Lumion 2026.1: Release Notes 

July 14, 2026 

This version introduces a suite of highly anticipated features designed to elevate your architectural visualization workflows and creative flexibility.

Key additions include the all new Pattern Editor, which empowers you to design Material layouts with precise control over tile dimensions, bevels, and grout lines. We are also thrilled tofinally enable the Raytracing Effect for Panorama Mode, enabling you to render immersive, photorealistic 360-degree experiences. Furthermore, Custom Styles integration streamlines the way you save and apply your favorite Effect Stacks across Projects, while the speed optimized Delete Brush makes large scale scene cleanup faster than ever.

Beyond these new tools, this version delivers an extensive overhaul of the garden, Nature , and Material Library assets, now updated with modern PBR definitions and expanded color customization, alongside substantial underlying stability and performance enhancements to keep your editing and rendering processes exceptionally smooth.

See below for the full list of changes.

Compatibility

• Very Important: Please note that Projects and models saved in version 2026.1 cannot be opened in older versions of Lumion.
• See this article on how to get the new version, and to see how to transfer settings, models, and Projects from older versions of Lumion:
• Knowledge Base:  Lumion 2026.0: Everything you need to know
  
  

Release Content

• Lumion Website:  Lumion 2026.0 - See what's new
• Lumion Blog: Lumion Pro 2026.1 is now available
• Release Video: Lumion Pro 2026.1 Update: Tools for faster workflows and sharper presentations

 

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Lumion 2026.1 Release

1. New feature highlights

1.1. Pattern Editor

The new Pattern Editor lets you apply fully customizable tile layouts to Materials directly within Lumion. If, for example, a specific brick bond or wood flooring layout you need is missing from the Library, you can easily build it yourself.

To get started, select a base Material to use as a source. In the advanced material settings, you will find a new category called Pattern. Enabling this feature unlocks the following options:

Preset: Select from a variety of Patterns, such as Common Bonds, Chevron, Basket Weave , Hexagon, Herringbone.

Tiling: Adjust the width of vertical and horizontal tiling, angle, rotation, offset and scale.

Variation: Adjust variation in color and positioning of the textures to get a random, natural pattern look.  

Bevel: Add a bevel effect and control how strong and visible the effect is. 

Grout: Change the color and width of the grout in the pattern.

See the article below to learn more about the Pattern Editor:

• Knowledge Base: How do yo use the Pattern Editor?

 

1.2. Panorama Improvements

1.2.1. Ray Tracing Support

(Interactive panorama viewer powered by Pannellum 2.5.7) 

The Ray tracing Effect is now officially available inside Panorama Mode. Because this requires a significant amount of VRAM to render at higher resolutions, enabling it comes with some limitations:

• The output is currently limited to a new Draft resolution (3072x1536 - ideal for graphics cards with less than 12GB of VRAM) and Medium (4096x2048). The Large resolution (8192x4096) is currently not available.
• Stereoscopic output and Cubic Projection are disabled.

Also, Panorama Mode with Ray tracing utilizes a completely separate rendering pipelines compared to the standard hybrid. This means that, when the Effect is enabled, Objects or Materials not yet fully integrated into the Raytracing  pipeline will be invisible in the real-time preview, HQ Preview, and final outputs. This includes

• Animated Characters, Flags, Text Objects, and Decals.
• Effect Objects (fountains, fire, smoke, fog, leaves, etc.)
• Clipping Planes, Ocean and Water Planes, Waterfall Materials, 3D Grass/Fur/Foliage  Materials, and Weathering settings.

The following output Effects are disabled as well:

• RT Volumetrics, Volumetric Lights, Volume Clouds, Precipitation, Remove background, Material highlight, and Near clip plane.

   

Learn more about Ray traced Panoramas in the article below:

• Knowledge Base: How do you render using Ray Tracing for 360 Panoramas?

 

1.2.2. Lumion Cloud VR Support

Panorama renders uploaded Lumion Cloud can now be viewed immersively in with a VR Headset. It is also possible to creative interactive tours where you can jump between 360 renders on your Projects.

 

1.3: Custom Templates

You can now build and save your own tailored environments as Templates using your own Project files. Under the Create new project section, you will find a new Custom tab. Simply click the + button to browse and import an .LSF scene file directly from your local hard drive, which will instantly generate a reusable Template entry inside the tab.

Learn more below:

• Knowledge Base:

  How do Custom Templates work in Lumion?

 

1.4: Saving & Loading Multi-Placement Collections

When distributing multiple Objects via any multi-placement method, including Line Placement, Cluster Placement, Paint Placement, or Area Placement, you can now save your Object Collection as an .lpc file.

This file can then be loaded into any multi-placement tool within that same category.

