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This page provides information on the V-Ray Utilities.


## **Overview**

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V-Ray provides additional utilities for setting up and editing V-Ray materials in Nuke.


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UI Path: ||Toolbar|| > **V-Ray menu icon > Utilities **


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## **Utility Nodes**

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The following utilities are provided by V-Ray:

- [VRayMaterialPreview ](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625441)– <span style="color: #000000">Allows the user to quickly preview a material that is being edited</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">[VRayMtlAssign ](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110626731)</span><span style="color: #000000">– Allows the user to quickly assign V-Ray Materials to multiple objects</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">[VRayMaterialLibrary ](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625439)</span><span style="color: #000000">– allows the user to create V-Ray Materials with preset values for commonly used situations.</span>