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This page contains information on the V-Ray Toolbar.


## <span style="color: #000000">**Overview**</span>

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<span style="color: #000000">V-Ray includes a toolbar with easy shortcuts to some of the most commonly used V-Ray components.</span>

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<span style="color: #000000">By default, the toolbar is docked vertically to the left of the 3ds Max window. The V-Ray Toolbar can be easily pulled from its left-side docked position to a horizontal toolbar by pulling at the top end of the toolbar.</span>

> ⚠️ If the V-Ray Toolbar is not visible, make sure the floating toolbars are set to display in 3ds Max by checking **Customize** menu > **Show UI** > **Show Floating Toolbars**.

For information about the Chaos Vantage toolbar, click [here](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113576816). 

For information about the Chaos Scatter toolbar, click [here](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113586948).


## <span style="color: #000000">**Toolbar Functions**</span>

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<span style="color: #000000">The V-Ray toolbar provides the functions listed below. Note that all buttons check if V-Ray is the current renderer, and if not, prompt you to set the renderer to V-Ray. </span>



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## **Notes**

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- <span style="color: #000000">When a plug-in adds new menu options to 3ds Max, the plug-in must "register" the menu options with the 3ds Max User Interface. By default, the V-Ray menus are automatically registered when V-Ray is installed, and the V-Ray installer even includes an option regarding this process. However, sometimes the V-Ray menu items can disappear from the UI if the 3ds Max menu system is reset. An example of this is a switch between different 3ds Max workspaces, which can reset the menu system. If the V-Ray menus disappear after the menu system is reset, they can be re-registered manually in one of the following methods: clicking the </span><span style="color: #000000">**V-Ray menu registration**</span><span style="color: #000000"> button on the V-Ray Toolbar, or in the MaxScript listener, running the command </span><span style="color: #000000">**registerVRayMenus()**</span>.
- Starting with V-Ray 6.2, the V-Ray Menu registration button is no longer available on the V-Ray toolbar for 3ds Max 2025 due to changes in Autodesk’s menu system design. Respective V-Ray commands are accessible in the V-Ray menu only.
- The [V-Ray Light Lister](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1wEetbzjXK5LCyIMczoU9GjFnGofHRPaC) has been deprecated in V-Ray 6, update 2 and later. Its button () has been removed from the toolbar.
- The [V-Ray Camera lister](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1tNtcvNDiy_kG4EuMjfG6YpkdYQsNlFjP) has been deprecated in v-Ray 6, update 2 and later. Its button () has been removed from the toolbar.