V-Ray Standalone: Separate Executable Rendering Engine

Product Overview:

V-Ray Standalone is a separate executable rendering engine that provides visualization professionals the opportunity to render scenes and models without using third-party 3D applications. 

The Standalone application works only with .vrscene files and offers all V-Ray features independent of the 3D application.

• Key Features

V-Ray Standalone users can utilize the full set of features included in the V-Ray 2.x rendering system.

Note:
*Specific features are not supported when exporting a .vrscene file in 3ds Max - those include trace sets, light include/exclude, specific render settings and elements.

•  System Requirements
  • A SSE2 capable processor (Intel Pentium IV or later)
  • 2 GB RAM minimum
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP2 or higher), 32-bit or 64-bit versions
  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business (SP1 or higher), 32-bit or 64-bit versions
  • Microsoft® Windows 7® 32-bit or 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows 8® 32-bit or 64-bit
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.0 WS (64-bit) or newer
  • Apple® Mac OS® X 10.6.5 or higher (Snow Leopard)

?

Note:
V-Ray 2.x Standalone does not support GPU rendering on Apple® Mac OS®
The V-Ray framebuffer works only with 32-bit versions of V-Ray Standalone on Apple® Mac OS®

V-RAY STANDALONE IS INCLUDED WITH V-RAY RENDER NODE LICENSES

V-Ray Standalone is a full-featured command-line renderer that supports V-Ray’s native .vrscene file format.
V-Ray Standalone supports V-Ray's complete feature set including CPU & GPU rendering capabilities.

Additional notes:
Some features and third-party plugins cannot be exported to V-Ray Scene (.vrscene) files.
V-Ray Standalone does not currently support GPU rendering on Apple® Mac OS©.