V-Ray Menu

This page includes details on the items available from the main V-Ray menu in the SketchUp interface.

Overview

V-Ray includes a menu with easy shortcuts to some of the most commonly used V-Ray components. The menu can be accessed in SketchUp's Extensions menu.

The menu consists of the following submenus: Asset Editor, Chaos Cosmos, File Path Editor, Frame Buffer, Light Gen, Chaos Cloud Collaboration, Rendering, Live Link, Lights, Objects, Tools, Preferences, Pack Project, Help and Language.

V-Ray Submenu

Menu	Description
Asset Editor	Opens the V-Ray Asset Editor.
Chaos Cosmos	Opens the Chaos Cosmos Browser.
File Path Editor	Opens the V-Ray File Path Editor.
Frame Buffer	Opens the V-Ray Frame Buffer.
Light Gen	Opens the V-Ray Light Gen.
Chaos Cloud Collaboration	Opens the Chaos Cloud Collaboration window.
Rendering	Opens the V-Ray Rendering submenu.
Live Link	Opens the V-Ray Live Link submenu.
Lights	Opens the V-Ray Lights submenu.
Objects	Opens the V-Ray Objects submenu.
Tools	Opens the V-Ray Tools submenu.
Preferences	Opens the Preferences submenu.
Pack Project ²	Allows you to create a Zip file that contains the .skp file and all the assets used in the file (textures, environment maps, proxies, etc).
Help	Opens the Help menu.
Language	Opens the Languages submenu.

Rendering Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts to general V-Ray components.

Menu	Description
Render	Renders the current view with the V-Ray production renderer.
Render Interactive	Starts a V-Ray Interactive Render.
Render with Chaos Cloud	Opens the Chaos Cloud rendering home page.
Viewport Render	Starts a render directly in the viewport.
Viewport Render Region	Lets you specify a render region in the viewport.
Export V-Ray Scene	Exports a VRScene for render.
Export Viewport Image	Exports the viewport image to LayOut.
Batch Render	Starts a V-Ray Batch Render.
Chaos Cloud Batch Render	Starts a batch render in the Chaos Cloud. This feature is temporarily unavailable.

Live Link Submenu

Menu	Description
Start V-Ray Vision	Starts V-Ray Vision.
Start Chaos Vantage	Starts Chaos Vantage.
Start Custom Live Link	Starts a live link server with settings specified in the Customized Live link menu.
Customize Live Link	Specifies the IP/port for the live link server.

Lights Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts for creating V-Ray Lights.

Menu	Description
Rectangle Light	Creates a V-Ray Rectangle Light, also known as Area Light. Specify three points in the viewport to define the rectangle and create the light.
Sphere Light	Creates a V-Ray Sphere Light. Click in the viewport to define the sphere and create the light.
IES Light	Creates a V-Ray IES Light. Click in the viewport to define the cone of light.
Spot Light	Creates a V-Ray Spotlight. Click in the viewport to define the spotlight's cone of light.
Omni Light	Creates a V-Ray Omni Light, also known as an Omni Light. Click in the viewport to place the point light.
Dome Light	Creates a V-Ray Dome Light. Click in the viewport to place the sphere. SketchUp prompts the user to specify a dome light texture.
Convert to Mesh Light	Creates a V-Ray Mesh Light from a specified mesh. Click a mesh in the viewport to turn it into a Mesh Light.

Object Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts for creating V-Ray Geometry objects.

Menu	Description
Infinite Plane	Creates a V-Ray Infinite Plane.
Export Proxy	Exports a V-Ray Proxy object.
Import Proxy or V-Ray Scene	Imports a V-Ray Proxy object or a V-Ray Scene file into the scene.
Add Fur to Selection	Creates a V-Ray Fur Object. Specify an object in the viewport that the fur is applied to.
Convert to Clipper	Creates a V-Ray Mesh Clipper plane.
Add Enmesh to Selection	Creates a V-Ray Enmesh surface object.
Scatter over Selection	Converts selected objects to Scatter hosts.
Scatter Viewer	Makes Scatter preview visible in the viewport.
Add Displacement to Selection	Adds V-Ray Displacement to the selected Group or Component.
Decal	Creates V-Ray Decal that projects one material on top of another.

Tools Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts for additional V-Ray functions.

Menu	Description
Camera Focus Tool	Sets a focus point for the camera directly in the viewport.
Wipe V-Ray Data from Project	Purges the scene of all V-Ray related information. This includes the removal of all V-Ray Lights, Component Definitions, Proxies, and Materials.
Randomize Project Material ID Colors	Allows you to assign a random color ID to your materials. This provides a workaround for materials from v2.0 scenes which all have black color IDs.
Rebuild All Viewport Widgets	Rebuilds All V-Ray viewport widgets in the project, resolving issues by accidental and manual widget geometry manipulation.
Convert to V-Ray Material	Converts SketchUp or Enscape native material to V-Ray material.
Remove V-Ray Properties from Material	Strips all V-Ray data from a material. This action converts the material to a SketchUp native one.
External	Opens the External options menu.

External Submenu

Menu	Description
GPU Device Selection	Opens the GPU Selection menu.
V-Ray Denoiser	Opens the V-Ray denoising tool.
VRMesh Viewer	Opens the V-Ray Mesh Viewer.

The GPU Device Selection tool is not available on the macOS version of V-Ray for SketchUp.

Preferences Submenu

This submenu contains options for additional V-Ray preferences.

Menu	Description
Enable Solid Widgets	Enables the use of faces for the viewport widgets. Only lines are used when this option is disabled.
Hide V-Ray Widgets	Hides V_Ray Lights, Fur, Infinite Plane, and Mesh Clippers widgets from the viewport. This option does not affect rendering.
Enscape Compatibility	Enables the support for Enscape materials and assets. When disabled, Enscape data in the scene is ignored.
Reset Frame Buffer	Resets the V-Ray Frame Buffer settings and position to the defaults.

Help Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts for V-Ray Help functions.

Menu	Description
Online Help	Brings you to the Chaos Group Online help site.
License	Allows you to open the Online license server and to release your license.
API Documentation	Opens V-Ray for SketchUp Ruby API documentation.
About V-Ray	Shows you information about the installed version, EULA and copyright notices.

Object ID Context Submenu

This submenu is only visible when right-clicking on a group or component and contains the tools to set/change and remove an Object ID number.

Menu	Description
Set	Opens an Object ID pop-up window, where you can assign or change a numeric value as an object ID.
Remove ID	Removes the set Object ID.
Select Similar	Adds to the selection all other objects with the same ID number.
Clear all IDs	Removes the assigned Object ID value(s).
List of Object IDs	Lists all set object IDs in the scene. Each one can be changed or removed.

UV Tools Context Submenu

This submenu is only visible when right-clicking on an object with textured material already assigned to it. When used, the textured material gets projected to each geometry face, not the object itself.

Menu	Description
Tri-Planar projection (World)	Applies Tri-Planar projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object.
Tri-Planar projection (Fit)	Applies cubic projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object.
Spherical projection (World) ¹	Applies world-space spherical projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object.
Spherical projection (Fit) ¹	Applies spherical projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object. The texture image fits the size of the object.
Remove materials	Removes all materials applied to the current selection group and all its child objects.

The V-Ray UV Tools can be used to apply a material and set the mapping at the same time. This can be achieved by executing the V-Ray UV Mapping function with a material selected and the Paint Bucket (SketchUp tool) active.

Footnotes

1 – When applying Spherical projection only to specific parts of an object, its mapping may appear incorrectly.

2 - When you use the Pack Project option, a pop-up message appears that asks you whether or not to pack Cosmos asset files with the project.

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