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The shelf is split in three sections: rendering & render settings, object creation, and material creation.
The 3Delight menu also offers most of the shelf actions that are related to rendering, render settings and object creation.
Rendering & Render Settings
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Use these shelf buttons to start a new rendering or stop an ongoing one. They are explained in detail in See Rendering with 3Delight for more details about rendering.
| Start an interactive rendering. |
| Start a live (IPR) rendering. |
| Abort render. |
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Use these shelf buttons to create or select Render Settings nodes. See See Render Settings for more details.
| Creates a new Render Settings node and set it as the current Maya selection. The new Render Settings is shown in the Attribute Editor. |
| Sets the specified Render Settings node as the current Maya selection. The selected Render Settings is shown in the Attribute Editor. |
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The following shelf buttons can be used to create new scene objects.
| Creates a new Maya area light with a quadratic decay rate. |
| Creates a new incandescence light. |
| Creates a new environment light. |
| Creates a new 3Delight set to define object attribute overrides.The The objects in the current Maya selection become members of this set. |
| Creates a new 3Delight Open VDB shape assigned to a new 3Delight Open VDB shader. |
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The following buttons can be used to create and assign new materials.a new material and assign it to the objects in the current Maya selection.
Right-clicking on the buttons will show an Assign Existing: menu listing all existing materials of the type specified by the button. Choosing one will assign it to the objects in the Maya selection
| Creates and assigns a new 3Delight Material and assigns it to the objects in the current Maya selection. |
| Creates and assigns a new 3Delight Skin material and assigns it to the objects in the current Maya selection. |
| Creates and assigns a new 3Delight Hair and Fur material and assigns it to the objects in the current Maya selection material. |
| Creates and assigns a new 3Delight Metal material and assigns it to the objects in the current Maya selection. |
| Creates and assigns a new 3Delight Glass material and assigns it to the objects in the current Maya selection material. |
| Creates and assigns a new 3Delight Substance material and assigns it to the objects in the current Maya selection material. |
| Creates and assigns a new 3Delight Layered Material and assigns it to the objects in the current Maya selection. |
