V-Ray Menu

V-Ray VFB

Opens the V-Ray Frame Buffer.

Start Production Render

Starts a production render in the VFB.

Start Interactive Render

Starts an interactive render in the VFB.

Cloud Services

Opens the Cloud Services submenu.

Chaos Cosmos

Opens the Cosmos submenu.

Camera

Opens the Camera submenu.

Lights

Opens the Lights submenu.

Geometry

Opens the Geometry submenu.

Tools

Opens the Tools submenu

Help

Opens the Help submenu.

Chaos account

Opens the Chaos licensing window.

Submit to Cloud

Submits the current render to Chaos Cloud.

Chaos Collaboration

Opens Chaos Collaboration. This function is unavailable in the V-Ray for Blender Community Edition.

Viewport Image to Veras

Uploads a viewport snapshot to Chaos Veras. Unavailable in the V-Ray for Blender Community Edition.

VFB Image to Veras

Uploads the latest render to Chaos Veras. Unavailable in the V-Ray for Blender Community Edition.

Cosmos Browser

Opens the Cosmos Browser.

AI Material Generator

Opens the AI Material Generator window that allows you to generate a 3D material from an image. This function is unavailable in the V-Ray for Blender Community Edition.

Download Cosmos Assets

Starts the Download Cosmos Assets tool, which allows you to re-download misplaced or lost Cosmos assets.

V-Ray Physical Camera

Creates a Blender Camera with the V-Ray Physical Camera attributes enabled.

V-Ray Rect Light

Creates a Rectangular Light.

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.

V-Ray Scene

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

V-Ray Proxy

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

V-Ray Fur

Creates a V-Ray Fur geometry in the scene, that procedurally produces fur.

V-Ray Decal

Creates a V-Ray Decal geometry that projects a material onto an object.

Convert Materials

Starts the Convert Materials tool, which converts Cycles nodes to V-Ray nodes.

Convert Lights

Starts the Convert Lights tool, which converts Cycles lights to V-Ray Lights.

Make Shadow Catcher

Converts the selected object into a shadow catcher.

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.

Chaos Cloud Portal

Opens the Chaos Cloud Portal in a browser.

V-Ray Ideas Portal

Opens the V-Ray for Blender Ideas Portal in a browser.

Check for Updates

Check for available updates. This opens a new window.
Enable the Automatic Check for Updates option in the window, so that V-Ray does this periodically.