Next, go to the “V-Ray Lights” panel and select sun control icon to open “Sun Angle Calculator”. Go to non-V-Ray Rhino Render Tab, and toggle off the standard Rhino “sun” symbol. Within Rhino, go to the menu item “Render>Current Renderer>V-Ray for Rhino” to ensure that V-Ray is active. The “sunlight” layer will be used to place a V-Ray sun. Some documentation used to develop this tutorial are published on line in the vV-Ray for Rhino manual published on-line at:Ĭreate a Rhino File with a ground surface, catenary curve generated vault such as was done in the catenary curves and vault tutorialand add a layer for a sunlight and create the 3d model below. There are a number of options availble for determining the the general atmosphere assocaited with rendering, light and shadows studies. Some documentation used to develop this tutorial are published on line in the V-Ray for Rhino manual published on-line at:įor more general on-line tutorials and reference materials on V-Ray see Įnvironment Settings, Sun, Sky and Texture Mapping

There are a number of options availble for simulation the general atmosphere associated with rendering light and shadows and materials.