Table of Contents

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 PresetRender Engine

CPUGPU
Noise LimitMin Subdivs
/CPU only/
Max SubdivsLight Cache
Subdivs
Light Cache
Retrace
Noise LimitMax SubdivsLight Cache SubdivsLight Cache Retrace
Low0.11860020.1166002
Low+0.0811270020.08247002
Medium0.0412080020.04408002
Medium+0.02142100020.028410002
High0.01264150030.0112815003
High+0.0052100200040.00520020004

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:

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



V-Ray


Provides account management options.


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