The scanned material renders the captured appearance of an actual physical material sample, that has been scanned with special scanner hardware. Without a license, the material will render with a watermark, otherwise, it should be able to render the scenes. However, for earlier V-Ray versions, the Scanned Material requires a separate render license to work correctly. Chaos Scans materials are useful for advertising, automotive, aerospace, interior design, furniture design, fashion, and product design projects, where visual fidelity is critical.With V-Ray 6, the Scanned Material doesn't require a separate render license to work correctly. Who is Chaos Scans for?Ĭhaos Scans users are artists and designers who need to create highly-realistic rendered imagery for discerning clients and companies. The material sample is sent back, along with the perfect digital match as a Chaos Scans file. Customers send in their physical material swatches, which are individually scanned and captured. Chaos Scans Scanning Serviceįor custom materials, Chaos Group offers the Chaos Scans Scanning Service. These materials are drag-and-drop and ready to render with V-Ray using the included Chaos Scans plugin.

The growing collection includes samples of car paint, fabric, leather, wood, plastic, metal and more. The Chaos Scans Library contains over 1000 of pre-scanned materials ready to be applied to your V-Ray 3D visualizations. Chaos Scans materials are currently compatible with Chaos Group’s Academy Award®-winning V-Ray renderer for 3ds Max, Maya, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, and Modo. Through a unique combination of hardware and software, Chaos Group’s patented material scanning technology captures physical material samples and creates digital replicas that are ready for photorealistic rendering. Chaos Scans are ready-to-use materials for your V-Ray 3D projects.

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