3ds Max and V-Ray remain the professional ceiling. Volexi is the speed floor — a photoreal render in the time it takes to brew coffee.
Volexi produces a photoreal render from a 3ds Max viewport or V-Ray frame buffer in 30–60 seconds. Save the image as PNG, upload to Volexi, pick a lighting preset, and receive a 4K output with geometry locked to your scene.
What the numbers say
Inside VolexiArchviz studios running V-Ray tests during the Volexi beta reported 14× faster concept turnaround — 58 seconds per Volexi pass vs an average of 13 minutes per V-Ray iteration on an RTX 4090 workstation, measured across 176 high-rise and master-plan frames.
How it works
Three steps from a 3ds Max viewport or V-Ray buffer to a Volexi photoreal render.
Set your perspective camera. Use shaded viewport, ActiveShade, or a quick V-Ray buffer — any PNG-friendly output works as input.
Render → Render Setup → render at 2048 × 1536 or greater → Save As PNG. Or, Print Screen the viewport and save.
Drop the PNG into Volexi, pick daylight and material presets, click Render. Photoreal output in about a minute.
Why 3ds Max teams choose Volexi
Not for hero marketing shots — keep V-Ray for those. For concept and iteration passes, Volexi is dramatically faster.
Most studios we see adopting Volexi keep their V-Ray or Corona licences. They use Volexi for the 80% of the week that is rapid iteration and internal review, then lock in V-Ray for the final marketing-quality deliverable.
Yes. A rough V-Ray pass gives Volexi a strong base; the AI finish then adds photographic realism on top.
This "V-Ray quick pass + Volexi finish" pattern sits well with archviz workflows that already own V-Ray. It shifts the cost curve from per-frame GPU hours to per-frame credits.
No — by design. A PNG-based workflow means 3ds Max 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 all work the same. No update cycle.
Max plugin compatibility tends to break every major release. Volexi reads pixels, so your pipeline is insulated from Autodesk update volatility.
Yes. 3ds Max needs a GPU for real-time preview but the PNG export itself is lightweight. Volexi runs inference in the cloud.
This lets archviz freelancers use a modest laptop for viewport work and still deliver concept-quality renders without a $5,000 workstation.
3ds Max exports rendered in Volexi
Eight dimensions that matter when you're choosing an AI or traditional renderer for architectural visualisation.
| Dimension | Volexi | 3ds Max's native renderer |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Import export, render in 30 seconds | Material, lighting, and camera setup per scene |
| Export formats accepted | PNG, JPG, ActiveShade render, V-Ray buffer PNG | Native scene file only |
| Pricing model | Pay-as-you-go credit packs from $9 | Bundled with base license |
3ds Max's native renderer is a trademark of the owners of 3ds Max. Volexi is not affiliated with or endorsed by the owners of 3ds Max. Feature comparisons are based on publicly available documentation at time of writing.
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Upload a viewport PNG or V-Ray buffer and see a photoreal result in under a minute. Credit packs from $9.