We know that architects and designers rely on efficiency, reliability, and speed in their workflows. As Enscape is a trusted companion in the design process, we want to make sure you get all the latest updates as soon as possible.
We're more focused than ever on developing Enscape with great speed so we're moving to a continuous delivery process that will allow you to get your hands on everything new every month. You'll receive regular, incremental updates as soon as they’re ready—ensuring you always have access to the latest features, performance improvements, and bug fixes.
What does this mean for you as an Enscape user?
✅ Faster access to new features
No more long waits for big releases—get improvements as soon as they’re available.
✅ More stable performance
Smaller, frequent updates mean less disruption and more reliability in your day-to-day work.
✅ Full control over updates
You still have control over when and how you update Enscape. We provide only manual updates for now, so you can choose which version best fits your workflow.
Delivering innovation without the wait
Continuous delivery means our development and testing process ensures new features and fixes are ready for deployment sooner.
Updates will roll out regularly, giving you the option to decide at which pace your company needs to switch to a new version. Enscape is widely used by companies of all sizes, and this new process allows more flexibility. While large entities might want to use a specific version longer and optimize updates for all employees once a year, freelancers and smaller offices can include a stable version in their workflow faster.
This transition allows us to be more responsive to your needs, incorporating feedback quickly and keeping Enscape aligned with industry advancements. To ensure you benefit from the latest improvements, make sure you check the release notes.
We are keeping the simple versioning nomenclature for our monthly updates and we are sticking to the two-digit format: 4.3 in January 2025, 4.4 in February 2025, etc. Our roadmap plans to deliver the same amount of value but at a monthly pace. This practical approach reduces the amount of variables and complexity when reading a version number.
Latest feature updates
Emissive materials as ray-traced light sources
Lighting is a critical component of high-quality visualizations, yet Enscape’s current handling of emissive materials can lead to inconsistencies, noise artifacts, and inefficient modeling practices. Enscape 4.4 (February 2025 update) integrates emissive materials into the ray-traced artificial lighting system, ensuring they work seamlessly with analytical and mesh lights for a more realistic lighting experience.
It leverages hardware ray tracing to improve how emissive materials' interaction with global illumination and artificial lights.
- Improved lighting completion - Emissive materials now contribute accurately to global illumination, making lighting feel more natural and realistic.
- Higher rendering quality - Less noise and fewer artifacts, especially for small emissive surfaces like LED strips or neon lights.
- Optimized performance and workflow - Eliminates the need for inefficient workarounds, such as manually placing thousands of analytical light sources.
This update ensures that lighting in Enscape is more consistent, efficient, and realistic—making your visualizations look better than ever with less effort and you’ll benefit from smoother real-time performance with more predictable lighting behavior.
Enscape Impact UI overhaul for a more intuitive experience
We’re improving the Enscape Impact UI to make it more intuitive, faster, and better suited for performance analysis. This includes:
- Easier data comparison – The performance map has been moved from the Settings tab to the dashboard, allowing direct comparison of room-based performance with overall building metrics.
- Peak load analysis enhancements – Separate visualizations and metrics for heating and cooling loads make it easier to analyze peak demands in different scenarios.
- Faster and more efficient onboarding - New users are now guided directly to enter mandatory data instead of navigating through settings. Once data is entered, calculations begin automatically, directing users to the dashboard without extra steps.
- New toolbar icon for clearer identification - The Enscape Impact toolbar entry point now features a distinctive icon to differentiate it from neighboring Enscape feature buttons. As it’s an add-on to Enscape, only users who have a valid license will have it active.
- All of these with a 30% analysis speed increase in comparison with the Beta version.
Expanding Enscape Impact with More Building Types
As part of our commitment to continuous product improvement, we are expanding Enscape Impact by introducing new building types, including Hospitality, Industrial, Retail, Sports, Transportation, and Warehouse. Without these building functions, users rely on approximations or generic templates, leading to inaccurate insights affecting design decisions and energy performance outcomes.
These additions will provide more industry-specific insights, enabling architects and designers to accurately simulate energy performance based on the unique operational characteristics of a variety of building types.
What’s next?
By transitioning to continuous delivery, Enscape will receive new updates every month. The next features we plan to release are:
Selective asset exclusion in white mode
White Mode is an essential tool for architects, allowing them to present a project’s geometry and spatial composition without the distraction of colors or materials. However, in client presentations, architects often need to highlight specific elements while keeping the rest of the scene in White Mode to focus the presentation on the critical design decisions that need to be made.
This update is currently in development and will be released soon. It extends White Mode's existing functionality by allowing users to exclude specific objects or asset categories, giving you more control over what appears in white and what retains its colors and materials.
- Enhanced presentation flexibility - Tailor visuals to highlight key design elements.
- More engaging client discussions - Give direct attention to what matters most in your design.
- Optimized workflow - Quickly toggle elements in and out of White Mode without extra workarounds in image post-processing tools.
For now, this functionality is available only for Enscape assets. Non-Enscape assets (custom assets) aren’t currently supported. Please note that older versions such as Rhino 7 and SketchUp 2016 aren’t supported, so make sure you update your design application to benefit from this feature. An option to exclude materials from White Mode is planned for future development.
Even more exciting AI functionality in Enscape
Enscape's real-time speed and tight integration with the CAD/BIM design application already significantly improves the architect and designer experience. With the recent acquisition of EvolveLAB, Enscape's workflow is further enhanced with the power of AI tools such as Veras, and ideation and refining early design concepts are faster than ever.
Architects and designers can explore infinite possibilities, optimizing the form and function of a building with unprecedented speed. The result? More time for creativity, more room for innovation, and projects that evolve seamlessly from vision to reality.
Looking ahead, AI tools will also support the smoother transition from design to presentation, enabling you to rapidly refine, stylize, and elevate Enscape’s still image output with greater flexibility. This will empower users to fine-tune materials, lighting, and aesthetic details without needing to make time-intensive adjustments within the BIM model itself.
This workflow will be particularly valuable in advanced design stages, where the BIM model is already well-defined, but visual refinements can add depth, realism, and artistic expression to final presentations.
We’re excited to bring you a faster, smoother Enscape experience. Stay tuned for continuous enhancements that empower your creative workflow!
