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title: "Live Link from Rhino"
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This guide shows you how to set up Live Link from Rhino to Chaos Vantage. For more information about Live Link, see the  Tools in Rhino and Grasshopper  page. Overview The Live Link feature makes it possible to instantly see changes made in Rhino without the need to export and import  .vrscenes  in Chaos Vantage.   Live Link Setup For Live Link to function properly, please follow the steps below: I. Installation Live Link works  only  with  V-Ray 5 for Rhino, update 2  or later versions. 1.  Download and install the latest official  V-Ray for Rhino  build from the download button. Make sure you have appropriate licenses. If you experience problems, please contact Chaos Support using the  online form . 2.  Download the latest Chaos Vantage build from the download button. Make sure you have appropriate licenses. If you experience problems, please contact Chaos Support using the  online form . II. Initiation After installation, Live Link can be initiated in one of the following ways: A. Chaos Vantage button Use the  Start a Vantage live session  button in Rhino. It can be accessed either from the  V-Ray Live Linking  toolbar which is hidden by default but can be enabled from: Tools > Toolbar Layout > VRayForRhino > V-Ray Live Linking right click on  Shelf > Show Toolbar >  V-Ray Live Linking or from the V-Ray menu >  Live Link > Start Vantage. Using either of the two initializes a Live Link session between Rhino and Chaos Vantage. It automatically: Starts Chaos Vantage if it is not already running. Sends the scene to Chaos Vantage on 20701 port (default) or 20703 for DR2.    B. vrayVantage command In Chaos Vantage: 1.  Open Chaos Vantage. 2.   Open the  Live Link  menu and make sure  Start Server  is enabled (greyed out). If  Start Server on Application Start  is enabled, every time Chaos Vantage is launched in stand-by mode and waits for incoming data.  3. Set up port range in  Change Port...  menu and make sure the range entered here matches the one previously set in Rhino. Default is  20701 .  If using V-Ray 7.3 with DR2, set the port to 20703. In Rhino: 1.   Execute  vrayVantage  in the command line. 2. Specify the same  IP  and  Port  values that were set in Chaos Vantage. Defaults are  IP: 127.0.0.1  and  Port: 20701 . If using V-Ray 7.3 with DR2, set the port to 20703. 3. Hit Enter to execute the command and start the Live Link connection. C. V-Ray Live Link component in Grasshopper In Chaos Vantage: 1.   Open Chaos Vantage. 2. Open the  Live Link  menu and make sure  Start Server  is enabled (greyed out). If  Start Server on Application Start  is enabled, every time Chaos Vantage is launched in stand-by mode and waits for incoming data.  3. Setup port range in  Change Port...  menu. Default is  20701 .  If using V-Ray 7.3 with DR2, set the port to 20703. In Grasshopper: 1.   Create a  V-Ray Live Link  component and plug the  Scene output  from a  V-Ray Render  component to the  Scene input  of the  V-Ray Live Link  component . 2. Specify the same  Port  value that was set in Chaos Vantage. Default is  Port: 20701 .  If using V-Ray 7.3 with DR2, set the port to 20703. 3. Right-click on  On  input >  Set boolean > True  to initiate a Live Link connection. III. Pause and Termination Once a Live Link session is started, the scene is transferred to Chaos Vantage and a thick blue contour line appears around the viewport and the status message in the lower right changes to [LIVE LINK]. The  Pause when app loses focus  option in the  Preferences  menu is ignored when in Live Link session. To stop a Live Link session either: Click again the  Start a Vantage live session  button in the  V-Ray Live Linking  toolbar. Execute  vrayVantage  command again.   Right-click on  On input > Set boolean > False  in the  V-Ray Live Link  component in Grasshopper (if using V-Ray for Grasshopper) Open the VFB and stop the Interactive rendering.