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This page provides information about the V-Ray menu integrated in Blender's toolbar.

Overview

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; the second one includes the Chaos Collaboration and Cosmos integrations; the third one offers quick access to commonly used options in V-Ray for Blender; and the last section contains the help functions in V-Ray for Blender.

V-Ray Menu

Menu	Description
V-Ray VFB	Opens the V-Ray Frame Buffer.
Start Production Render	Starts a production render in the VFB.
Start Viewport Render	Starts an interactive render in the viewport window.
Submit to Cloud	Submits the current render to Chaos Cloud.
Chaos Collaboration	Opens Chaos Collaboration.
Cosmos Browser	Opens the Cosmos Browser.
Cameras	Opens the Cameras submenu.
Lights	Opens the Lights submenu.
Geometry	Opens the Geometry submenu.
Help	Opens the Help submenu.
Chaos account	Opens the Chaos licensing window.

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Cameras

Option	Description
V-Ray Physical Camera	Creates a blender Camera with the V-Ray Physical Camera attributes enabled.
V-Ray Dome Camera	Creates a blender Camera with the V-Ray Dome Camera attributes enabled.

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Lights

Option	Description
V-Ray Sphere Light	Creates a Sphere Light.
V-Ray Dome Light	Creates a Dome Light.
V-Ray Mesh Light	Creates a Mesh Light.
V-Ray IES Light	Creates an IES Light.
V-Ray Sun Light	Creates a Sun Light.
V-Ray Sun And Sky	Creates a Sun and Sky System.

V-Ray Spot Light	Creates a Spot Light.
V-Ray Omni Light	Creates an Omni Light.
V-Ray Direct Light	Creates a Direct Light.
V-Ray Ambient Light	Creates an Ambient Light.

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Geometry

Option	Description
V-Ray Proxy	Opens the File View window, allowing you to import a V-Ray Proxy file into the scene.

NOTE

V-Ray Scene is temporarily hidden from the UI. It will be made available again for the official V-Ray for Blender release.

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Help

Option	Description
About V-Ray for Blender	Opens the About window.
Online Documentation	Opens the V-Ray for Blender documentation in a browser.
Online Help Center	Opens the Chaos Help center in a browser.

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About Chaos V-Ray

Provides information about the V-Ray version. This information can be copied.

It also provides copyright information and links to the Chaos website and this documentation.

The About Chaos V-Ray window is accessible from V-Ray menu > Help > About V-Ray for Blender.

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