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Welcome to V-Ray for 3ds Max’s official Courseware site. The goal of this courseware is to improve the level of knowledge of V-Ray among its users.
Downloading the scenes and assets for this courseware requires a free Chaos Group account.
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Courseware Highlights
Content Overview The courseware is based on the concept of learning cycles, a proven method for teaching adults. This concept splits each topic into three distinct cycles:
The courseware provides you with materials for each of the three cycles for every Topic:
Scenes and assets are packed into a project file. These must be downloaded together to ensure that all textures and other assets will load correctly. Topics covered by the coursewareUI & VFBThe lessons in this category provide an overview of V-Ray’s components, what they do, and where to find them in the interface.
Render EnginesThis section covers the two main rendering engines of V-Ray.
Sampling
Lighting
Global Illumination
Camera
Shading
Volumetrics
Dynamic Geometry
Render Elements
To use the scenes and assets provided you need to have 3ds Max and V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max installed. To get the scenes click here and wait for the download to complete. Once the download completes, extract the scenes into a folder of your choice. For example: C:\Coursware for V-Ray 3dsMax\ Start 3ds Max 2017 and go to Application Menu > Manage > Set Project Folder: Select the folder in which you extracted the zip file. For example: C:\Coursware for V-Ray 3dsMax\
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