Create a Camera node directly in the obj network by right clicking and selecting Render > Camera.press the Camera button, and click inside the 3D view-port to create a new Camera node. Open the camera drop-down menu found at the top right of the view-port, and select New Camera.Ī new Camera node will be created and the view-port will be set to display the new camera view.

* A V-Ray IPR node is needed for interactive rendering both in the Houdini view-port Region Render and in the V-Ray VFB. This will open the V-Ray VFB (render window), and create both V-Ray Renderer and V-Ray IPR nodes in the out network. In the V-Ray shelf, click the Show VFB button.In the main menu, Select Render > Create Render Node > V-Ray.In the out network, add a V-Ray > V-Ray Renderer node.There are 3 ways to setup V-Ray as a render output option for your scene: Surface objects have to be of type Polygon, Polygon Mesh or Polygon Soup for V-Ray rendering: * It’s easy, the V-Ray Installation package’s name states the version:įull installation instructions on the V-Ray for Houdini documentation:Īdding the V-Ray tool shelve to the Houdini UI:Ĭlick the “+” button at the right of the available shelves, and from the list, select V-Ray. so at the moment it has to be Houdini 18.0.460, so when getting started with this, take a moment to see exactly what Houdini build is the installation of V-ray built for and install that specific version of Houdini. I naively thought it would work with a later version of Houdini, I tried to install it on Houdini 18.0.499 thinking to myself “what can a couple of extra numbers do.” but I was wrong, It crushed. This post covers the most basic steps needed for rendering with V-Ray Next for Houdini.Īt the moment of writing this post V-Ray for Houdini supports Houdini version 18.0.460.

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