Unlike instancing, no extra memory is used by the repeating geometry – only the source mesh is loaded – making it possible to have “billions of polygons without any impact on the memory consumption”. New Enmesh modifier generates repeating surface geometry without instancingĪnother interesting new feature is the VRayEnmesh modifier, which covers the surface of an object with repeating geometry, in a way analogous to tiling a texture.

It provides an alternative to traditionally fuller-featured third-party scattering plugins like iToo Software’s Forest Pack: you can see a partial feature comparison in this forum thread. Major new features in V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max include Chaos Scatter, Chaos’s new standalone object scattering tool, first rolled out with Corona 8 earlier this year. New standalone Chaos Scatter tool provides an alternative to third-party plugins The first of a new generation of updates to the V-Ray product familyĬhaos typically introduces new features in the 3ds Max and standalone editions of V-Ray before rolling them out the other versions, starting with V-Ray for Maya.Īs a result, the V-Ray 6 beta provides a glimpse not just of the new features for 3ds Max users, but of the next generation of releases for the product family as a whole. The update also adds support for procedural clouds in VRaySky, a new Finite Dome mode for the Dome Light, an integrated Thin Film layer in VRayMtl, and updates the VFB and V-Ray GPU render engine. New features include Chaos Scatter, a fully featured standalone object scattering tool, and VRayEnmesh, an interesting new system for repeating geometry across the surface of an object without instancing.

Originally posted on 8 June 2022, and now updated with news of the commercial release.Ĭhaos has released V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max, the next major version of the production renderer – and the first of the next generation of updates to the entire V-Ray product family – as a free public beta.

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