| Engine | Speed | Quality | Best For | |--------|-------|---------|----------| | Brute Force (BF) | Slow | Best | Final renders, exteriors | | Light Cache (LC) | Fast | Good | Interiors, animations |
Here is the exact recipe for vray render settings for sketchup full. Copy these settings into a preset you can load every time. vray render settings for sketchup full
| Parameter | Setting for Final (4K Print) | Setting for Test (Low Res) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Resolution | 3840 x 2160 (4K) | 800 x 600 | | Sampler Type | Bucket | Progressive | | Max Subdivs | 24 | 8 | | Noise Threshold | 0.005 | 0.05 | | Image Filter | Mitchell-Netravali | Area (Default) | | Color Mapping | Reinhard (Burn 0.8) | Reinhard (Burn 0.8) | | Primary Engine | Brute Force (48 subdivs) | Brute Force (8 subdivs) | | Secondary Engine | Light Cache (2500 subdivs) | Light Cache (500 subdivs) | | Light Cache Retrace | 10.0 | 1.0 | | Engine | Speed | Quality | Best
Controls edge smoothness. Use:
Before touching a slider, one must choose the render engine. V-Ray for SketchUp offers three primary engines: V-Ray GPU, CPU, and Bucket. For a full, production-ready render, V-Ray CPU with Bucket rendering remains the gold standard for stability and memory management. GPU rendering is exceptionally fast but can struggle with extremely complex scenes or specific geometry types. The "Bucket" mode renders the image in squares, allowing for better progress tracking and automatic optimization of complex areas. Set the Bucket size to 48 or 64 for a balance between overhead and speed. Controls edge smoothness
This controls how brightness translates to pixels.
In V-Ray 6+ for SketchUp: