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title: "4.16.0 Preview 1 macOS"
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Release Notes 11.02.2026


## **New**

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- **Asset Brush Placement Tool: **Place large numbers of assets faster with the new Brush Placement Tool. Paint assets onto surfaces with live preview and controls for brush radius, density, distribution, and asset variety to create more natural results. More dense asset placement is now possible not only with Brush, but also with all multi asset placement modes. Random rotation is supported, plus optional subtle variation with random scaling (±10%) and random tilting (up to ±90 degrees), both available across all multi asset placement modes and recommended mainly for vegetation. An Eraser lets you shape the placement area before confirming, and after confirming it removes only placeholders to help avoid mistakes. You can also tune how much assets are allowed to overlap, depending on the asset type and the look you want.

![Brush Placement.jpg](media://f6396be2-1f27-444b-bae2-16b4de0b68f1)


![brushplacement.gif](media://70a60c7a-d2ac-44fd-906f-57c7c3e5d980)


- **Cloud Licensing: **Enscape now offers Cloud Licensing as an alternative to the Chaos License Server. You can choose between the Cloud Licensing and the Chaos License Server during installation. The Cloud Licensing does not require setting up VPNs or on premise infrastructure. Older Enscape versions (<4.16) continue to use the License Server. <u>[Learn more in the Cloud Licensing FAQ.](https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/sections/40592713461777-Cloud-Licensing)</u>
- **Light Management Improvements:**
  - Light names now default to CAD names where supported. SketchUp and Archicad CAD name support is not implemented yet, and we are working on it.
  - Double click a light icon to open its edit dialog.
  - Alt + Mouse Click or the teleport button focuses the camera on selected lights.
  - Light preset actions are now available next to the active preset.
  - Reset to CAD defaults is shown only when a value differs from CAD.
  - Added a reset all button to restore all properties to CAD defaults.
- **SketchUp: **Removed support for SketchUp 2023. This allows us to streamline development, improve code quality, and focus on supporting the latest SketchUp versions.


## **Fixed Bugs**

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- **SketchUp: **Fixed a problem where deleting all materials and opening the Enscape Material editor would log error messages.
- **Light Management: **The light color is now instantly updated and the user does not have to close the color picker in order to see the picked color.
- **Light Management: **Rectangle selection now works when the camera is moving.
- **Safe Frame: **Doubleclick teleport moves the camera to the expected position in safe frame mode.
- **Multi Asset Placement: **Fix selection in rectangle selection and circle selection of multi asset placement.
- **Enscape Impact: **Performance view no longer sometimes flickers on hover.


## **Known Issues**

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- **Scene export: **Exporting all views in Scene Export can cause Enscape to hang and crash. Restarting Enscape in the same SketchUp session can allow the export to complete.
- **Brush: **Changing asset density repeatedly can place assets outside the painted area, especially with maximum brush radius.
- **Brush: **Some brush strokes may remain without asset placeholders after changing selected assets or regenerating. In some cases, switching to Eraser and editing can remove all placeholders.
- **Reflections: **Reflections can start refreshing when hovering and moving the mouse after using asset placement tools, even without camera movement. This can increase VRAM usage on some GPUs.