The RenderMan Menu is added to Houdini when the RenderMan for Houdini plugin is loaded.

• IPR Render: Start an interactive render session from a selected ROP node
• Preview Render: Fire off a preview render
• Render in Background: Begin batch rendering to images in the background from the selected ROP node
• Bake Render: Render a baking operation to the background using the PxrBake nodes
• View Scene RIB: View the RIB file for the current scene

• Stop Render: End the render process
• Flush Texture Cache: Flushes all textures from the cache

• Create Light: Quick creation of RenderMan light types
• Create Light Filter: Quick creation of RenderMan light filter types
• Create Material: Quick creation of RenderMan materials
• Create Integrator: Create an integrator for the ROP node from a list
• Create Display Filter: Create a Display Filter from the list
• Create Sample Filter: Add a Sample Filter

• Subdivide: Add and enable subdivision properties to the selected objects
• Stylize: Selecting this option will connect a PxrStylizedControl node to the selected object(s) material
• Aggregate Volume: Creates an aggregate volume setup in the scene
• Holdout: Setup AOVs for the selected ROP node to export a holdout pass with shadows
• Open Image Tool: Open the RenderMan Image Tool "it" for seeing and cataloging renders
• Preferences: Opens RfH preference window

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• Update Lama Nodes: For scenes with the version of RfH older than 25, you need to run once manually top menu "RenderMan" > "Update Lama Nodes" if using a Houdini version older than H19.5.501 (it's automated otherwise). You will also need to update your custom locked HDAs manually.

• Help: RenderMan Help Documentation
• About RenderMan: The RenderMan version information and legal disclosures
  
  
  

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