This page provides information on activating and using the Chaos Vantage Free Trial, available as part of the Archviz and Media & Entertainment collections.

Installation and Licensing

Fresnel

This page provides details about the Fresnel texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Fur

This page provides information about Fur objects in Chaos Vantage.

Objects

Getting Started

This page offers starting points for work with Chaos Vantage.

Overview

Gradient

This page provides details about the Gradient texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Granite

This page provides details about the Granite texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Grid

This page provides details about the Grid texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Hair4 Material

This page provides information about the Hair4 material available for creation in Chaos Vantage.

Materials

Help Menu

This page provides information about the Help menu and its sub-menus in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Home Screen

This page provides information about Chaos Vantage Home screen.

User Interface

HSVToRGB

This page provides details about the HSVToRGB texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

IES Light

This page offers information about the IES Light in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

IES Light Details

This page offers information about the Light IES rollout in Chaos Vantage.

Lights

Image-based Lighting, Sunlight, and Cosmos HDRIs

This page offers a quick starting point on working with image-based lighting, sunlight, and Cosmos HDRIs in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Import Changes from Chaos Vantage

This page provides information about the Import Changes from Chaos Vantage tool available in V-Ray for 3ds Max.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Import Changes from Chaos Vantage to 3ds Max

This page provides instructions on importing cameras created in Chaos Vantage into 3ds Max.

Getting Started

Initiate Live Link to Chaos Vantage from Maya

This page provides information about the Initiate a Live-Link to Chaos Vantage tool in Maya.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Initiate Live Link to Vantage from V-Ray

This page provides information about the Initiate a Live-Link to Chaos Vantage tool in V-Ray for 3ds Max.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Installation

This guide provides steps for installing Chaos Vantage.

Installation and Licensing

Overview

Invert

This page provides details about the Invert texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

InvertFloat

This page provides details about the InvertFloat texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Known Limitations

This page provides information about the known limitations of Chaos Vantage.

Supported Features per Host App

Leather

This page provides details about the Leather texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Left Side Panel

This page provides information about the left-hand side panel of the user interface of Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

License Agreement and Copyrights

To read the licensing agreement and copyrights for Chaos Vantage, check the following links:

Installation and Licensing

Light Material

This page provides information about the Light Material available for creation in Chaos Vantage.

Materials

Lights

This page provides information on the types of light that can be created in Chaos Vantage.

Overview

Lights Tab

This page offers information about the Lights tab in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Live Link from 3ds Max

This guide shows you how to set up a Live Link from 3ds Max to Chaos Vantage. For more information about Live Link, see the Tools in 3ds Max page.

Getting Started

Live Link from Cinema 4D

This guide shows you how to set up a Live Link from Cinema 4D to Chaos Vantage. For more information about Live Link, see the Tools in Cinema 4D page.

Getting Started

Live Link from Maya

This guide shows you how to set up a Live-Link from Maya to Chaos Vantage. For more information about Live-Link, see the Tools in Maya page.

Getting Started

Live Link from Revit

This guide shows you how to set up Live Link from Revit to Chaos Vantage. For more information about Live Link, see the Tools in Revit page.

Getting Started

Live Link from Rhino

This guide shows you how to set up Live Link from Rhino to Chaos Vantage. For more information about Live Link, see the Tools in Rhino and Grasshopper page.

Getting Started

Live Link from SketchUp

This guide shows you how to set up Live Link from SketchUp to Chaos Vantage. For more information about Live Link, see the Tools in SketchUp page.

Getting Started

Live Link Menu

This page provides information about the Live Link menu in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Live Link Setup

This page provides information on initiating a Live Link session from various DCCs to Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Luminance

This page provides details about the Luminance texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Marble Advanced

This page provides details about the Marble advanced texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Marble Simple

This page provides details about the Marble simple texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Mask

This page provides information about the Mask texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Materials

This page provides information about the materials that can be created in Chaos Vantage.

Overview

Materials Tab

This page provides information about the Materials tab in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

MaterialX

This page provides information about MaterialX support in Chaos Vantage.

Supported Features per Host App

Max Direct Light Details

This page offers information about the Light Directional rollout in Chaos Vantage.

Lights

Max Point Light Details

This page offers information about the Light Point rollout in Chaos Vantage.

Lights

Max Spot Light Details

This page offers information about the Light Spot rollout in Chaos Vantage.

