To run V-Ray, you have to:
Overview
This guide is to serve as a reference for the installation of V-Ray for Rhino. Please refer to the Glossary section for specific terms used in this document.
A complete installation of V-Ray for Rhino consists of:
V-Ray
V-Ray License Server
- V-Ray Swarm
- Chaos Cloud Client
Installing V-Ray for Rhino gives you access to:
Running the Installer
End User License Agreement
To start the installation, double-click the installation file.
Once you've carefully read the License Agreement, click I Agree if you agree to the terms.
Host App Version
This screen allows you to select which Rhino version to install V-Ray for. You can also select more than one version at once.
Proceed to click the Install button.
If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, click the Advanced button.
Advanced Installation
The Advanced Installation button takes you to the Additional Components screen. Here, you can choose whether to install the License Server or V-Ray Swarm and specify the License server machine.
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Click the Continue button to proceed with the installation.
Licensing
In this step, you can specify whether the V-Ray license server runs locally or on another machine.
- If you select the Local licensing option, you need to install the License Server on your machine. See the Chaos License Quick Start Guide for a walkthrough.
- If you select the Remote option, you have to fill in the IP address of your V-Ray license server in the field Primary License Server. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged. An Alternate License Server is used when the primary one does not respond.
V-Ray installation is successful.
Next Step
Go to step 2 to activate your Chaos License.
Footnotes
- Starting with V-Ray 6, update 1 Chaos Cloud is always installed together with V-Ray as it is an integral part of the product.