- Radeon ProRender SDK
- Downloading and Getting Started
- How to Use RPR SDK
- Data Types
- Data Structs
- Info and Setting Types
- rpr_aa_filter
- rpr_aov
- rpr_api_version
- rpr_bool
- rpr_buffer_element_type
- rpr_buffer_info
- rpr_camera_info
- rpr_camera_mode
- rpr_color_space
- rpr_component_type
- rpr_composite_info
- rpr_composite_type
- rpr_context_info
- rpr_context_sampler_type
- rpr_context_properties
- rpr_creation_flags
- rpr_curve_parameter
- rpr_environment_override
- rpr_framebuffer_info
- rpr_grid_indices_topology
- rpr_grid_parameter
- rpr_hetero_volume_filter
- rpr_hetero_volume_indices_topology
- rpr_hetero_volume_parameter
- rpr_image_filter_type
- rpr_image_info
- rpr_image_wrap_type
- rpr_instance_info
- rpr_light_info
- rpr_light_type
- rpr_lut_info
- rpr_material_node_arithmetic_operation
- rpr_material_node_info
- rpr_material_node_input
- rpr_material_node_input_info
- rpr_material_node_input_type
- rpr_material_node_lookup_value
- rpr_material_node_transform_op
- rpr_material_node_type
- rpr_material_node_uvtype_value
- rpr_material_system_info
- rpr_mesh_info
- rpr_object_info
- rpr_parameter_info
- rpr_parameter_type
- rpr_post_effect_info
- rpr_post_effect_type
- rpr_render_mode
- rpr_scene_info
- rpr_shape_info
- rpr_shape_type
- rpr_status
- rpr_subdiv_boundary_interfop_type
- rpr_tonemapping_operator
- rpr_ubermaterial_emission_mode
- rpr_ubermaterial_ior_mode
- rpr_volume_type
- Shaders
- rpr_material_node_add
- rpr_material_node_ao_map
- rpr_material_node_arithmetic
- rpr_material_node_blend
- rpr_material_node_blend_value
- rpr_material_node_buffer_sampler
- rpr_material_node_bump_map
- rpr_material_node_checker_texture
- rpr_material_node_constant_texture
- rpr_material_node_diffuse
- rpr_material_node_diffuse_refraction
- rpr_material_node_dot_texture
- rpr_material_node_emissive
- rpr_material_node_fresnel
- rpr_material_node_fresnel_schlick
- rpr_material_node_gradient_texture
- rpr_material_node_image_texture
- rpr_material_node_input_lookup
- rpr_material_node_microfacet
- rpr_material_node_microfacet_anisotropic_reflection
- rpr_material_node_microfacet_anisotropic_refraction
- rpr_material_node_microfacet_beckmann
- rpr_material_node_microfacet_refraction
- rpr_material_node_noise2d_texture
- rpr_material_node_normal_map
- rpr_material_node_orennayar
- rpr_material_node_passthrough
- rpr_material_node_phong
- rpr_material_node_reflection
- rpr_material_node_refraction
- rpr_material_node_transparent
- rpr_material_node_twosided
- rpr_material_node_uv_procedural
- rpr_material_node_uv_triplanar
- rpr_material_node_volume
- rpr_material_node_ward
- Tutorials
- Basic Scene Demo
- Context Creation
- Scene Creation
- Camera Setup
- Mesh Creation
- Instance Creation
- Deformation Motion Blur
- Point Light Creation
- Emissive Shape Creation
- Environment Light Creation
- Textured Material Creation
- Materials Demo
- Uber Material Creation
- SSS Uber Material Creation
- Two Sided Materials
- Tiled Rendering
- AOVs Setting
- Framebuffer Access
- OpenGL Interop
- Gamma Post Process Effect
- Curve Creation
- Import/Export
- Shadow Catcher
- Adaptive Sampling
- Tracing
- Parameters Enumeration
- Volume
- Hybrid
- Mesh Obj
- API Reference
- rprBufferGetInfo
- rprCameraGetInfo
- rprCameraLookAt
- rprCameraSetAngularMotion
- rprCameraSetApertureBlades
- rprCameraSetExposure
- rprCameraSetFarPlane
- rprCameraSetFocalLength
- rprCameraSetFocalTilt
- rprCameraSetFocusDistance
- rprCameraSetFStop
- rprCameraSetIPD
