V-Ray Menu

Asset Editor

Opens the V-Ray Asset Editor.

Node Editor (Beta)

Shows the V-Ray Node Editor window.

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.

Chaos Cloud Collaboration

Opens the Chaos Cloud Collaboration window.

Rendering

Opens the Rendering submenu.

Live Link

Opens the Live Link submenu.

AI

Opens the AI submenu.

Lights

Opens the Lights submenu.

Objects

Opens the Objects submenu.

Tools

Opens the Tools submenu.

Preferences

Opens the Preferences submenu.

Overlays

Opens the Overlays submenu.

Enscape Compatibility

Opens the Enscape Compatibility submenu.

Apply SketchUp Environment

(SketchUp 2025 only) Creates a V-Ray Dome Light that matches the current environment in SketchUp. Keep the Dome Light's original name to maintain the connection between them.

Pack Project 2

Allows you to create a Zip file that contains the .skp file and all the assets used in the file (textures, environment maps, proxies, etc).

Help

Opens the Help menu.

Language

Opens the Languages submenu.

Render

Renders the current view with the V-Ray production renderer.

Render Interactive

Starts a V-Ray Interactive Render.

Render with Chaos Cloud

Opens the Chaos Cloud rendering home page.

Chaos Cloud Batch Render

Starts a batch render in the Chaos Cloud. This feature is temporarily unavailable.

Viewport Render

Starts a render directly in the viewport.

Export V-Ray Scene

Exports a VRScene for render.

Batch Render

Starts a V-Ray Batch Render.

Start V-Ray Vision (deprecated feature)

Starts V-Ray Vision.

Start Vantage

Starts a Vantage live session. Connects to an already running Vantage instance.

Vantage Viewport Render

Starts the Vantage Viewport Render.

Start Envision

Starts an Envision live session. Connects to an already running Envision instance.

Start Custom Live Link

Starts a live link server with settings specified in the Customized Live link menu.

Customize Live Link

Specifies the IP/port for the live link server.

Viewport to AI Visualization

Opens the AI Visualization window (Veras) and sends a viewport screenshot to be used as a generation source.

Render to AI Visualization

Opens the AI Visualization window (Veras) and sends the latest render to be used as a generation source.

Rectangle Light

Creates a 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 Sphere Light. Click in the viewport to define the sphere and create the light.

IES Light

Creates an IES Light. Click in the viewport to define the cone of light.

Spot Light

Creates a Spot Light. Click in the viewport to define the spotlight's cone of light.

Omni Light

Creates an Omni Light, also known as an Omni Light. Click in the viewport to place the point light.

Dome Light

Creates a Dome Light. Click in the viewport to place the sphere. SketchUp prompts the user to specify a dome light texture.

Convert to Mesh Light

Creates a Mesh Light from a specified mesh. Click a mesh in the viewport to turn it into a Mesh Light.

Infinite Plane

Creates an Infinite Plane.

Export Proxy

Exports a Proxy object.

Import Proxy

Imports a Proxy object or a V-Ray Scene file into the scene.

Add Fur to Selection

Creates a Fur Object. Specify an object in the viewport that the fur is applied to.

Convert to Clipper

Creates a Mesh Clipper plane.

Add Enmesh to Selection

Creates an Enmesh surface object.

Scatter over Selection

Converts selected objects to Scatter hosts.

Scatter Viewer

Makes Scatter preview visible in the viewport.

Add Displacement to Selection

Adds Displacement to the selected Group or Component.

Decal

Creates Decal that projects one material on top of another.

Camera Focus Tool

Sets a focus point for the camera directly in the viewport.

Wipe V-Ray Data from Project

Purges the scene of all V-Ray related information. This includes the removal of all V-Ray Lights, Component Definitions, Proxies, and Materials.

Randomize Project Material ID Colors

Allows you to assign a random color ID to your materials. This provides a workaround for materials from v2.0 scenes which all have black color IDs.

Rebuild All Viewport Widgets

Rebuilds All V-Ray viewport widgets in the project, resolving issues by accidental and manual widget geometry manipulation.

Convert to V-Ray Material

Converts the current active SketchUp or Enscape native material to V-Ray material.

Remove V-Ray Properties from Material

Strips all V-Ray data from the current active material. This action converts the material to a SketchUp native one.

Reset Frame Buffer

Resets the V-Ray Frame Buffer settings and position to the defaults.

External

Opens the External options menu.

GPU Device Selection

Opens the GPU Selection menu.

V-Ray Denoiser

Opens the V-Ray denoising tool.

VRMesh Viewer

Opens the V-Ray Mesh Viewer.

Enable Solid Widgets

Enables the use of faces for the viewport widgets. Only lines are used when this option is disabled.

Hide V-Ray Widgets

Hides V-Ray Lights, Fur, Infinite Plane, and Mesh Clippers widgets from the viewport. This option does not affect rendering.

Object Animations Export

Enables object visibility changes management during animation export.

Viewport Texture Resolution

Controls the size of V-Ray procedural textures in the viewport.

Render Overlay

Export Viewport Image

Exports the image currently available in the viewport to an image file.

Preview Overlay

Preview toggles

Enable or disable the Fur, Scatter, IES Lights, and Gaussian Splat previews.

Viewport Point Size

Controls the viewport size of all point previews, including the Gaussian Splat preview.

Enable Enscape Compatibility

Enables the Enscape Compatibility. See the Enscape Compatibility page for more information.

Apply Enscape Settings

Synchronizes Enscape’s environment and illumination - Sunlight, Sky, and Camera exposure settings with V-Ray's.

Download Enscape Assets

Downloads and prepares all Enscape assets in the project for V-Ray rendering.

Notification Center

Opens the Notifications window.

Chaos Academy

Opens the Chaos Academy online learning resources page.

Chaos Forum

Opens the Chaos Forum webpage for discussions and support.

Online Help

Brings you to the Chaos Group Online help site.

API Documentation

Opens V-Ray for SketchUp Ruby API documentation.

Support Request

Submits a new support request to the Chaos Support team.

Ideas Portal

Leads to the Chaos Forum Suggestions for V-Ray for SketchUp, where you can suggest and track product feature ideas.

License

Opens the License submenu.

Chaos Account

Opens the Chaos account management window.

About

Opens the About Chaos V-Ray window where you can find information about the installed version. The About Chaos V-Ray window also includes links to Chaos website, and information about the V-Ray Asset Editor Session Log, EULA, Chaos Global Privacy Policy and Copyright notices.

Release V-Ray License

Releases the V-Ray license.

Activate V-Ray License

Activates the V-Ray license.

Auto-detect

Autodetects the language.

English

Changes the language to English.

Chinse

Changes the language to Chinese.

Japanese

Changes the language to Japanese.

Set

Opens an Object ID pop-up window, where you can assign or change a numeric value as an object ID.

Remove ID

Removes the set Object ID.

Select Similar

Adds to the selection all other objects with the same ID number.

Clear all IDs

Removes the assigned Object ID value(s).

List of Object IDs

Lists all set object IDs in the scene. Each one can be changed or removed.

Tri-Planar projection (World)

Applies Tri-Planar projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object.

Tri-Planar projection (Fit)

Applies cubic projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object.

Spherical projection (World) 1

Applies world-space spherical projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object.

Spherical projection (Fit) 1

Applies spherical projection UV coordinates to the currently selected object. The texture image fits the size of the object.

Remove materials

Removes all materials applied to the current selection group and all its child objects.