VRayVolumeGrid

This page provides general information and links about the V-Ray Volumetric Grid.

Overview

The V-Ray Volumetric Grid allows you to load, shade and render grid-based simulation cache files, as opposed to the Environment Fog, which is a general purpose volumetric shader and requires no files on disk.

In addition to volumetric rendering, the V-Ray Volume Grid also supports Isosurface rendering and meshing.

Currently, the following file formats are supported:

• OpenVDB (.vdb) - Supported by Houdini® and RealFlow®
• Field3D (.f3d) - Supported by FumeFX® and Maya® (using 3rd party plugins)
• PhoenixFD (.aur) - Phoenix FD® native volume format

UI Paths

Extra Tips

The following pages contain extra information for using the V-Ray Volume Grid:

• Volumetric Grid Tips is an information page containing distributed rendering and FumeFX render settings tips.
• Starting with V-Ray Next, Update 1, you need to re-export Maya fluids to .vrscenes, if you want to use vrscene caches.
• The Frame Info tab gives you information for the current frame.
• The Grid rollout allows you to render a volume without any loaded cache from the Input rollout.
• The Input rollout determines the path of the input files for rendering and preview as well as the playback effects.
• The Preview page contains information about the representation of the cache files in the viewport.
• Under the Rendering rollout and all its sub-rollouts, you can find all options for rendering a Fire / Smoke simulation.
• Volumetric Rendering Tips page provides tips on rendering volumetric effects.