Versions Compared

Old Version 19

changes.mady.by.user Aleksandar Atanasov

Saved on

compared with

New Version 20

changes.mady.by.user Aleksandar Atanasov

Saved on

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Floatingpagetoc

CSS Stylesheet
еeе.confluenceTable .confluenceTh, .confluenceTable .confluenceTd {
    vertical-align: middle;
}

 

This page offers information on about the toolbars of Chaos Vantage. 

 

 

Overview

Chaos Vantage has three sets of toolbar icons that reside in Top, Bottom and Status toolbars.

UI Text Box
typetip

You can use Use the right mouse button click to reset the parameters numeric values to defaults.

 

 

Top toolbar

 

Section
Column
width10%

 

Column
width80%

Column
width10%

 

 

 

ButtonDescription

Image Removed

Pauses the render. (Shortcut: Pause )

Image Removed

Enables/disables rendering of opacity maps. Note that opacity works as a clipper - it is either fully transparent or fully opaque.

Image Removed

Enters Collision mode. It allows the camera to collide into objects instead of going through them. Works only in Free look mode. (Shortcut: C )

Image Removed

Enters Free look mode. (Shortcut:` )

Image Removed

Image Removed

Choose the coordinate space for transformations. The default is World. Press the arrow to choose between World and Local space.

Image Modified

Image Modified

Select. (Shortcut: Q)

(Disabled

Not available when in Live Link

)

.

Select group. (Shortcut: Shift+Q). Found by clicking and holding the

Selection

Select button.

(Disabled

Not available when in Live Link

)

.

Image Modified

Enters Move mode. (Shortcut: W). Use move gizmo's center cube to place objects on surface normal. Use Shift + move

qizmo

gizmo's center cube to place objects on surface without changing object orientation. Right-click opens

up

the Move Transform dialogue.

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Transforms+Dialog+Menus

(Disabled

Not available when in Live Link

)

.

Image Modified

Enters Rotate mode. (Shortcut: E). Right-click opens

up

the Rotate Transform dialogue.

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/LAV/Transforms+Dialog+Menus

(Disabled

Not available when in Live Link

)

.

Image Modified

Enters Scale mode. (Shortcut: R). Right-click opens

up

the Scale Transform dialogue.

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/LAV/Transforms+Dialog+Menus

(Disabled

Not available when in Live Link

)

.

Image Added

Translates an object's pivot point. Visible only when Move, Rotate, Scale, or Translate pivot is selected.

Image Modified

Enables Transforms snapping (Shortcut: S). Right-click opens

up

Image Removed

Translates an object's pivot point. (Disabled when in Live Link)

Image Removed

Image Removed

Image Removed

Navigates around cursor ray hit.

Navigates around target.

Navigates around selection.

Image Removed

Increases the mouse precision for navigation. This option is useful for fine camera adjustments.

Image Removed

Picks focus point.(Shortcut: T )

the Snapping options dialogue. 

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/LAV/Snap+Dialog+Menu

(Disabled when in Live Link)

 Visible only when Move, Rotate, Scale, or Translate pivot is selected.

Image Added

Image Added

Specifies the coordinate space for transformations. The default is World. Click the arrow to choose between World and Local space. Visible only when Move, Rotate, Scale, or Translate pivot is selected.
(Disabled

Image Modified

Opens the Chaos Cosmos Browser window.

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/LAV/Chaos+Cosmos+Browser

Not available when in Live Link.

Image Added

Creates a new Chaos Scatter object. Not available when in Live Link.

Image Added

Opens a dropdown menu with different lights types. Click on a light to create it. Available lights are: Point, Spot, Directional, Rectangle, Disc, Sphere, and IES. Not available
when in Live Link. (Shortcut: L)

Image Removed

Adjusts the Exposure bias value.

Image Removed

Image Added

Creates a new camera from current view. Not available when in Live Link. (Shortcut: Ctrl + K)

Image Added

Opens camera settings:

Image Added – Enables/disables automatic calculation of exposure. When enabled, ignores set camera exposure. Transition time between exposure can be set in

Edit>Preferences>Interaction>Auto exposure time.

Image Removed

Enables/disables the NVidia AI denoiser.

Image Removed

Edit > Preferences > Interaction > Auto exposure time.

Image Added – Picks focus point.(Shortcut: T)

Image Added – Enables composition guides overlay. Right-click opens the Composition guides settings dialogue.

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Composition+Guides+Overlay+Dialog

Image Added – Adjusts the Exposure bias value.

Image Added

Opens navigation settings:

Image Added – Enters Free look mode. (Shortcut: `)

Image Added – Enters Collision mode. It allows the camera to collide into objects instead of going through them. Works only in Free look mode. (Shortcut: C)

Image Added – Navigates around cursor ray hit.

Image Added – Navigates around target.

Image Added – Navigates around selection.

Image Added – Increases the mouse precision for navigation. This option is useful for fine camera adjustments.

Move speed – Specifies the speed at which the camera moves. The value is in meters per second.

Eye height – Sets the eye height for the camera in meters when in Free look mode and Collision mode is enabled. Visible only when Collision mode is enabled.

Image Added – Opens advanced collision settings. Visible only when Collision mode is enabled.

Step height ratio – Adjusts sensitivity when climbing steps or obstacles. Higher values allow stepping on higher surfaces.

Height tolerance – Specifies the height up to which no collision is detected. For example, if you have small rocks or grass below that value, they are ignored and the camera does not bounce up and down.

Gravity – Specifies the acceleration applied on the camera when collision is enabled.

Image Added

 

 

Opens render settings:

Image Added – Resumes rendering.

Image Added – Pauses rendering.

