--- title: "RenderMan Shelf" canonical: "https://rmanwiki-26.pixar.com/space/RFM26/21037096/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://deb92d6b-3924-4388-895f-cd75c0fb8de4) ### Rendering | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://409b83d7-fb17-4224-b5ff-4d204db2a8a1) | ![image](media://d182b66b-065d-46c7-93a9-0df5ee6ed289) | Start a preview render. | | ![image](media://336d5c89-c11f-4759-b8b6-e2778b6ed952) | ![image](media://25ce188f-da37-415f-ab21-7235712fa963) | Start interactive preview rendering. Choose the camera to render from.
Also render only selected objects (this selection also applies to
preview rendering) | | ![image](media://b1665d08-96e6-43b5-b3d2-9c1e66c5c781) | | Open the [Image Tool](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFM26/pages/21037130), 'It' | | ![image](media://3628459b-6a86-46e2-ac8f-f516596a8daf) | | Open the Localqueue render manager | --- ### Lighting | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://dfab5649-9d7d-4368-a30f-ad10d07fd3cf) | ![image](media://41b4090b-7485-46c0-a575-7d57c0171587) | Create a new [light](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFM26/pages/21037106).
Auto-place lights allows lights to be created at the selected object
in the viewport instead of the origin. | | ![image](media://b2935912-1822-4410-8955-ebdefc8acb7a) | ![image](media://9b4186ef-9015-4482-af0f-bd3f611f8bda) | 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://957ca3e3-1bc3-4249-9e64-3b6553dd0836) | | Make the selected geometry into a [mesh light](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661735). | | ![image](media://50089118-02ea-4beb-8948-b43f073fae25) | ![image](media://c6a6eb28-7439-4c13-a3de-a809b196e12a) | 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://6fb6c8f9-30a5-41f8-b582-0c3123249f3d) | ![image](media://52dcd794-45c7-409a-9320-342c64f267af) | Create a surface and attach it to the selected geometry | | ![image](media://958fa466-cf38-4107-99f1-b6e579a1cd2d) | ![image](media://1489df0c-5511-47df-9fb4-5b1bb7d1fa60) | Create a [PxrVolume](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN26/pages/19661555) or an OpenVDB Visualizer. | | ![image](media://a01fe0fd-9bcd-41e0-903b-d6002811cd65) | ![image](media://2a5464c7-4628-4065-868e-c7fdaa1d6c51) | Create a holdout from the selected geometry | | ![image](media://a325cf02-2ad0-44cc-8f36-91aa0a13e268) | ![image](media://e45ee881-c6f8-4f18-a538-02d2225436ff) | Stylized Looks | --- ### Archive / Texture / Statistics | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://e3dff99d-62ce-4dae-8867-aa83d511de4e) | ![image](media://964a93ad-2f8a-483e-8b63-0b94f62ea652) | Create a RenderMan Archive | | ![image](media://f2df9463-8973-4216-9c8f-71c41ba45dc4) | | Open the Dynamic Shader Binding editor | | ![image](media://8a618c1d-9a4c-47cd-b657-7c916896f9f7) | | Open the Texture Manager | | ![image](media://5c57875a-1467-4fa9-8dfc-704eb864df35) | | Open the [Preset Browser](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFM26/pages/21037167) | | ![image](media://f034c042-2b2e-4df7-af44-e55d798da61f) | | Live Statistics | | ![image](media://5babefda-3324-4cf3-a72b-6bfaa92cc985) | | View statistics for the last render | --- ### Plugin / Help | **Button** | **Menu** | **Description** | | --- | --- | --- | | ![image](media://05a6120d-0dfd-4632-ae86-d63d586749df) | | Load the RenderMan for Maya plug-in | | ![image](media://441265b8-bb8d-4170-93bd-d25cff7a6745) | | Open the RenderMan documentation in a web browser |