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Overview

V-Ray includes a menu with easy shortcuts to some of the most commonly used V-Ray components.

The menu consists of nine different submenu's: Asset Editor, Chaos Cosmos, File Path Editor, Frame Buffer, Light Gen, V-Ray Rendering, V-Ray Lights, V-Ray Objects, Tools, Pack Project, and Help.

V-Ray Menu

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.
V-Ray Rendering	Opens the V-Ray Rendering sub-menu.
V-Ray Lights	Opens the V-Ray Lights sub-menu.
V-Ray Objects	Opens the V-Ray Objects sub-menu.
Tools	Opens the V-Ray Tools sub-menu.
Pack Project^{1 2}	Allows you to create a Zip file that contains the project file and all the associated assets used in the file (textures, environment maps, proxies, linked blocks and their assets, etc).
Help	Opens the Help menu.

V-Ray Rendering Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts to general V-Ray components.

Menu Items	Description
Render	Renders the current view with the V-Ray production renderer.
Interactive Render	Starts a V-Ray Interactive Render.
Render on the Cloud	Submits the scene to Chaos Cloud.
V-Ray Vision	Starts V-Ray Vision.
Chaos Vantage	Starts Chaos Vantage.
Export VRScene	Exports a VRScene for render.
Batch Render	Shows a V-Ray Batch Render panel.

V-Ray 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.
Point Light	Creates a V-Ray Point 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. Rhino will prompt the user to specify a dome light texture.
Sun Light	Creates a V-Ray Sun. Launches a Sun Angle Calculator, then allows the user to specify the sun position.
Directional Light	Creates a V-Ray Directional Light. Click in the viewport to define the light direction.
Convert to Mesh Light	Converts the selected mesh into a V-Ray Mesh Light object.
Release Mesh Light Properties	Removes V-Ray Mesh Light properties from the selection.

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V-Ray Objects 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 VRScene	Imports a V-Ray Proxy object or a .vrscene file into the scene.
Add Fur to Selection	Creates a V-Ray Fur Object. Specify an object in the viewport that the fur will be applied to.
Convert to Clipper	Creates a V-Ray Mesh Clipper plane.
Add Displacement to Selection	Adds V-Ray Displacement to selection.
Convert to Scatter Host	Instances and scatters components using the surface of another component to generate points.
Decal	Creates V-Ray Decal that projects one material on top of another.

Tools Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts for additional V-Ray Tool functions.

Menu	Description
Camera Focus Tool	Sets camera focus distance based on a point in the model.
Guess Lens Shift	V-Ray will guess the amount of lens shift that has occurred. Note that it is not usable in any default orthogonal view.
Toggle Camera Lock	Locks camera position and orientation during Interactive Rendering.
Randomize Object ID	Randomizes the Object IDs for the selected objects.
Convert Rhino Material	Converts Rhino materials to V-Ray materials.
Randomize Material ID Colors ³	Iterates through all V-Ray materials in the project and for each one assigns a randomly generated color to its ID color parameter.
GPU Device Selection	Opens the GPU Selection menu.

Help Submenu

This submenu contains shortcuts for additional V-Ray Help.

Menu	Description
Online Help	Brings you to the Chaos Group Online help site.
About V-Ray	Shows you information about the installed version. It also include information about the EULA and Copyright notices.
License	Allows you to open the Online license server and to release your license.
Release V-Ray License	Releases all V-Ray Licenses.
License Server	Loads the V-Ray Online License Server configuration page in the web browser.

Footnotes

With V-Ray 5 for Rhino, the Zip file created via the Pack Project option includes not only the project file and its V-Ray associated assets but also all native Rhino bitmap textures used in the project file.
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.
The 'Set Material ID Colors to Black' option is removed from the V-Ray menu, but this workflow is still possible when using the command _vraySetMtlID.