Here are some example Collections that you can download for free and use for quickly populating the landscape in your Projects:

              Boreal Forest                                        Temperate Forest                               Tropical Jungle                                    Dry Woodland
                  Canopy                                                        Canopy                                                 Canopy                                                   Canopy   
             Groundcover                                             Groundcover                                      Groundcover                                       Groundcover

 

Learn more about Object Placement tools below

• Knowledge Base: Placing and Changing Objects 

 

1.5: Custom Styles

Reusing custom Effect configurations across projects is now much more intuitive. The 2026.1 release introduces Custom Styles, allowing you to save your favorite effect stacks and access them directly from the Styles Gallery.

• Saving a Style: Ensure you have at least one active effect applied. Click the ... (three dots) icon or use the context menu in the effect list panel and select Save as custom style.. This instantly adds the configuration to the Custom tab in the Styles Gallery.
• Loading a Style: Open the Styles Gallery, click the Custom Styles button, and select your saved profile on the right side.

Learn more about Custom Styles below:

• Knowledge Base: Custom Styles in Lumion 2026

 

1.6: Delete Brush Mode

To optimize large-scale scene cleanup, you no longer need to click individual Object selection nodes to remove assets. Select the new Delete Brush tool in Build Mode to paint over multiple Objects  and erase large quantities exponentially faster.

The Brush Size slider lets you increase or decrease the brush area of effect, making it easier to quickly clear larger sections of a scene while maintaining precise control.

 

1.7: Custom Parallax .EXR Support

Users can now load compatible .EXR maps into Lumion's Parallax Interiors Effect Objects and save them to their custom library. The article below covers everything you need to know on how to load and save these maps:

• Knowledge Base: One-click 3d looking Rooms with Parallax Interiors

 

1.8: Walkthrough Camera for Theatre Mode

When viewing Projects in full-screen Theatre Mode (F11), you can now activate a realistic Walkthrough mode toggle located at the bottom left of the user interface. When turned on, the camera stays locked at a standard human eye-level of 1.6 meters above the ground and dynamically moves at regular walking speed, automatically tracking changes in the underlying terrain or floor geometry surface. 

This provides a more realistic, eye-level perspective way to review and present designs.

 

1.9: Improved Update Screen

Gain better control over your software deployments. Starting with this version, whenever a new update is pushed to the server, the screen allows users to view and selectively choose the exact version build update they wish to download and install. This option becomes active once running version 2026.1 or higher, provided newer update files are available.

 

1.10. Revamped Library Models and Materials

This release introduces an asset overhaul, modernizing older geometric Models with detailed PBR material definitions and adding color customizable parameters to optimize library footprint.

Total count of new Objects:

 7 individual model color variations were removed because the primary base Model is now completely color customizable via its object properties. 

For a full list of new and upgraded Library  models, see these articles:

• Knowledge Base: Which content is available in the Model & Material Libraries in Lumion 2026?

About changes in model names and important changes for Legacy models:

• Knowledge Base: What are the Library model Upgrades being done for Lumion 2026

 

 2. Improvements and Fixes

2.1. Build Mode

• Performance Center: Opening the Performance Center panel will now automatically closes overlapping windows behind it (such as Object properties panels). The panel is also restricted from opening while the OpenStreetMap coordinate picker is active to prevent UI overlap errors.
• Line Placement: Path nodes no longer lose focus or deselect after moving them directly or adjusting them with the transform Gizmo.
• Line Placement + Groups: Fixed a severe performance bug where placing Group instances using Line Placement caused the internal error log file to fill with "Error: Invalid mesh passed to RenderBakedModel" messages upon selecting a placed group.
• Line Placement: Fixed an issue where clicking the Clear all button failed to block active mouse cursor inputs from immediately starting an unintended new path layout.
• Mass Placement Modes: It is no longer possible to mistakenly delete an asset from the main Library while active inside any Mass Placement tool.
• Paint Placement: It is no longer possible to delete Nature Objects on hidden Layers. 
• Imported Model Thumbnails:  Lumion will now automatically generate an updated thumbnail for the large preview of Imported Models.
• Imported Textures: Fixed an issue that resulted in grayscale images being rendered red when uploaded to Custom Decals, Flags, the Image Overlay Effect, Title Effect and Photo Matching Effect. 

 

2.2. Lumion Object Library

• Object Toggles: These no longer animate when changing Object selection.
• Smoke Object: Fixed an issue where custom dark smoke tones shifted into bright variations upon entering Photo Mode (e.g., selecting a dark red smoke color map turned bright red).
• Transport Objects: Fixed broken surface geometries present on Motorbike 007.
• Characters: Corrected prop attachments and placement bugs on Man_caucasian_0007_mobile, Woman_caucasian_0009_magazine, and woman_asian_0002_laptop.
• Seating Models: Resolved critical performance hits and frame drops caused by complex geometry processing on specific seats within the Objects > Seating category, such as Bench 029.
• Stylized Transport Models: Cleaned up the properties panel for stylized vehicles under Transport > Stylized models by removing non-functional properties like Toggle driver, Lights, and Metallic paint.
• Object Thumbnails: Restricted the creation of custom object thumbnails exclusively to the Imported Models category.

