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Overview

The V-Ray for Revit config.json file allows you to define a custom setup for some V-Ray settings as well as for all V-Ray Swarm settings. 

The config.json file can be found in the following folder on your computer: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Chaos Group\V-Ray for Revit 20**  (where 20** is the Revit version).


Settings

Below is a description of the settings that can be predefined in the V-Ray for Revit config.json file.


"telemetry":

Controls the anonymous collection of usage statistics. More information can be found on the Chaos Telemetry page.

true – the anonymous collection of usage statistics is enabled.

false – the anonymous collection of usage statistics is disabled.

"allowedRenderEngines":

["CPU", "CUDA", "RTX"]

Specifies which render engines can be used for rendering. If only one engine is selected, the other one will be hidden from the UI.

"allowedSamplerModes":

["Buckets", "Progressive"]

Specifies which sampler modes can be used for rendering. If only one sampler is selected, the other one will be hidden from the UI.

"assetsDownloadDir"Specifies a download folder for the V-Ray material library.
"assetsDownloadUpdatesCheck"

Specifies whether the V-Ray Asset Editor should check for library updates when launched.

true – checking for updates is enabled by default.

false – checking for updates is disabled by default.

"defaultSamplerMode":

Specifies the default sampler mode.

"Progressive" – the Sampler is set to Progressive by default.

"Buckets" – the Sampler is set to Buckets by default.

"swarmUIState":

Specifies the V-Ray Swarm settings visibility in the V-Ray for Revit UI.

"enabled" – V-Ray Swarm settings are visible and active in the UI.

"disabled" – V-Ray Swarm settings are visible in the UI but are disabled and cannot be modified.

"hidden" – The entire V-Ray Swarm tab is hidden from the UI. In this case, the V-Ray Swarm setup is accessible only through the V-Ray for Revit config.json file.

"swarmIsEnabled":

Specifies whether V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering is enabled or disabled.

false – V-Ray Swarm rendering is disabled.

true – V-Ray Swarm rendering is enabled. 

"swarmDoNotUseLocalMachine":

Specifies whether the local machine is used during V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering or not.

false – the local machine is used during distributed rendering.

true – the local machine is excluded from distributed rendering.  

"swarmUseAutoDiscovery":

Specifies whether the Coordinator for V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering is selected automatically or not.

true – Coordinator is selected automatically.

false – Coordinator is selected via the IP specified by the "swarmCoordinatorIP" parameter.

"swarmCoordinatorIP":Specifies the IP of the machine to be dedicated as a Coordinator.
"swarmResourceUsageGoal":Specifies the percentage of computing power to be used when V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering is enabled.
"swarmTags":Specifies the tags of the machines to be used for V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering.
"interactiveVRaySceneIsEnabled"

Experimental feature that enables or disables interactive actions with Proxy Scenes (.vrscene files).

false – The feature is disabled by default.

true – The feature is enabled.

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