How to environment sync between V-Ray dome light and Rhino?

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Hi,

in the past the user was be able to get a connection between the Rhino environment and V-Ray. I have an old project file where the connection is be working and I ask me, how this kind of connection can be new created now?

-Micha

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Hi Micha ,

Here’s how you do it:

  • Create a Dome Light and make sure that its shape is set to Sphere
  • Navigate to the Light Properties of the Dome in Rhino
  • Enable the Sync Env. option

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This will ensure that the active Rhino environment is used as a Dome light texture or color.

Konstantin

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Great, that’s it. :slight_smile:

Thank you very much.

Sidenote: if I haven’t overseen it than this info can not be found at the help pages. Would be nice if it could be added at the dome light page.

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Sidenote: if I haven’t overseen it than this info can not be found at the help pages. Would be nice if it could be added at the dome light page.
I was also unable to find info about this on our docs page.
I’ll make sure they describe the workflow there.

Thank you,
Konstantin

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I tried this and what happens is that whatever environment is current in Rhino overrides the environment in VRAY. Is that the point?

Thanks,

Thomas

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Right, that is it. So, you can use special Rhino environment functions.

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what are those functions? sounds like something I should know about?

Thanks,

Thomas

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For example can a Rhino environment be seen in the background of the rendered viewport. Or plugins like HDR Light Studio modify the Rhino environment.

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thank you…very helpful