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title: "1.0.656"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VREVIT/162038206/1.0.656"
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*Beta *release

**Date – **August 5, 2016

 

## **Improved Features**

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### Lights

- Lights will now read from the Revit scene instead of requiring them to be in the IES path

### UI

- Added Background and Atmosphere render channels
- When canceling a render fixed an issue where it would report "complete" instead of "canceled"


## **Bug Fixes**

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### General

- Fixed a problem where users without the latest version of .net installed could experience issues running the product
- Fixed an issue where some models would fail to generate normals and cause a crash

### Materials

- Fixed a problem where sometimes materials would not be visible in the current project or current view filters when the elements were hidden in the scene
- Fixed some problems with material generation on patterned textures
- Fixed a problem where specular highlights could be generated in incorrect colors