This page provides information about the supported .vrscene features exported from V-Ray for Revit.
Chaos Vantage has better support for .vrscene files exported from V-Ray Next and later. It is recommend to use the latest officially released V-Ray version.
Lights
| Native name | V-Ray plugin name | Support |
|---|---|---|
| POINT | ||
| Spherical | LightSphere |  |
| Hemispherical | LightRectangle |  |
| Spot | LightSpotMax | |
| IES | LightIESMax | |
| LINE | ||
| Spherical | LightRectangle | |
| Hemispherical | LightRectangle | |
| Spot | LightRectangle | |
| IES | LightIESMax | |
| RECTANGLE | ||
| Spherical | LightRectangle | |
| Hemispherical | LightRectangle | |
| Spot | LightSpotMax | |
| IES | LightIESMax | |
| CIRCLE | ||
| Spherical | LightRectangle |
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| Hemispherical | LightRectangle |
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| Spot | LightSpotMax | |
| IES | LightIESMax | |
Camera
| UI | Native name | V-Ray plugin name | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-Ray Camera | CameraPhysical | ||
| Mode: Standard VR Spherical Panorama VR Cubemap | SettingsCamera/type=0 SettingsCamera/type=9 SettingsCamera/type=10 |
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Stereo: Side-by-side Top-bottom | RenderView/stereo_on |
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| Exposure (EV) | combination of ISO, f_number, shutter_speed | | |
| Exposure (EV) Auto | SettingsCamera/auto_exposure |
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| White Balance | white_balance | | |
| White Balance Auto | SettingsCamera/auto_white_balance |
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Focus Source: Fixed Distance Fixed Point | – – |
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| Focus Distance | focus_distance | | |
| Defocus | combination of ISO, f_number | | |
| Vignetting | vignetting | |
Geometry
| Native Name | V-Ray Plugin Name | Support |
|---|---|---|
| V-Ray Decal | GeomDecal | |
| V-Ray Displacement | GeomDisplacedMesh | |
| V-Ray Fur | GeomHair | |
| V-Ray Proxy | GeomMeshFile | |
| V-Ray Scene | VRayScene | |
| V-Ray Scatter | Instancer | |
| Revit | Support |
|---|---|
| Revit families replaced with .vrmesh | |
| Native Revit RPCs will render as grey planes | |
| Revit families replaced with a .vrscene | |
| Infinite Ground Plane | |
| Fur | |
| Displacement | |
Materials
| Native Name | V-Ray Plugin Name | Support |
| Blend | BRDFLayered |
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Bump | BRDFBump |
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Car Paint | BRDFCarPaint |
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| Emissive | BRDFLight | |
| Generic | BRDFVRayMtl | |
| Hair | BRDFHair3 | |
| Outline Override | MtlToon | |
| Override | MtlOverride | |
| PBR | BRDFVRayMtl | |
| Subsurface Scattering | BRDFSSS2Complex | Scatter Color is not supported |
| Two Sided | Mtl2Sided |
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| VRscan | BRDFScanned | |
| Wrapper | MtlWrapper | |
The table below lists the AutoGen materials (native Revit materials automatically converted to V-Ray ones).
