RenderMan for Maya provides a RenderMan menu in Maya's main menu bar, for easy access to features of the plug-in.
IPR Render
Starts an interactive preview rendering session.
Preview Render
Starts a render of the current frame to "it" or Maya's Render view. Select the option box to access preferences for rendering method, threads, etc.
IPR Render
Starts an interactive preview rendering session. Select the option box to access preferences for rendering method, threads, etc.
Render Selected Objects Only
Batch Preview Render
Starts a batch render to the display or 'it'Toggles a checkbox for whether only selected objects will be rendered when a Render or IPR Render is started.
Batch Render
Starts a batch render. Select the option box to access preferences for spooling to Tractor or LocalQueue. This defaults to Mayabatch and not RIB. You can change this in the Maya Preferences under RenderMan.
Bake Render
Starts a bake render, which is a kind of batch render that bakes textures . Select the option box to access preferences for spooling to Tractor or LocalQueuewithout illumination.
Render Settings...
Opens Maya's Render Settings window with RenderMan as the current renderer.
Advanced RenderMan Controls...Preferences
Opens the Advanced RenderMan Controls window. For most users Maya's Render Settings window is recommended. The advanced controls provide access to pass and global settings, secondary outputs, and shared geometric attributes.
Materials >
Create a RenderMan material
Lights >
Create a RenderMan light
Archives >
Maya preferences and RenderMan section.
Tools
Open common tools like 'it', the texture manager and more instead of using the shelf icons.
Archive >
Export, Import, Create, update or select RenderMan Archive nodes
Create >
Primvars >
Diagnose >
View Statistics
Opens the statistics file from the last render in a web browser
Open Last View RIB
Opens the last a newly generated RIB file in a text editor
Open Last RLF
Opens the last RLF file in a text editor
(note we do not create a RIB when rendering inside Maya)
View Inspect RIB for selection
Opens Generates a RIB file in a text editor containing the geometry calls for the current selection in Maya
License >
Retry License
The RenderMan for Maya plug-in will load even without a license, but most menus will be greyed out. Retry License attempts to re-acquire a license and will enable menus if successful.
License App...
Opens the License Application window, where you can get a license from Pixar
"It" Image Tool...
Opens "It" Image Tool
Local Queue...
Opens Local Queue
Tractor...
Opens Tractor
Light Lister...
Opens the RenderMan Light Lister
Dynamic Rules...
Opens the Dynamic Rule Editor
Texture Manager...
Opens the Texture Manager
Preset Browser...
Opens the Preset Browser
Projection Editor...
Script Editor Logging Level
Choose the amount of verbosity you desire to be output into the Maya Script Editor. Debug has the most output, useful for problem solving, with Info being the least and displaying progress information.
Disk Logging Level
Output logs written to disk and have the same options as Script Editor above but include Error, Critical, and Warning message levels.
Utilities >
Update Render Globals Presets
Rebuild the presets for the render settings quality selections.
Migrate 21.x scene to 22
Run scripts to help resolve errors and conflicts when migrating scenes. Find the original scripts here
License
Options to check the licensing of the plugin. You can retry checking out a license from your server or open the license app to view available licenses
Help
Useful links to documentation and forums. This opens in your default browser.Opens the Projection Editor
About RfM...
Opens a dialog showing version and build number information