 

2.3. Material Mode

• Foliage and Ivy Materials: Color blending has been optimized so that applied Foliage and ivy shaders naturally match the color cast of the underlying host geometry surface.
•  3D Grass/Fur Materials: Fixed an issue that prevented users from changing or deleting the Texture or Normal Map of 3D Grass/Fur Materials properly. 
• Texture Mapping: Adjusted UI layouts so file names and resolution text no longer overlap if the preview panel size is reduced.
• Custom Materials: If no user-saved Custom Materials exist on the system, the tab automatically hides itself until a new profile is saved.

 

2.4. Photo, Movie, and Panorama Mode

• Photo Sets: Fixed a UI issue where Photoset 10 would hide completely if the immediate preceding slot (Photoset 9) was left empty.
• Reflection Effect: Lens flares generated by the Real Skies sun now accurately compute inside Planar Reflections via the Reflection Effect.
• Reflection Effect: The Sky Light intensity now renders uniformly across all resolution scales inside Planar reflections.
• Output Modes: Significantly optimized performance when shifting between adjacent items or switching across Photo, Movie, and Panorama Modes.
• Movie Mode: Fixed an export scaling bug where rendering an Entire Movie using the Current frame selection at Print or Poster resolution incorrectly downscaled output to Desktop resolution.
• Movie Mode: The Landscape Cutter tool is now visible when recording a Clip or adding a camera Preset.
• Movie Mode:Rendering a Clip or Image Sequence at maximum quality will now use a higher resolution sky cube. 
• Clip Editor: The viewport no longer resets to the first Keyframe after clicking on Ease in/Ease out or FX buttons. 
• Clip Editor: : Using the Update camera keyframe function now saves data accurately onto the currently targeted Keyframe index rather than the initially highlighted index.
• Photo Mode: Deleting a Photo now resets its UI thumbnail tooltip name back to default (e.g., "1- Photo") instead of displaying the old edited name.
• Print/Poster Resolution Renders: Fixed pixelation artifacts occurring on high-resolution print outputs when combining the Sky Light and Real Skies Effects.
• AI Upscaler: This feature is no longer in beta the and warning message was removed. 
• Panorama Mode: Disabled auto-exposure when rendering with Stereoscopic enabled. 
• Panorama Mode: The render screen now indicates how many Panoramas are currently being rendered. 
• Analog Color Lab Effect: Removed the Vignette parameter to optimize compatibility for Raytracing Panoramas.
• Lumion Cloud: Fixed the tooltip for the upload location that was becoming blank when it contained too many characters.
• Lumion Cloud: Fixed minor translation issues with Lumion Cloud.
• Lumion Cloud: The directory folder picker pop-up will also no longer unexpectedly trigger upon opening clean sessions. Minor localization translation anomalies were fixed.
• Lumion Cloud: Changed the thumbnail resolution for uploaded media to be square.
• Raytracing Effect: Fixed an issue that would cause memory (VRAM) spikes at the start of every Photo render when rendering a Photo Set at 4K resolution.
• Raytracing Effect:  Landscape or Imported Models with the Landscape Material no longer receive ambient occlusion when Raytracing is enabled. 
• Raytracing Effect: Emissive light fixtures that have the Show source property disabled will no longer show their raw light shapes when the Raytracing Effect is enabled (they continue to exist correctly inside reflections).
• Raytracing Effect: Optimized raytraced high-resolution lines at Print/Poster resolution to prevent jagged edges or severe rendering artifacts.
• Raytracing Effect: Removed minor performance hiccups or preview micro-stutters when the editor camera stops moving or when pressing the U key to update reflection and cloud maps.
• Effects: Improved the precision when fine-tuning slider values while holding Shift. 
•  Lens Flare Effect: The real time/HQ previews matches the final render much closer. 
• Camera Orbit: Fixed the camera that would not orbit around the point in the center of the viewport. 

 

2.5. Miscellaneous

• Tutorials: Restored full window manipulation, dragging, and taskbar actions (minimize, maximize, close) when working in windowed mode while the Welcome to Lumion or Tutorial pop-up prompts are active inside Build Mode.
•  Settings: The toggle for Error Log has been removed, it now always turned on by default. 
•  Error Log: The time in the Error Log is now displayed as local and UTC. 
•  RAL Colors: Updated to RAL-to-RBG hex list. 
•  Example Scenes: Updated and fixed minor issues in the Farnsworth, High Rise, and House of time Example scenes.

 

 3. Known Limitations

For current limitations see the article below:

• Knowledge Base: Transitions from prior versions to using Lumion 2025/2026: Technical Limitations 

 

4. . Features that are still in development/on the Roadmap:

The roadmap has been updated to show what we are currently working on:

• Lumion website:  Lumion Products Roadmap