V-Ray for OS and SU 2026

SketchUp Pro
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I’ve just been made aware that V-Ray for SketchUp Studio apparently not available for Mac OS for Su 2026. I installed the update from SU 2025 and it does not inlcude V-Ray which my Studio Subscription includes. This is forcing me to do a ridiculous workaround where I draw in SU 2026, save the file, and re-open in my still-operational SU 2025 version which has a perfectly functioning V-Ray installation and do the rendering there. Clearly, this is not Trimble’s intent. Working through Chaos, V-ray’s source, has been difficult. All you do is work with annonymous chats and get pat answers. It’s making me very unhappy. And I refuse to install a parallel Windows DOS on my Mac. I’ve done that in the past with older versions of CorelDraw and it was AWFUL!

Anyone have any insights into what’s going on?

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Forum search.

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I’d swear that V-ray for SketckUp was not on MY product list in Chaos several days again when this problem of not having V-Ray 7 loading with my upgraded SU 2026. After chats and posts and working with person I know in Trimble, I went back to the MY PRODUCTS list on the Chaos site and there was the MAC version of the latest V-Ray product for SketchUp 2026. I just installed it and all is good! Thanks to anyone who responded to this post.

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It takes a while to kick in and often it doesn’t appear in the list - because you’ve not bought it from chaos, you’ve bought it from trimble.

You’ll see it in the license server though.