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V-Ray Aur Convert ROP uses the Chaos Phoenix Cache Converter tool to convert VDB files and save them as .aur files. Chas Chaos Phoenix’s Aura files render significantly faster than VDBs in many cases.

Note that you need to cache anything that you would like to convert to Aura files into VDB first.

Workflow

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UI Step Section Column width 55% Go inside the |obj| network and dive into the node you want to convert. Cache to disk in the VDB format.

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Column width 5% Column width 40% Image Added UI Step Section Column width 55% Then cache to aur to save to AURA with the help of the V-Ray Aur Convert ROP.

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