| Native Name | V-Ray Plugin Name | Support |
|---|---|---|
| Layered | BRDFLayered | |
| Glazing | BRDFVRayMtl | |
| Metal | BRDFVRayMtl | |
| Opaque | BRDFVRayMtl | |
| Transparent | BRDFVRayMtl | |
VRayMtl
| UI | Native name | V-Ray plugin Name (plugin/parameter) | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generic | BRDFVRayMtl | ||
| Diffuse Color | diffuse | |
| Diffuse Color Texture | diffuse | | |
| Diffuse Roughness | roughness | | |
| Diffuse Roughness Texture | roughness | | |
| Reflection Color | reflect | |
| Reflection Color Texture | reflect | | |
| Reflection Glossiness | reflect_glossiness | | |
| Reflection Glossiness Texture | reflect_glossiness | | |
| Fresnel | fresnel | | |
| Reflection IOR | fresnel_ior | | |
| Reflection IOR Texture | fresnel_ior | | |
| Metalness | metalness | | |
| Metalness Texture | metalness | | |
| GGX Tail Falloff | gtr_gamma | | |
Surface Control: Use Glossiness Use Roughness | option_use_roughness=0 option_use_roughness=1 |
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BRDF Type: Phong Blinn Ward Microfacet GTR (GGX) | brdf_type=0 brdf_type=1 brdf_type=2 brdf_type=4 |
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| Back Side Reflect | option_reflect_on_back |
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| Max Depth | reflect_depth | | |
Affect Channels: Color only Color+alpha All Channels | reflect_affect_alpha=0 reflect_affect_alpha=1 reflect_affect_alpha=2 |
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| Trace Reflections | reflect_trace |
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| Anisotropy(-1 to 1) | anisotropy | |
| Anisotropy Texture | anisotropy | | |
| Rotation | anisotropy_rotation | | |
| Rotation Texture | anisotropy_rotation | | |
Derivation: Local axis Map channel | anisotropy_derivation=0 anisotropy_derivation=1 |
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Local Axis: X Y Z | anisotropy_axis=0 anisotropy_axis=1 anisotropy_axis=2 |
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| Map Channel/Set | anisotropy_uvwgen | ||
| Dim Distance enabled | reflect_dim_distance_on | |
| Dim Distance | reflect_dim_distance | | |
| Dim Falloff | reflect_dim_distance_falloff | | |
Translucency set to None
Translucency set to Volumetric
Translucency set to SSS | Refraction Color | refract | |
| Refraction Color Texture | refract | | |
| IOR | refract_ior | | |
| IOR Texture | refract_ior | | |
| Refraction Glossiness | refract_glossiness | | |
| Refraction Glossiness Texture | refract_glossiness | | |
| Thin-Walled | refract_thin_walled | | |
| Fog Color | fog_color |
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| Fog Color Texture | fog_color | | |
| Depth ()cm / Scale (cm) | fog_mult |
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Translucency: None Volumetric SSS | translucency=0 translucency=5 translucency=6 |
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| Scatter Color / SSS Color | translucency_color |
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| Scatter Color Texture / SSS Color Texture | translucency_color |
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| SSS Amount | translucency_amount |
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| SSS Amount Texture | translucency_amount |
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| Affect Shadows | refract_affect_shadows | | |
| Fog Units Scaling | fog_unit_scale_on | | |
| Max depth | refract_depth | | |
Affect Channels: Color only Color+alpha All Channels | refract_affect_alpha=0 refract_affect_alpha=1 refract_affect_alpha=2 |
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| Trace Refractions | refract_trace |
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| Dispersion | dispersion_on | |
| Abbe | dispersion | | |
| Fog Scattering | translucency | |
Type: Hard (wax) model Hybrid Back-side Color Scatter Coeff Thickness Light Multiplier | translucency=1 translucency=3 translucency_color translucency_scatter_coeff translucency_thickness translucency_light_mult |
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| Back-side Color | translucency_color | | |
| Back-side Color Texture | translucency_color | | |
| Scatter Coeff | translucency_scatter_coeff | | |
| Fwd/back Coeff | translucency_scatter_dir | | |
| Thickness | translucency_thickness | | |
| Light Multiplier | translucency_light_mult | | |
| Coat Amount | coat_amount | |
| Coat Amount Texture | coat_amount | | |
| Coat Color | coat_color | | |
| Coat Color Texture | coat_color | | |
| Coat Glossiness | coat_glossiness | | |
| Coat Glossiness Texture | coat_glossiness | | |
| Coat IOR | coat_ior | | |
| Coat IOR Texture | coat_ior | | |
| Coat Bump Enabled | coat_bump_lock | |
Coat Bump Mode: Bump Map Bump Texture Channel Normal Map | coat_bump_type=0 coat_bump_type=5 coat_bump_type=1 |
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| Coat Bump Map Texture | coat_bump_map |
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| Coat Bump Amount | coat_bump_amount | | |
| Coat Bump Amount Texture | coat_bump_amount | | |
| Sheen Color | sheen_color | |
| Sheen Color Texture | sheen_color | | |
| Sheen Glossiness | sheen_glossiness | | |
| Sheen Glossiness Texture | sheen_glossiness | | |
| Thin Film | ||
| Thickness Map | |||
| Thickness Min (nm) | |||