Image Added – Enables/disables rendering of opacity maps. Note that opacity works as a clipper - it is either fully transparent or fully opaque.

Image Added – Enables color correction post processes.

Image Added– Enables NVIDIA upscaling denoiser. Switches the render core to render at half the resolution and upscales the result to match the required resolution. Available only when Interactive denoiser in Edit>Preferences>Render defaults is set to NVIDIA AI and driver version is 530 or newer.

Image Added – Sets the resolution of the render. Available options are: 25% of the current camera resolution, 50% of the current camera resolution, current camera resolution, 25% of the viewport resolution keeping current camera aspect ratio, 50% of the viewport resolution keeping current camera aspect ratio, viewport resolution keeping current camera aspect ratio.

Image Added – Sets the quality of the render. Available options are: Low, Medium, High, Ultra, Custom.

Image Added – Adjusts the Denoiser: 0 disables the denoiser, while 100 shows the denoised image. A mid-value shows the denoised image until it reaches enough number of samples, then it starts to blend with the raw image. Note: images with denoiser > 0 and denoiser = 0 will be different in reflections and refractions.

UI Text Box
typenote
 Visible

Visible only when denoiser type is set to Vantage in Edit > Preferences > Render Defaults

.
UI Text Box
typenote

 When rendering High Resolution Snapshot and High Quality Sequence denoiser amount will be controlled by respective settings. Either 0 or 100 value will be used.

Image Removed

Enables/disables Look up tables (LUT) post process effect.

Image Removed

Enables/disables Bloom effect.

Image Removed

Enables composition guides overlay. Right-click opens up Composition guides settings dialogue. UI ButtoncolorblueiconinfotitleDetailsurlhttps://docs

.

chaos.com/display/LAV/Composition+Guides+Overlay+Dialog


Image Removed

Toggles the app window to be drawn on top of other windows even when it is not in focus.

 

(Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+T )

 

 

Bottom Toolbar


Section
Column
width10%

 

Column
width80%

Column
width10%

 

 

 

Button

Description

Image Modified

Expands the Animation Editor.

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/LAV/Animation+Editor

Image Modified

Sets the playback speed.

Image Added

When enabled, loops the animation.

Image Modified

Plays the animation. (Shortcut: Space )

Image Removed

When enabled loops the animation.

Image Modified

Sets start of animation sequence

Image Modified

Sets end of animation sequence

Image Modified

Updates image sequences and animated meshes for the current frame of the timeline. (Shortcut: U)

Image Modified

Opens the High quality render Render setup dialog.

UI Button
colorblue
iconinfo
titleDetails
urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Tools+Menu#ToolsMenu-qualityRendersetup
(Shortcut: Ctr+R)

Image Modified

Saves a high quality snapshot of the current view in the project folder from where the scene file has been imported.
UI Text Box
typetip

You can crop your animation sequence using the Set Start and Set End markers

 

 

Status Bar

The status bar resides in the bottom of Chaos Vantage. Here you can find information about:

 

Left-hand side

Section
Column
width65%
Fancy Bullets
typecircle
  • Open debug log Debug Log button ()
  • Important messages such as:
    • last frame render time
    • loading progress
    • quick tips
    • etc.
Column
width5%
 
Column
width30%

 

 

Right-hand side

Section
Column
width65%
Fancy Bullets
typecircle
  • Render status – Displays the current Chaos Vantage status. Status can be:
    • [RENDERING] – Interactively rendering the scene.
    • [HQ RENDER] – Rendering offline image or a sequence.
    • [CAM REC.] – Recording camera movement.
    • [ENCODING] – Capturing and encoding viewport to an .mp4 file.
    • [LIVE LINK] – Live Link session is initiated between Chaos Vantage and a V-Ray compatible DCC.
    • [PAUSED] – Rendering is paused.
    • [IDLE] – Rendering is idling after the specified samples(in Edit>Preferences>Stop interactive sapling after)are reached.
    • [IDLE][LIVE LINK] – Rendering is idling after the specified samples(in Edit>Preferences>Stop interactive sapling after)are reached while in Live Link session.
Column
width5%

 

Column
width30%

Expand
titleClick here for UI...

Flexibleparagraph
ClassItemContentp
VAlignmentflex-start
ClassItem.columnMacro
HAlignmentspace-evenly
ClassContainerRenderingStatus
Columns2
Padding20px
Width450px

Div
classRenderingStatus
Column

[RENDERING]

Column

[HQ RENDER]

Column

[CAM REC.CAMERA RECORDING]

Column

[ENCODINGVIEWPORT CAPTURE]

Column

[LIVE LINK]

Column

[PAUSED]

Column

[IDLE]

Column

[IDLE LIVE LINK]

Section
Column
width65%
Fancy Bullets
typecircle

  • Rendering device(s) – List of graphic cards used for rendering.

    UI Text Box
    typeinfo

    Note that Chaos Vantage will use up to 2 graphic cards and also those with most compute power e.g. if there is a RTX card and a GTX card, Chaos Vantage will use the RTX card but if you have 2 RTX cards, it will use both.

  • FPS – Speed of the rendered frames per second. Hovering over displays information about:
    • Render time – Time spent in seconds rendering the last frame.
    • Samples accumulated – Amount of samples currently accumulated in the last frame.
    • Last post-process – Time spent for post-processing effects. in the last frame.
  • VRAM — Current amount of VRAM used for the scene. Hovering over displays information about:
    • Primary device total memory – Memory of the primary graphic card used for rendering.
    • Primary device available memory – Currently available memory of the graphic card used for rendering.
    • Number of BLASes – Number of Bottom Level Acceleration Structure (BLAS) currently loaded on the GPU.
Column
width5%

 

Column
width30%