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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 and submits render jobs to Chaos Cloud; the second one offers quick access to commonly used options in V-Ray for Maya; and the third section covers the help functions in V-Ray for Maya.

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V-Ray Menu

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Show V-Ray VFBOpens the New V-Ray Frame Buffer.
Render in Chaos CloudOpens the Submit to Chaos Cloud window, where you can submit your job and render it in Chaos Cloud.
LightsOpens the V-Ray Lights submenu.
Create Create V-Ray ProxyCreates a V-Ray Proxy object.
Import V-Ray ProxyImports a V-Ray Proxy object into the scene.
V-Ray SceneOpens the V-Ray Scene Manager.
V-Ray Object Properties

Opens the VRayObjectProperties submenu where you can:

- Apply multiple object properties nodes to selection

- Apply single object properties nodes to selection

- Remove object properties from selection

- Remove object properties from selection and sub-hierarchy

- Force create object properties node

V-Ray Displacement

Opens the VRayDisplacement submenu where you can:

- Apply multiple VRayDisplacement to selection

- Apply single VRayDisplacement node to selection

- Remove VRayDisplacement from selection

- Remove VRayDisplacement from selection and sub-hierarchy

- Force create VRayDisplacement node

V-Ray Fur

Opens the VRayFur submenu where you can:

- Add VRayFur to selection (works for meshes only)

- Remove VRayFur from selection

- Remove VRayFur from selection and sub-hierarchy

- Force create VRayFur properties node.

V-Ray Clipper Creates a VRayClipper.
V-Ray PlaneCreates a procedural infinite-plane primitive for V-Ray.
V-Ray Sphere FadeCreates a VRaySphereFadeVolume that renders just small parts of the scene by putting them in a special spherical locator.
V-Ray ToonCreates a VRayToon node that produces cartoon-style outlines on objects in the scene.
V-Ray Volume GridCreates a VRayVolumeGrid node.
V-Ray Bake Options

Opens the V-Ray Bake Options submenu where you can:

- Assign single V-Ray bake options to selection

- Assign multiple V-Ray bake options to selection

- Remove V-Ray bake options from selection

- Remove V-Ray bake options from selection and sub-hierarchy

- Force create VRayBakeOptions properties node

- Show default V-Ray bake options

- Bake with V-Ray...

V-Ray Renderable Curves

Opens the VRayRenderableCurves submenu where you can:

- Apply multiple VRayRenderableCurve to selection

- Apply single VRayRenderableCurve node to selection

- Remove VRayRenderableCurve from selection.

- Remove VRayRenderableCurve from selection and sub-hierarchy

- Force create VRayRenderableCurve properties node

V-Ray Metaball Creates a VRayMetalball.
V-Ray NURBS Tessellation

Opens the VRayNURBSTessellation submenu where you can:

- Apply multiple VRayNURBSTessellation to selection

- Apply single VRayNURBSTessellation to selection

- Remove VRayNURBSTessellation from selection.

- Remove VRayNURBSTessellation from selection and sub-hierarchy

- Force create VRayNURBSTessellation properties node

ToolsOpens the V-Ray Tools submenu.
HelpOpens the Help submenu.
About Chaos V-RayShows you information about the installed versionOpens the About window.
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V-Ray Lights submenu

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Create V-Ray PluginNode

Opens the V-Ray plugin submenu where you can create:

- Texture
- Float texture
- Light
- Volume shader
- BRDF material
- Material

Import V-Ray Material from FileOpens the V-Ray Material Importer dialog.
V-Ray Stereo RigCreates a V-Ray Stereo Rig.
V-Ray VRmat ConverterOpens the VRmat Converter.
Archive V-Ray SceneOpens the Archive V-Ray Scene window where you can export a .vrscene package archive with all asset files.
Convert to New VRayProxy NodeConverts old V-Ray Proxy objects (VRayMesh) to the new VRayProxy node.
Convert Scene from V-RayOpens the Convert Scene for V-Ray window where you can convert a material to a VRayMtl.
Migrate Legacy ScenesOpens the Migrate Legacy Scenes window, which migrates features that are deprecated and not fully compatible with V-Ray 5.
Opacity CutoutOpens the Opacity Cutout window, which converts low-poly opacity mapped objects to actual geometry cutouts.
V-Ray Material Library BrowserOpens the V-Ray Material Library Browser.
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Help submenu

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TutorialsOpens the Tutorials page of the V-Ray for Maya online documentation.
DocumentationOpens the V-Ray for Maya online documentation.
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About Chaos V-Ray

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Provides information about the V-Ray version, that can be copied. It also provides copyright information and links to Chaos website and documentation.

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