Build 7.40.02
Official release of V-Ray for SketchUp.
Date: Aug 6, 2026
Chaos Notification Center integration
- Chaos Notification Center now provides in-product announcements. Open it from the Help menu, toolbar or Asset Editor.
Node Editor improvements
- Rendered thumbnail previews for nodes are now available and enabled by default.
- Node duplication is improved.
- You can now create in-between textures. Right-click a connection to create an in-between node, or drag and drop a node onto a connection to insert it into the shader.
- The Displacement material attribute is now supported.
- A rectangular backdrop behind the Node Editor main menu makes it easier to see over complex graphs.
- Full and Compact thumbnail modes are now available. Double-click a thumbnail to switch between them.
- Fixed an issue where deleting a connection to a collapsed material could remove all other connections to that material.
- You can now configure materials' Viewport Display options in the Node Editor.
Other improvements
- Cosmos Scanned Materials no longer require a licence check. Editing options are always visible once you import the material.
- The Export button in the Export V-Ray Scene window is now greyed out during rendering.
- Light Gen now keeps its interface state when you switch between the Classic and Mood Match tabs.
- The legacy Dark theme is removed from the UI Color Theme configuration.
- The info icon in the Displacement material rollout has moved, and its tooltip is improved.
- The Repeat U/V values for 2D texture placement are now locked by default.
- The value range limits for Scatter transforms (Translate, Rotate, Scale) are updated.
- Chaos Cosmos browser loading is optimised.
- Fixed an issue with loading VFB history images into Veras.
- Fixed an issue where Quick Caustics disappeared when a Material ID or any other attribute was added to the water material.
- Fixed an issue where the Log window did not display events.
Integration
- Scene activation is optimised, especially in heavy projects.
- Cosmos materials with Displacement are now supported. These materials are coming soon to Cosmos.
- The Envision icon is removed from the Live Link toolbar.
- The Ideas Portal link in the V-Ray Help menu now points to the requests section of the Chaos forum.
- Fixed a viewport preview issue for Scatter objects using an Area modifier.
- Fixed an issue with the VFB's Vignette layer interface handles when the layer is rotated more than 45 degrees.
- Fixed an issue where the installer's "Learn more..." link opened the wrong page.
- Fixed a crash after changing the Gaussian Splat Preview Percentage and disabling or re-enabling the Preview Overlay.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the License Server from being installed in specific situations.
- Fixed missing Chinese and Japanese translations on the installer's Licensing page.
- Fixed an issue that prevented licence configuration during silent installations.
- Enscape Cosmos asset downloads are improved in specific scenarios.
- macOS: Improved the behaviour of SketchUp-specific interface elements after V-Ray activation on macOS Tahoe.
- macOS: Fixed an issue where the viewport turned black after stopping Vision with the V-Ray Render overlay enabled.
- macOS: Fixed a crash when closing the VFB after signing in to a Chaos account.
- macOS: Fixed an issue with Proxy Mesh and Proxy Scene export.