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title: "RenderMan Shelf.mobile.phone"
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RenderMan Shelf

![image](media://05c2046c-d42a-45fc-a28a-1ac0fb57f668)

RenderMan for Houdini provides its own shelf with shortcuts for many of the most basic and useful features.


| **Tool** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| ![image](media://207edd88-6c44-4db7-911a-7e6286284fdd) | Start Render |
| ![image](media://7ed026bb-b7b3-4e0c-8df9-5788455b14ff) | Stop Render |
| ![image](media://01bf9afe-d4d7-48b8-84e4-d6d65f4b26e1) | Open Image Tool (it) |
| ![image](media://56db91f9-9b5a-4356-b4c9-e849691a5f27) | Create RenderMan ROP along with a PxrPathTracer Integrator and a path to /cam1 (camera not automatically created) |
| ![image](media://76e70f13-d922-4aaf-942f-f4d7682f0fa4) | Add Parameters to selected OBJ, useful for quickly adding valid RenderMan parameters |
| ![image](media://f987b13c-10d7-4ef8-bd20-6a22dfe24b4b) | Make selected objects a [holdout](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561521) object |
| ![image](media://bf7d226e-55a1-4cab-906c-92465311dd9d) | Create a [PxrSurface](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561509) VOP and assign to the OBJ |
| ![image](media://018bc606-d8f0-465a-8431-9fd2188fb132) | Create a [PxrRectLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561449) OBJ |
| ![image](media://37f5e16a-4248-43a4-a584-32e2342b80f1) | Create a [PxrDiskLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561447) OBJ |
| ![image](media://140613f2-262c-465a-9ed6-6c8c3b9026f8) | Create a  [PxrSphereLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561507)  OBJ |
| ![image](media://bb3a4e37-51bc-4df1-9bdd-daf9623b2710) | Create a [PxrCylinderLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN/pages/19859354) OBJ |
| ![image](media://e7b432fc-edf3-4a89-bfdd-d5b4685e7fa4) | Create a  [PxrMeshLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561513)  OBJ for the selected OBJ |
| ![image](media://ade2e471-2053-416e-9d52-9f5b06bd329a) | Create Volume Light setup for the selected Volume OBJ |
| ![image](media://767d1dc9-9e86-459b-b746-a7a81871b118) | Create a  [PxrDomeLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561464)  OBJ |
| ![image](media://35085d83-20cf-4229-a964-de289577fc22) | Create a  [PxrPortalLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561499)  OBJ |
| ![image](media://b68c70b0-2270-44f2-ac34-e8d574a77e18) | Create a  [PxrEnvDayLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561443)  OBJ |
| ![image](media://284b61b3-9e44-4832-9576-f53eb2fe231c) | Create a  [PxrDistantLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561466)  OBJ |
| ![image](media://d103690a-b6ce-4083-9460-14b01159a8a4) | Create a  [PxrAOVLight](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN20/pages/21561710)  OBJ |