User Interface

This page provides details on the V-Ray for Revit UI and how it is integrated into the Revit interface.

Overview

The V-Ray for Revit Ribbon provides access to all of the settings and options that are featured in V-Ray for Revit.

View

Provides a list of Revit 3D views to render.

Render

Provides Render type options and access to the V-Ray Frame Buffer.

Quality

Provides a drop down menu with a specific set of presets. The preset settings range from very low quality “Low” to “High+”.

Quality Preset	Render Engine
	CPU					GPU
	Noise Limit	Min Subdivs /CPU only/	Max Subdivs	Light Cache Subdivs	Light Cache Retrace	Noise Limit	Max Subdivs	Light Cache Subdivs	Light Cache Retrace
Low	0.1	1	8	600	2	0.1	16	600	2
Low+	0.08	1	12	700	2	0.08	24	700	2
Medium	0.04	1	20	800	2	0.04	40	800	2
Medium+	0.02	1	42	1000	2	0.02	84	1000	2
High	0.01	2	64	1500	3	0.01	128	1500	3
High+	0.005	2	100	2000	4	0.005	200	2000	4

Resolution

Provides Output and Crop Box resolution size modification options.

Lighting

Provides access to the V-Ray Sun, V-Ray Dome Light, No V-Ray Lights, and Artificial Lights options.

Assets

Provides access to the V-Ray Asset Editor, V-Ray Appearance Manager, and Chaos Cosmos Browser.

Decal

Enables V-Ray Decal placement.

Camera

Provides access to the V-Ray Camera settings.

Settings

Provides access to the V-Ray Settings.

Online Help

Provides access to the online V-Ray for Revit Help documents.

The following options are accessible through the panel:

Online Help – Takes you to the V-Ray for Revit home page.
Chaos Account – Opens the Chaos account management window. Here you can manually sign in and out, see the username of the signed-in client, and get quick access to licensing - http://127.0.0.1:30304/ , My.Chaos portal and the Chaos webstore.
About – Displays V-Ray version information, Credits and Copyrights, and the End User License Agreement, as shown in the About Chaos V-Ray section.
Feedback – Provide us feedback at the V-Ray for Revit forum.

Chaos Account

This window shows you which account is currently used as a license holder.

Press the Manage account button to open My Chaos portal and manage the licenses. You can assign, remove, and allocate licenses to different users. For more information, see the My Chaos Portal Guide page.

To switch the current account, press the Sign Out button.

If you haven't signed in during the installation, you can do so in this window:

See Chaos plans & pricing link leads you to V-Ray's pricing list on Chaos website.

This window blocks all the rest of the UI, so make sure to close it once done to go back to Revit.

About Chaos V-Ray

The About Chaos V-Ray window displays information about V-Ray versions installed. It also provides links to the following:

End User License Agreement and the Global Consumer Privacy Policy
Credits and Copyrights
V-Ray Revit Session Log
V-Ray Asset Editor Session Log

The About Chaos V-Ray window is available from the V-Ray for Revit Ribbon > Online Help > About.

V-Ray

Provides account management options.

Content

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