Lights

Maya

This page provides information about the supported .vrscene features exported from V-Ray for Maya.

Supported Features per Host App

MayaContrast

This page provides details about the MayaContrast texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Menus

This page provides information about the menus of Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Merging and Placing Scene Files

This page provides information on how to merge scenes in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Mesh Light

This page offers information about the Mesh Light in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

MeshVertexColorChannel

This page provides details about the MeshVertexColorChannel texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Mix

This page provides details about the Mix texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Multi Matte

This page provides information about Multi Matte objects in Chaos Vantage.

Objects

Navigation

This page provides a quick starting point on how to navigate around the scene in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Noise

This page provides information about the Noise texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Objects

This page provides information about all object types that can be created in Chaos Vantage.

Objects

Objects Tab

This page provides information about the Objects tab in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Offline Rendering

This page provides a quick starting point for offline rendering of images and animation sequences in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Opening Scene Files

This page provides a quick starting point on how to open supported scene files in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Operations with Objects

This page provides a quick starting point for operating with objects in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Point Light

This page offers information about imported and native Point lights in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Procedural Textures

This page provides links to all Procedural textures:

Textures

Product Activation

If you have a Named license, follow these steps. The steps are the same for connecting to an online floating license pool.

Installation and Licensing

Project Lavina Beta, v0.2.0

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.2.1

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.2.2

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.2.3

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.3.0

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.3.1

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.4.0

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.4.1

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.4.2

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.4.3

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.4.4

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.5.0

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.5.1

What's New

Project Lavina Beta, v0.6.0

What's New

Project Lavina Highlights

What's New

Record Viewport to Video File

This page provides details about the Viewport Video Capture dialog.

User Interface

Recording Camera Movement

This page provides a quick starting point for recording camera movement in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Rect Light

This page offers information about the Rect Light in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Rect Light Details

This page offers information about the Light Rectangle rollout in Chaos Vantage.

Lights

Release Notes

What's New

Release Notes for Chaos Vantage 1

What's New

Release Notes for Chaos Vantage 2

What's New

Release Notes for Chaos Vantage 3

What's New

Release Notes for Project Lavina

What's New

Render Animation with Chaos Vantage

This page provides information about the Render animation with Chaos Vantage tool in V-Ray for 3ds Max and the Vantage Animation Export tool in Corona for 3ds Max.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Render Animation with Chaos Vantage from Maya

This page provides information about the Render Animation with Chaos Vantage tool in Maya.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Render Elements

This page is about render elements and their basic usage.

User Interface

Render Settings Tab

This page provides information about the Render settings tab in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Rendering Mode

This page provides detailed information about the rendering mode in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Rendering Multiple Cameras with Render Queue

This page provides a quick starting point for rendering multiple camera views and sequences with Render Queue.

Getting Started

Revit

This page provides information about the supported .vrscene features exported from V-Ray for Revit.

Supported Features per Host App

RGBMultiplyMax

This page provides information about the RGBMultiplyMax texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

RGBTintMax

This page provides details about the RGBTintMax texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

RGBToHSV

This page provides details about the RGBToHSV texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Right Side Panel

This page provides information about the right-hand side panel of the user interface of Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Rock

This page provides details about the Rock texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Sample Scenes

This page provides a quick starting point for working with sample scenes on the Chaos Vantage Home screen.

Getting Started

ScatterSurfaceColor

This page provides details about the ScatterSurfaceColor texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Scene Navigation

This page provides information about the navigation controls in Chaos Vantage.

Overview

Scene States Tab

This page offers information about the Scene States tab in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Select Menu

This page provides information about the Select menu in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

SetRange

This page provides details about the SetRange texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Shading Scenes with Chaos Cosmos Materials

This page offers a quick starting point for shading your scene with Chaos Cosmos material assets in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Shortcuts

This page provides information about the mouse and key shortcuts in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Silent Installation

This page provides information on setting up Chaos Vantage through a silent installation.

Installation and Licensing

SimplexNoise

This page provides details about the SimplexNoise texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

SketchUp/Rhino

This page provides information about the supported .vrscene features exported from V-Ray for SketchUp/Rhino.

Supported Features per Host App

Sky

This page provides information about the Sky rollout of Vantage's Environment tab.

