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title: "Start Vantage from Rhino"
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This page provides information about the Live Link tools in Rhino and Grasshopper. Overview The  Start Vantage  or  Start a Vantage live session  tool helps you send your Rhino scene to Chaos Vantage with a click of a button. Any changes you make in the scene are sent instantly to Vantage without the need to reexport the scene. The  V-Ray Live Link  component offers   an analogous tool to the Start Vantage and is available in V-Ray for Grasshopper. While this component is running, it interactively shares the input V-Ray scene on the specified port with Chaos Vantage. The  Configures and starts a Vantage live   session  tool sets specific settings for performance. Installation The installation of the tools comes with the installation of  V-Ray 5 for Rhino, update 2  and later. For detailed instructions on installing and setting up Live Link from Rhino and Grasshopper to Chaos Vantage, see the  Live Link from Rhino  tutorial. UI Path To access the Start Vantage tool, in Rhino go to: ||V-Ray menu|| > Live Link > Start Vantage ||V-Ray Live Linking toolbar|| > Start a Vantage live session To access the Configures and starts a Vantage live session   tool, in Rhino go to: ||V-Ray Live Linking toolbar|| > Configures ands starts a Vantage live session To access the V-Ray Live Link tool, in Grasshopper go to: ||V-Ray tab|| > Render (dropdown menu) > V-Ray Live Link Usage in Rhino To start the tool in Rhino, just click the  Start a Vantage live session  button. This initializes a Live Link session between Rhino and Chaos Vantage. The tool automatically: Starts Chaos Vantage if it is not already running; Sends the scene to Chaos Vantage on 20701 port for DR or 20703 for DR2; Always make sure you are using the same port in both Rhino and Chaos Vantage! To stop the tool, click again the  Start a Vantage live session  button. Learn more on the  Live Link from Rhino  page. Usage in Grasshopper To start the tool in Grasshopper, add 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.  Right-click on the On input > Set boolean > True to initiate a Live Link connection between Grasshopper and Chaos Vantage. The tool automatically: Starts Chaos Vantage if it is not already running; Sends the scene to Chaos Vantage on 20701 port for DR or 20703 for DR2; Always make sure you are using the same port in both Grasshopper and Chaos Vantage! To stop the tool, r ight-click on the On input > Set boolean >  False . Learn more on the  Live Link from Rhino  and the  V-Ray Live Link  page. Access the V-Ray Live Link component's  input parameters  to specify port, IP address, and scene. On  (Boolean)  – Specifies whether the scene changes are sent to the V-Ray server or not. Address   (Text)  – Specifies an IPv4 address where a V-Ray server instance is or will be running. Port   (Integer)  – Specifies a TCP port on which the V-Ray server instance is or will be connected on. Scene   (Generic Data)  – The scene the V-Ray server will be rendering. If using V-Ray7.3 with DR2, set the port to 20703. Live Link Supported Features The following changes made in the V-Ray compatible DCC are propagated through Live Link: Editing, creating and deleting of: Camera Geometries Lights Materials Textures Environment When in Live Link session, changes made to the camera resolution and render resolution inside Vantage  will be reset  to their values or states in the host platform when: playing animation/scrubbing the timeline in the host platform navigating or camera manipulating using Render animation with Chaos Vantage tool (available in 3ds Max and Maya) When the Live Link session is closed, the scene is still loaded inside Vantage but it is considered  dirty  and the aforementioned limitations are still in effect. A . vrscene  file from the host application needs to be exported and loaded inside Chaos Vantage to enable full manipulation, editing and playback. If a . vantage  file is saved in an active Live Link session, it can be loaded in a next session or applied to a loaded  .vrscene.