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Merusk

Enscape acquired by Chaos Group (VRay)

https://www.chaos.com/blog/chaos-and-enscape-to-merge-backed-by-ta-associates-and-lea-partners

Plenty of folks seem to be on the Enscape bandwagon. Not a fan myself because it encourages some bad workflows in my experiences. (No, you don't need that multi-poly model in the CDs. No I don't care how it looks in the Enscape model.)

With this acquisition, maybe we'll see some better practices like proxy objects in Enscape. Definitely excited to see where they may go with rendering since Vray is such a beautiful engine.

Posted Jan 19, 2022, 7:31 PM UTC

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twiceroadsfool•

Enscape "encourages" bad workflows as much as a store selling pencils "encourages" people to stab one another, because "pointy things.".

Enscape is amazing. If people in an office start using shitty practices because they want to see it a certain way in Enscape, they are idiots.

BTW, it was a merger, not an acquisition. My guess (no insider information) is that Enscape has picked up a significant enough amount of market share, that they were in a position of strength, and this helps them streamline some business efficiencies by teaming up.

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archy319•

Well since Revit can import CAD, I'm sure you do your detailing in CAD and import it back to Revit along with a million line styles, layers, and hatch patterns. Darn Revit encouraging bad workflows...

/s

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GlitchGearz•

You know you have the ability to specify an asset id so that you can use your office’s standard content for your documentation and then the Enscape asset for rendering right?! Completely avoids the multi-poly model issue that you refer to.

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Anonymous_Banana•

This is the best way to use the software.

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Throwawaysonfriend•

Can you elaborate please?

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GlitchGearz•

Link Revit family to asset Choosing this option to place an asset will open up a window names Select Target Family where a list of the families that are already placed in the project will be shown.

Select Target Family Select Target Family

In the following example, to place the asset where ever the Bar Chair appears, we select Bar Chair from the Target Family window. This will then replace the target family in the Enscape window with the asset you chose from the Asset Library. Close the Asset Library when finished placing the assets.

To remove a linked asset from a Revit family, you can open up the Revit Family Parameters dialog and remove the EnscapeAssetI, which will remove the link.

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GlitchGearz•

You can search the knowledge base for asset placement and there’s videos showing how.

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BearCubTeacher•

I would love to see Enscape leverage V-Ray technology into materials and rendering in real time. THAT would be wonderful.

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