User Interface

Smoke

This page provides details about the Smoke texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Snap Dialog Menu

This page offers information about the Snap dialog menu in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Snow

This page provides details about the Snow texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Special Textures

This page provides links to all Special textures:

Textures

Speckle

This page provides details about the Speckle texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Sphere Light

This page offers information about the Sphere Light in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Sphere Light Details

This page offers information about the Light Sphere rollout in Chaos Vantage.

Lights

Splat

This page provides details about the Splat texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Spot Light

This page offers information about imported and native Spot lights in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Start Live Link Session from Corona

This page provides information about the Start/Stop Vantage Live Link session tool in Corona for 3ds Max.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Start Vantage from Revit

This page provides information about the Start Vantage tool in Revit.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Start Vantage from Rhino

This page provides information about the Live Link tools in Rhino and Grasshopper.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Start Vantage from SketchUp

This page provides information about the Start Chaos Vantage tool in SketchUp.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Stucco

This page provides details about the Stucco texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Sun and Moon

This page provides information about the Sun and Moon rollout of Vantage's Environment tab.

User Interface

Sun Light

This page offers information about the Sun Light in Chaos Vantage. For information about the Default Vantage Sun, see the Sun page.

User Interface

Supported Features per Host App

Chaos Vantage works with .vrscene files exported from V-Ray and Corona. Below you can check the supported features per host application.

Overview

Swirl

This page provides details about the Swirl texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

System Requirements

This page provides information on what hardware and operating systems are required for Chaos Vantage to work properly.

Installation and Licensing

Textures

This page provides details about textures in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

ThinFilm

This page provides details about the ThinFilm texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Tiles

This page provides details about the Tiles texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Toolbars

This page offers information about the toolbars of Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Tools in 3ds Max

This page provides information about all Chaos Vantage-related tools available in 3ds Max.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Tools in Cinema 4D

This page provides information about all Chaos Vantage-related tools available in Cinema 4D.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Tools in Maya

This page provides information about all Chaos Vantage-related tools available in Maya.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Tools in Revit

This page provides information about all Chaos Vantage-related tools available in Revit.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Tools in Rhino and Grasshopper

This page provides information about all Chaos Vantage-related tools available in Rhino and Grasshopper.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Tools in SketchUp

This page provides information about all Chaos Vantage-related tools available in SketchUp.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Tools Menu

This page provides information about the Tool menu and its sub-menus in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Transforms Dialog Menus

This page offers information about the Move, Rotate, and Scale transform dialog menus in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Translate Pivot Menu

This page offers information about the Translate pivot dialog menu in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

TriPlanar

This page provides details about the TriPlanar texture in Chaos Vantage.

Textures

Troubleshooting

This page gives an outline of how to troubleshoot and report issues with Chaos Vantage.

Overview

Uninstall

This page provides information on uninstalling Chaos Vantage.

Installation and Licensing

USD

This page provides information about USD support in Chaos Vantage.

Supported Features per Host App

User Interface

This page provides information about the user interface of Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

V-Ray for 3ds Max Features

This page provides information about the supported .vrscene features exported from V-Ray for 3ds Max.

Supported Features per Host App

V-Ray for Cinema 4D Features

This page provides information about the supported .vrscene features exported from V-Ray for Cinema 4D.

Supported Features per Host App

Vantage Animation

This page provides information about the Vantage Animation tool in V-Ray for Cinema 4D and the Render animation in Vantage tool in Corona for Cinema 4D.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Vantage Default Sun

This page provides information about the Light Vantage Default Sun rollout in Chaos Vantage.

Lights

Vantage Live Link from Corona

This page provides information about the Start Vantage live link tool in Corona for Cinema 4D.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

Vantage Live Link from V-Ray

This page provides information about the Vantage Live Link tool in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.

Chaos Vantage Tools per Host App

View Menu

This page provides information about the View menu in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Viewport Bar

This page provides information about the Viewport bar in Chaos Vantage.

User Interface

Volume Grid

This page provides details about the Volume Grid object in Chaos Vantage.

Objects

VRayMtl

This page provides details about the VRayMtl available for creation in Chaos Vantage.

Materials

Water Surface

This page provides information about Water Surface objects in Chaos Vantage.

Objects

What's New

Overview

Wind

Тhis page provides information about the Wind rollout of Vantage's Environment tab.

User Interface

Working with Cameras

This page provides a quick starting point for creating cameras from the current view and updating camera properties in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started

Working with Chaos Scatter

This page offers a quick starting point for distributing objects onto other objects using Chaos Scatter in Chaos Vantage.

Getting Started