This page provides information about the V-Ray menu integrated in Blender's toolbar.
Overview
V-Ray includes a menu with easy shortcuts to some of the most commonly used V-Ray components.
The menu consists of three sections: the first one displays the V-Ray VFB; the second one includes the Chaos Collaboration and Cosmos integrations; the third one offers quick access to commonly used options in V-Ray for Blender; and the last section contains the help functions in V-Ray for Blender.
V-Ray Menu
| Menu | Description |
|---|---|
| V-Ray VFB | Opens the V-Ray Frame Buffer. |
| Start Production Render | Starts a production render in the VFB. |
| Start Interactive Render | Starts an interactive render in the VFB. |
| Submit to Cloud | Submits the current render to Chaos Cloud. |
| Chaos Collaboration | Opens Chaos Collaboration. |
| Chaos Cosmos | Opens the Cosmos submenu. |
| Camera | Opens the Camera submenu. |
| Lights | Opens the Lights submenu. |
| Geometry | Opens the Geometry submenu. |
| Tools | Opens the Tools submenu |
Help | Opens the Help submenu. |
Chaos account | Opens the Chaos licensing window. |
Cosmos
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Cosmos Browser | Opens the Cosmos Browser. |
| Download Cosmos Assets | Starts the Download Cosmos Assets tool, which allows you to re-download misplaced or lost Cosmos assets. |
Camera
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| V-Ray Physical Camera | Creates a Blender Camera with the V-Ray Physical Camera attributes enabled. |
Lights
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
V-Ray Rect Light | Creates a Rectangular Light. |
V-Ray Sphere Light | Creates a Sphere Light. |
V-Ray Dome Light | Creates a Dome Light. |
V-Ray Mesh Light | Creates a Mesh Light. |
V-Ray IES Light | Creates an IES Light. |
V-Ray Sun Light | Creates a Sun Light. |
V-Ray Sun And Sky | Creates a Sun and Sky System. |
| V-Ray Spot Light | Creates a Spot Light. |
| V-Ray Omni Light | Creates an Omni Light. |
| V-Ray Direct Light | Creates a Direct Light. |
| V-Ray Ambient Light | Creates an Ambient Light. |
Geometry
Option | Description |
|---|---|
| V-Ray Scene | Opens the File View window, allowing you to import a V-Ray Scene file into the scene. |
| V-Ray Proxy | Opens the File View window, allowing you to import a V-Ray Proxy file into the scene. |
Tools
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Convert Materials | Starts the Convert Materials tool, which converts Cycles node to V-Ray nodes. |
Help
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| About V-Ray for Blender | Opens the About window. |
| Online Documentation | Opens the V-Ray for Blender documentation in a browser. |
| Online Help Center | Opens the Chaos Help center in a browser. |
| V-Ray Ideas Portal | Opens the V-Ray for Blender Ideas Portal in a browser. |
About Chaos V-Ray
Provides information about the V-Ray version. This information can be copied.
It also provides copyright information and links to the Chaos website and this documentation.
The About Chaos V-Ray window is accessible from V-Ray menu > Help > About V-Ray for Blender.
