The integration offers many new possibilities for RELUX users in terms of product presentation – including the full realistic first-person immersion in the lighting concept and evaluating the planned project in virtual reality.

About ReluxDesktop and Chaos Enscape

ReluxDesktop is a powerful and intuitive free lighting planning software for simulating artificial and daylight. With ReluxDesktop, lighting and electrical planners plan individual rooms, entire floors, industrial halls or outdoor areas such as parking lots, sports facilities and streets – all in just one software. The calculation of absolute values, consideration of national and international standards, compatibility with CAD and BIM systems, and the support of numerous formats for import and export make the software an indispensable tool for lighting and sensor planning. Relux Desktop includes a radiosity calculation module for fast and efficient lighting calculations. The extensive lighting database ReluxNET contains lighting planners worldwide with over 1 million lights and sensors and 3D objects available for planning.

Chaos Enscape is a visualization tool for creating high-quality renderings of BIM and 3D models. Real-time rendering allows free camera movement in the scenes, which can be controlled with the mouse and keyboard or even with a game console controller. Enscape features a daylight sky model and can visualize transparency and reflections in real-time.

Chaos Enscape’s integration in ReluxDesktop 2024.1.

Enscape’s real-time rendering engine integration into ReluxDesktop offers unique photorealistic visualization of lighting projects. Now, lights can be moved, rotated or replaced in the software and the result is directly visible in real time.

The tool is available in ReluxDesktop 2024.1. under the “Real-time Rendering” function, which opens in a separate window with its own controls. The dynamic view in the window is synchronized with the view in a ReluxDesktop project in real-time, and every moment in the rendering window can be captured or recorded for later use.

The real-time rendering engine accesses the computer GPU and requires appropriate computing power depending on the size of the project. Detailed system requirements are available at relux.com/reluxdesktop. 

Advantages of the Chaos Enscape integration with ReluxDesktop 2024.1.:

• High-quality photorealistic visualizations of RELUX scenes in 3D
• Real-time outcome and editing of lighting concepts
• Screenshot and recording functions. Take pictures in Enscape and save them in the RELUX project/output tree.
• Free camera movements and view from different angles
• Control over motion blur, camera acceleration in the Enscape or RELUX window
• Real-time daylight settings and view.
• Aid in creating precise lighting concepts
• Wide selection of materials and colors
• Virtual reality option – control the view with a game controller
• Gamified, deep immersion into the lighting concept 

More features in the new update:

• GLDF: The new data format for lights is read in RELUX and can be interpreted. GLDF data can be imported into ReluxDesktop via drag-and-drop.
• New 3D object import: More file formats are now possible with more options in the import window. Improvements have been made to importing textures.
• Update to 64-bit. For more stability of the software, especially for larger projects.

Links to more information:

News:
https://relux.com/en/news/realtime-renderer.html (EN)

Landing page:

http://www.relux.com/en/realtime-renderer.html (EN)

Video: https://youtu.be/J2Js9AmntrY

Collaboration between RELUX and Chaos

Markus Hegi, CEO, RELUX Informatik AG:

“We are very pleased to announce our collaboration with Chaos, a leading 3D visualization company. Designers and architects around the world use Chaos‘ powerful tools every day. By integrating Enscape into ReluxDesktop, we can now offer our customers integrated real-time visualisation capabilities.

“RELUX provides its planners with the rendering engine in ReluxDesktop free of charge. Instead of expanding the existing renderer, we decided to strengthen both our businesses and provide our planners with the best renderer to date today.”

Christian Lang, CEO, Chaos:

“We are grateful for RELUX’s trust in our visualization technology and are very excited about the integration of Enscape’s rendering engine in the new ReluxDesktop version. Enscape has been serving the AEC industry for many years with its unique real-time technology, revolutionizing workflows for thousands of architecture and design professionals and bringing immersive presentations to their clients. Lighting planning is a crucial part of many architectural design projects. With the help of RELUX’s software, designers can now visualize lighting at a whole new level.”

About Chaos

Chaos is one of the world’s largest 3D visualization companies, and for over 20 years has empowered architects, artists and designers to visualize anything they can imagine. Chaos offers intuitive and powerful workflows for creatives across the entire design spectrum, including architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment.

In 2022, Chaos merged with Enscape and acquired Cylindo. In 2023, Chaos acquired AXYZ design. From the initial design to the final deliverable, Enscape provides an integrated, real-time visualization workflow for the entire architectural design process. With a new bridge between Enscape and V-Ray, architects and specialists can finally collaborate on photorealistic visualizations at any part of their process.  

Chaos has more than 700 employees and offices in 11 cities around the world. For more information, visit chaos.com, chaos-enscape.com, chaos-cylindo.com and axyz-design.com.