.
Cloud licensing
- V-Ray now supports Chaos Cloud licensing. The installer automatically migrates you from the License Server workflow.
- You can change the licensing method after installation with the "Change V-Ray license settings" utility.
- With Cloud licensing, you no longer need to install or manage the Chaos License Server. You can view your account's active licences in the Chaos licence control panel.
Improvements
- You can now drag and drop multiple image files directly into the Asset Editor and Node Editor graph.
- In the Node Editor, switching between Glossiness and Roughness in the V-Ray material now correctly updates the material's input labels.
- Light Gen now uses auto-exposure for all classic Light Gen HDR scenarios. When you apply a scenario, the automatically calculated EV becomes an editable camera EV value.
- AI Mood Match has updated interface labels to make them clearer.
- An issue with downloading Mood Match environment textures when you load a .lighset file is fixed. The loading progress bar is also improved.
- The material Displacement attribute is no longer labelled "legacy".
- The "Utility" option no longer appears in the Texture Placement Type dropdown after you set a UVW Placement as a mapping source.
- An issue with the Gradient map's preset dropdown is fixed.
Integration
- The installer now has an option to disable all AI features.
- Vantage viewport rendering resolution now follows V-Ray's render output resolution when you use Vantage 3.3 and later.
- Enabling Scatter Cluster Painting during interactive rendering no longer makes Scatter instances disappear.
- An issue with changing Multi Material inputs during interactive rendering is fixed.
- An issue with the Scatter viewport preview is fixed. It occurred when you removed Scatter from an object after toggling it off and on.
- A freeze that occurred when you enabled Scatter viewport preview in specific scenes is fixed.
- An issue with applying Scatter during interactive rendering is fixed.
- SketchUp no longer crashes in specific situations when you toggle Scatter during interactive rendering.
- An interactive rendering issue is fixed. It occurred when you changed an object's material and then transformed the object.
- An issue with toggling the Use Mtl Override parameter of Cosmos assets during interactive rendering is fixed.
- macOS: An error message no longer appears after you install V-Ray on macOS Tahoe 26.4.1.
- macOS: An issue with animation output in SketchUp 2026 is fixed.
- Vantage now stays open when SketchUp closes, even if Vantage started as a child process.