Webinar: From SketchUp to stunning: Effortless visualization with V-Ray and AI tools

Ready to take your architectural designs to the next level?

Elevate your SketchUp projects effortlessly in our free, beginner-friendly webinar! Explore the latest AI-powered features in V-Ray, designed to streamline your workflow and help you achieve stunning results faster.

Whether you’re an aspiring visualization artist, an architect, a designer, or a curious creative, this session will guide you through transforming your SketchUp models into stunning, photorealistic visualizations with minimal effort.

We’ll walk through a complete project workflow—starting with early design exploration using Veras, building and assembling scenes with V-Ray and the Chaos Cosmos asset library, creating materials with the AI Material Generator, enhancing and improving the quality of your renders with the AI Enhancer and the AI Upscaler. Experience how these AI-powered tools make your workflow faster, smarter, and more creative.

Note: The demo will be delivered in V-Ray for SketchUp. The webinar is relevant to users of SketchUp, Rhino, and Revit, as V-Ray shares a similar UI across these platforms.

Meet the presenters.

Daniel Monaghan

Sales Director, AEC NA • AEC Sales NA

Daniel Monaghan is the Business Leader for Chaos in the Americas, and oversees the U.S. Sales and Channel Teams. He’s spent his entire career in the AEC software industry, helping firms migrate and improve their 3D workflows. Before joining Chaos, Daniel worked at Bentley Systems in the company’s building performance group, SCIA nv, where he ran U.S. sales and N. American operations for the company’s structural design software, and most recently as VP of marketing at Vectorworks, a Nemetschek company.

Yane Markulev

3D artist

Yane began exploring 3D design in CAD as a teenager in 1997. While studying architecture at University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia, his hobby became useful for his projects, leading to a career in architectural visualization. He worked with a UK-based studio, creating visuals for top architects like Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster, as well as brands like Land Rover, Honda, and Rivian. Graduating with a master's in architecture in 2010, CGI evolved from a hobby into his passion and way of life.