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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
- 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
If the top-level menu is customized to remove either the Help Menu or the RenderMan - RIS tool, the RenderMan menu tools will not be installed correctly. You will need to edit the <insertBefore> and <insertAfter> options in MainMenuCommon.xml to position them correctly in your customized menu.