--- title: "4.20.0 Windows" canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/ERN/1154023441/4.20.0%20Windows" format: markdown --- Release Notes: 26.08.2026 ## **Improvements** --- - **Composition Gridlines:** A grid overlay can now be enabled for the whole viewport instead of only inside the Video Editor, and the option stays accessible while the renderer toolbar is collapsed. - **Renderer Reset:** General Settings now offers a reset of the renderer state, clearing the shader and pipeline caches and the stored configuration, to recover from graphics driver problems without reinstalling. - **Light Management:** Teleporting to a light in orthographic mode is now a smooth movement instead of an instant snap, matching how it already worked in perspective mode. - **Color Management:** Rendered images now embed a standard sRGB color profile, so colors stay consistent in post-processing without setting the profile by hand. - **Revit:** Live updates are noticeably faster in medium and large projects, because Enscape now isolates only the elements it needs and reserves geometry buffers up front, which shortens the pause after each edit. - **Export File Replacement:** When a file of the same name already exists in the destination folder, you can now choose to replace it instead of Enscape adding an index to the file name. - **CAD Communication:** The message shown while Enscape waits for the CAD now names the application and suggests checking it for an open dialog. ## **Fixed Bugs** --- - **SketchUp:** Fixed some materials appearing washed out or transparent after updating to Enscape 4.19. - **Asset Library:** Fixed a crash when opening the Asset Library while the Chaos Cosmos service is stopped, so Enscape now explains the problem and picks the service up once it starts. - **Asset Library:** Fixed the Asset Library staying empty on machines where local calls go through a proxy server. - **Rendering:** Fixed rendering a single image ignoring the Synchronize Views setting, so the rendered image no longer differs from the CAD view. - **BIM Information:** Fixed the BIM Information panel staying blank instead of reporting that no BIM information is available. - **Chaos Assistant:** Fixed several unsaved-changes dialogs appearing when dragging assets from the Chaos Assistant. - **Materials:** Fixed Enscape becoming unresponsive after quick successive material changes. - **Export:** Fixed a custom export path being lost after closing the Export window. - **Artificial Lighting:** Fixed stability and correctness issues in artificial lighting. - **Sky:** Fixed sky rendering artifacts appearing when subsampling is active. - **Standalone Export:** Fixed projects without saved views that couldn't be exported as local or cloud standalones. - **Envision Live Link:** Fixed the Envision Live Link drop-down staying visible after clicking in the renderer viewport. - **Asset Brush:** Fixed asset placement and the brush lagging behind the mouse after moving the camera. - **Chaos Cosmos:** Fixed Enscape crashing when used with older versions of the Chaos Cosmos Browser. - **General Settings:** Fixed the text alignment of the outdated graphics driver notification. - **Navigation:** Fixed pressing an arrow key once causing the camera to keep moving. - **Light Management:** Fixed light icons not appearing in Visible Only mode until the light was selected. - **Grass:** Fixed grass not being rendered on planes placed at the bottom of the scene. - **VR:** Reduced flickering in VR and stereo rendering when an area is occluded in one eye but not the other. - **Stability:** Fixed crashes that could happen when an exception handler failed while it was handling an earlier error. - **Ray Tracing:** Fixed shadows not always updating correctly for animated content. - **Installer:** Fixed the Archicad and Vectorworks plugins failing to install when the installation path contains non-Latin or Unicode characters. ## **Known Issues** --- - **Navigation:** Movement along the Y axis with the W and S keys is not registered in orthographic view. - **Performance:** In some scenes, model geometry data can be reallocated repeatedly, which can slow down rendering. - **Revit:** Railing and line family geometry is not included when exporting a .vrscene. - **Vectorworks:** Creating or editing a Data Visualization while Enscape is running can crash Vectorworks. ## **Per host platform** --- ### **Archicad** - Composition Gridlines on the viewport - File replacement on export - Bugfixes and stability improvements ### **Revit** - Faster live updates in large projects - Composition Gridlines on the viewport - Bugfixes and stability improvements ### **Rhino** - Composition Gridlines on the viewport - sRGB color profile in renderings - Bugfixes and stability improvements ### **SketchUp** - Composition Gridlines on the viewport - sRGB color profile in renderings - Bugfixes and stability improvements ### **Vectorworks** - Composition Gridlines on the viewport - sRGB color profile in renderings - Bugfixes and stability improvements