Chaos Enscape

Enscape™ is a real-time rendering and virtual reality plugin for Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, Archicad, and Vectorworks. It’s the only real-time rendering solution that plugs directly into the modeling software, giving users an integrated design and visualization workflow across all project phases.

Enscape allows users to work intuitively with accessible rendering that requires no prior specialized knowledge to use. They can design, document, and visualize simultaneously from one model. It is the easiest and fastest way to turn models into immersive 3D experiences.

Used by renowned architecture firms in over 150 countries, such as Foster + Partners and Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), Enscape brings designs to life and enables users to give clients an unparalleled design experience.

What it’s used for

• Real-time visualization
• Architectural visualization
• Virtual reality
• Design iteration and review
• Internal collaboration
• Quick rendering creation
  Final presentation for clients

Real-time workflow
Instant high-quality rendered 3D walkthrough at every stage of the design process. Perfect for daily design reviews, live demos, and final client presentations.

100% integration
Bi-directional exchange between major CAD or BIM programs and Enscape, so any changes made on any side are instantly visible, maintaining one single source of truth.

User-friendly
Enscape is extremely easy to learn and use, so even new users can start visualizing right away. The intuitive UI guarantees an enhanced design experience at every step of the journey.

Effective iterations
Faster feedback cycles by discussing and implementing changes in real time and directing clients to the focal points of designs through visualizations and tours.

Adjustable 3D asset collection
Bring ideas to life with diverse asset and material libraries that allow users to convey the right aesthetic to an architectural project by placing and adjusting assets and materials with ease.

Variety of output modalities
Enscape has full VR support, multiple panoramas export, web standalone and desktop standalone app, panorama tour, and video paths to help clients understand the full scale of their projects through an immersive environment.

Adjustable assets
With the new Adjustable Asset series, users can make changes to the material, color, or variation of certain Enscape assets. Furniture materials can be altered, clothing colors of certain people assets can be changed, and exact colors can be chosen for each of the 91 vehicles in Enscape. Alternative assets can also be seen for trees and plants, specifically autumnal trees and unpotted plants. All assets with this new functionality can be found by filtering using the tag “Adjustable”.

Improved lighting and reflections
Enscape 3.5 includes improvements to its global illumination algorithm, which delivers enhanced lighting, reflections, and rendering quality to users with GPUs that support hardware-accelerated ray tracing.

Users will see an improvement in the quality of indirect lighting, especially in interior scenes, resulting in more realistic and high-quality visualizations. Additionally, users will experience more consistent lighting and precise shading in mirror reflections.

This feature is available for users with NVIDIA RTX or AMD RX 6000/7000 series graphics cards.

New 3D people assets
53 people were added to the Enscape Asset Library in January 2023. These are real people who have been scanned with our in-house 3D scanner. The library continues to grow with a new batch of 40 people that allow clothing customization with Enscape 3.5 and will get more diverse over time. Plans are also in place to start scanning more animals and helpful objects using this same technology.

The scanned people assets are exclusive to Enscape and will be available in Chaos Cosmos shorty. They can be found by filtering for the tag “Exclusive”.

Alpha channel export improvement
Users can now export renderings with a transparent background, facilitating editing and post-processing in other tools. Users can also export semi-transparent materials, such as windows and glass surfaces, reducing the amount of time required for refining these materials during post processing.

Orthographic views update for Revit
Enscape 3.5 allows for the synchronization of orthographic views between Revit and Enscape. Any orthographic view created or edited in Enscape will be reflected in Revit, and the crop region in Revit will match the Enscape viewport. This synchronization is bi-directional, meaning that users can adjust the crop region in Revit to modify the view in Enscape as well.

Certified SpaceMouse support
With Enscape 3.5, it is possible to customize mouse controls through shortcut buttons on the SpaceMouse itself. This will make it easier for users to use a SpaceMouse and navigate a 3D model in conjunction with Enscape.

Layer assignment of assets in Rhino
In previous versions, when an Enscape asset was placed into a project, Rhino would assign it to the Default Layer. Now when placing assets in Rhino or Enscape, they will be placed in the currently selected layer.

New user area in toolbar
Users can now access their account directly from the Enscape toolbar. This will make it easier for them to manage and check their license status, manage web standalones, and panoramas.

Revit 2024 support
Enscape 3.5 supports the latest version of Revit - 2024.

In order to run Enscape, the following specifications are compulsory:
▪ NVIDIA graphics chip (Vulkan 1.1 compatible, GeForce GTX 900 series / Quadro M series or newer) with the latest driver
▪ AMD graphics chip (Vulkan 1.1 compatible, Radeon RX 400 series/equivalent Radeon Pro series or newer) with the latest driver
▪ GB Video-RAM (6 GB recommended, min. 8 GB for VR)

More about the minimum system requirements:
https://learn.enscape3d.com/blog/knowledgebase/system-requirements/