This page introduces features for creating and modifying geometry objects in V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Overview
This section covers the different ways V-Ray can create and modify geometry objects in a scene.
Primitives and Procedural Geometry
Infinite Plane
Creates an infinite plane at render time that will have no visible end. Find out more: Infinite Plane
Section Clipper
Creates a simple plane at render time that can be used to clip away parts of the scene without modifying the actual scene geometry itself. Find out more: VRayClipper
Metaballs and Iso-Surfaces
Creates a raytraced iso-surface out of an existing particle system at render time and is not generated as actual geometry. Find out more: VRayMetaball
V-Ray Sphere
Creates a procedurally generated perfect sphere. Find out more: VRaySphere
Modifiers
Displacement Modifier
Allows higher detail to be added to a geometry object through displacement. Find out more: VRayDisplacementMod
Hair and Fur
Enables V-Ray compatibility and additional control to hair and fur systems through modifiers. Find out more: Hair and Fur
Object and Light Properties
These additional controls in the Systems rollout allow the user to adjust render settings on a per-object basis. Find out more: Object and Light Properties
Additional Features
Proxy Objects
Allows an external mesh to be imported at render time only. Since the proxy object's geometry isn't present in the scene, it will not take up resources and allows the rendering of meshes with triangle counts higher than 3ds Max itself can handle. Find out more: VRayProxy
Particle Instancer
Creates instances of other objects over particles from a ParticleFlow system. Find out more: VRayInstancer
Volumetric Grid
Creates a volumetric effect that works with grid-based cache formats. It reads its data from an input file which supports grid-based volume representation. Find out more: VRayVolumeGrid
Tools and Utilities
Convert OBJ GEO PLY to V-Ray Proxy
A command-line tool that converts a variety of mesh files into .vrmesh format for V-Ray Proxy Objects.Find out more: OBJ GEO PLY to .vrmesh converter
V-Ray Mesh Viewer
Allows the user to preview static and animated V-Ray mesh (.vrmesh) and alembic files. Find out more: V-Ray mesh viewer
V-Ray Scene Exporter
Exports the geometry, lights, and shaders in a scene into a .vrscene file. Find out more: V-Ray Scene Exporter
V-Ray Scene Converter
This tool converts all scene materials and raytraced shadows to versions optimized for V-Ray. Find out more: V-Ray Scene Converter