--- title: "RenderMan Shelf" canonical: "https://rmanwiki-27.pixar.com/space/RFM27/544538944/RenderMan%20Shelf" format: markdown --- RenderMan for Maya provides its own shelf with shortcuts for many of the most basic and useful features of the plugin. ![image](media://d90e1211-c4b5-416f-868e-579c32ad69af) ### Rendering | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://034f8c02-f4d6-479f-a00e-84d59245b3f0) | ![image](media://04e323f5-9e68-4f6b-8b72-c4c813b4c939) | Start a preview render. | | ![image](media://140f6ee2-7f57-497e-8cbb-e9fbd41c4712) | ![image](media://f0e2ee0b-3fa3-43bd-a4de-e214aa89e02e) | Start interactive preview rendering. Choose the camera to render from.
Also render only selected objects (this selection also applies to
preview rendering) | | ![image](media://93bd46c2-e588-4fb4-ba99-00ad329600fd) | | Open the [Image Tool](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFM27/pages/544543137), 'It' | | ![image](media://ab6edd66-8e9e-47f1-b68d-cf08b38bb920) | | Open the Localqueue render manager | --- ### Lighting | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://c79a7c85-8930-4135-8d63-d42fc808b0e3) | ![image](media://8f26fda3-3197-4b27-ac00-fb544f473ece) | Create a new [light](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFM27/pages/544541369).
Auto-place lights allows lights to be created at the selected object
in the viewport instead of the origin. | | ![image](media://9c762578-ec9d-4464-9516-91bb2778ec73) | ![image](media://326608e3-63d2-4398-b346-0bb95de0e4d2) | Create a new [dome](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661747), [portal](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661743) or [day light](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661749). | | ![image](media://c997b6fc-15ad-4302-939f-32956d3169c8) | | Make the selected geometry into a [mesh light](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661735). | | ![image](media://697b0b13-3bc6-460e-a615-03f4ee93e3cf) | ![image](media://6d9075e6-a738-48c7-9211-8b1ca58ab4c7) | Create a [light filter](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661491) and attach it to selected lights | --- ### Shading | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://d0b7d39d-b586-480d-b9e0-d1f53e7be698) | ![image](media://fd643071-d1a0-45d9-856f-50d7f1686ae3) | Create a surface and attach it to the selected geometry | | ![image](media://fda1b7f5-1082-4359-ab25-5065df846a37) | ![image](media://4b9ec197-db51-4dd4-a458-e8cdb92fa662) | Create a [PxrVolume](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661555) or an OpenVDB Visualizer. | | ![image](media://6895f787-f889-4b85-8577-414aa2e8a4bc) | ![image](media://8a6a57ef-c23d-4d79-bee1-3aee01525aed) | Create a holdout from the selected geometry | | ![image](media://dfb7ae33-6ed1-4c43-aac5-8d7448c08fe3) | ![image](media://04bc7f46-9686-4d69-93a8-5b8de2ad6cb0) | Stylized Looks | --- ### Archive / Texture / Statistics | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://59d5afff-b050-494d-9994-9aa4e6408a42) | ![image](media://b4568125-46bf-4d64-b400-132e4c90618d) | Create a RenderMan Archive | | ![image](media://4c0ff233-c814-490c-af3c-cadbcc234161) | | Open the Dynamic Shader Binding editor | | ![image](media://00b7538b-1f3d-4de0-99a7-284bd377582d) | | Open the Texture Manager | | ![image](media://5a94d89f-92dd-4387-816f-e18e6ff20305) | | Open the [Preset Browser](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFM27/pages/544539564) | | ![image](media://4fbaaa23-38b1-4904-86d3-3d9acd9236fd) | | Live Statistics | | ![image](media://6c05d7f2-2495-426a-9cad-84de0c4e01b1) | | View statistics for the last render | --- ### Plugin / Help | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://7666034a-cd16-4ebe-8b82-7d8b15148f6e) | | Load the RenderMan for Maya plug-in | | ![image](media://71ca7473-d22b-41ae-b104-cd0993b1af68) | | Open the RenderMan documentation in a web browser |