| Thickness Max (nm) | |||
| IOR | |||
| Opacity | opacity |
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| Opacity Texture | opacity | ||
Custom Source: DIffuse Texture Alpha Opacity Texture Alpha | opacity/TexCombineFloat opacity/TexAColorChannel/mode=3 |
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Mode: Normal Clip Stochastic | opacity_mode=0 opacity_mode=1 opacity_mode=2 |
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| Bump Mode: Bump Map Normal Map | bump_type=0 bump_type=1 |
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| Bump Map Texture | bump_map |
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| Bump Amount | bump_amount |
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| Bump Amount Texture | bump_amount |
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| Mode: Multiply Blend amount | TexCombineColor/color TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Color | diffuse/TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Reflection Color | reflect/TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Reflection Glossiness | reflect_glossiness/TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Refraction Color | refract/TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| IOR | refract_ior/TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Refraction Glossiness | refract_glossiness/TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Opacity | opacity/TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Emissive | BRDFLight | ||
 | Color | color | |
| Color Texture | color | | |
| Intensity | colorMultiplier | | |
| Intensity Texture | colorMultiplier | | |
| Transparency | transparency | | |
| Transparency Texture | transparency | | |
| Emit On Back Side | doubleSided | | |
| Compensate EV | compensateExposure | | |
| Color*Opacity | multiplyByOpacity | | |
Mode: Multiply Blend amount | TexCombineColor/color TexCombineColor/texture_multiplier |
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| Color | TexCombineColor | | |
| Intensity | TexCombineColor | | |
| Transparency | TexCombineColor | | |
| Bump | BRDFBump | ||
| Base | base_brdf | |
| Map: Bump Map Bump Texture Channel Normal Map | bump_tex_color map_type=0 map_type=5 map_type=1 |
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Normal Map Type: Tangent Space Object Space Screen Space World Space |
map_type=1 map_type=2 map_type=3 map_type=4 |
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| Amount | bump_tex_mult_tex | | |
| Delta Scale | bump_delta_scale | |
Maps
| UI | Native name | V-Ray Plugin Name | Support | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitmap | TexBitmap | | |
| Color | TexAColor | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Temperature | TexTemperature | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| UVW Placement | |||
| Gradient | TexRamp | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Color Correction | ColorCorrection | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Spline Curve | TexRemap | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Bezier Curve | TexBezierCurveColor | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Simple Mix | TexCombineColor | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Mix (Value) | TexBlend | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Mix (Operator) | TexCompMax | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Mix (Map) | TexMix | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Multi-Sub | TexMulti | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Tri-Planar | TexTriPlanar | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Checker | TexChecker | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Grid | TexGrid | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Tiles | TexTiles | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Cloth | TexCloth | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Leather | TexLeather | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Bulge | TexBulge | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| UVW | TexUVW | | |
| Water | TexWater | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Noise A | TexNoise | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Noise B | TexNoiseMax | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Cellular | TexCellular | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Marble | TexMarble | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Splat | TexSplat | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Smoke | TexSmoke | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Stucco | TexStucco | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Rock | TexRock | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Granite | TexGranite | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Speckle | TexSpeckle | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Edges | TexEdges | | Not supported in opacity mapping |
| Falloff | TexFalloff | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Fresnel | TexFresnel | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Curvature | TexCurvature | | Not supported in bump mapping |
| Dirt | TexDirt | | Not supported in bump mapping |
Environment
| Native name | V-Ray plugin name | Support |
|---|---|---|
| Environment Fog | |