Geometry

This section contains links to Geometry objects and tools in V-Ray for Maya.

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Overview

V-Ray for Maya adds a number of geometry objects and tools for use with V-Ray. See the links below for more information.

Geometry objects and tools are available from a number of places in the user interface, most commonly from Create menu > VRay or the V-Ray Shelf.

V-Ray provides a number of tools that create virtual geometry in the scene that looks like real geometry at render time, as opposed to actual meshes.

Proxy Objects - Stand-ins for geometry.
Procedural Fur - Render-time fur on an existing mesh.
Infinite Plane - A virtual plane that always extends beyond the camera view.
Metaballs and Iso-Surfaces - Blobby surfaces that extend around and between existing objects, which depend on the underlying objects for their shape.
Section Clipper - A virtual plane for clipping geometry at render time.
VRayRenderableCurve - Turns a curve into a renderable object.

These V-Ray tools modify geometry.

The Geometry Tools and Utilities in V-Ray provide a variety of features for scene and object management.

V-Ray provides two tools for asset inspection and management:

V-Ray provides the following tools for object management:

OBJ GEO PLY to .vrmesh converter - A command-line tool for converting a variety of file formats to .vrscene files.
VRayObjectProperties - Sets object properties for individual objects.