- rprCameraSetLensShift
- rprCameraSetLinearMotion
- rprCameraSetMode
- rprCameraSetNearPlane
- rprCameraSetOrthoHeight
- rprCameraSetOrthoWidth
- rprCameraSetSensorSize
- rprCameraSetTiltCorrection
- rprCameraSetTransform
- rprCompositeCompute
- rprCompositeGetInfo
- rprCompositeSetInput1u
- rprCompositeSetInput4f
- rprCompositeSetInputC
- rprCompositeSetInputFb
- rprCompositeSetInputLUT
- rprCompositeSetInputOp
- rprContextAbortRender
- rprContextAttachPostEffect
- rprContextAttachRenderLayer
- rprContextClearMemory
- rprContextCreateBuffer
- rprContextCreateCamera
- rprContextCreateComposite
- rprContextCreateCurve
- rprContextCreateDirectionalLight
- rprContextCreateDiskLight
- rprContextCreateEnvironmentLight
- rprContextCreateFrameBuffer
- rprContextCreateFramebufferFromGLTexture2D
- rprContextCreateGrid
- rprContextCreateHeteroVolume
- rprContextCreateIESLight
- rprContextCreateImage
- rprContextCreateImageFromFile
- rprContextCreateImageFromFileMemory
- rprContextCreateInstance
- rprContextCreateLUTFromData
- rprContextCreateLUTFromFile
- rprContextCreateMaterialSystem
- rprContextCreateMesh
- rprContextCreateMeshEx
- rprContextCreateMeshEx2
- rprContextCreatePointLight
- rprContextCreatePostEffect
- rprContextCreateScene
- rprContextCreateSkyLight
- rprContextCreateSphereLight
- rprContextCreateSpotLight
- rprContextDetachPostEffect
- rprContextDetachRenderLayer
- rprContextGetAOV
- rprContextGetAttachedPostEffect
- rprContextGetAttachedPostEffectCount
- rprContextGetInfo
- rprContextGetParameterInfo
- rprContextGetScene
- rprContextRender
- rprContextRenderTile
- rprContextResolveFrameBuffer
- rprContextSetActivePlugin
- rprContextSetAOV
- rprContextSetAOVindexLookup
- rprContextSetAOVindicesLookup
- rprContextSetParameterByKey1f
- rprContextSetParameterByKey1u
- rprContextSetParameterByKey3f
- rprContextSetParameterByKey4f
- rprContextSetParameterByKeyPtr
- rprContextSetParameterByKeyString
- rprContextSetParameterString
- rprContextSetScene
- rprCreateContext
- rprCurveGetInfo
- rprCurveSetMaterial
- rprCurveSetTransform
- rprCurveSetVisibility
- rprCurveSetVisibilityFlag
- rprDirectionalLightSetRadiantPower3f
- rprDirectionalLightSetShadowSoftnessAngle
- rprDiskLightSetAngle
- rprDiskLightSetRadiantPower3f
- rprDiskLightSetRadius
- rprEnvironmentLightAttachPortal
- rprEnvironmentLightDetachPortal
- rprEnvironmentLightGetEnvironmentLightOverride
- rprEnvironmentLightSetEnvironmentLightOverride
- rprEnvironmentLightSetImage
- rprEnvironmentLightSetIntensityScale
- rprFrameBufferClear
- rprFrameBufferFillWithColor
- rprFrameBufferGetInfo
- rprFrameBufferSaveToFile
- rprFrameBufferSaveToFileEx
- rprFrameBufferSetLPE
- rprGridGetInfo
- rprHeteroVolumeGetInfo
- rprHeteroVolumeSetAlbedo
- rprHeteroVolumeSetAlbedoGrid
- rprHeteroVolumeSetAlbedoLookup
- rprHeteroVolumeSetAlbedoScale
- rprHeteroVolumeSetDensityGrid
- rprHeteroVolumeSetDensityLookup
- rprHeteroVolumeSetDensityScale
- rprHeteroVolumeSetEmission
- rprHeteroVolumeSetEmissionGrid
- rprHeteroVolumeSetEmissionLookup
- rprHeteroVolumeSetEmissionScale
- rprHeteroVolumeSetFilter
- rprHeteroVolumeSetTransform
- rprIESLightSetImageFromFile
- rprIESLightSetImageFromIESdata
- rprIESLightSetRadiantPower3f
- rprImageGetInfo
- rprImageSetFilter
- rprImageSetGamma
- rprImageSetInternalCompression
- rprImageSetMipmapEnabled
- rprImageSetOcioColorspace
- rprImageSetUDIM
- rprImageSetWrap
- rprInstanceGetBaseShape
- rprLightGetInfo
- rprLightSetGroupId
- rprLightSetTransform
- rprMaterialNodeGetInfo
- rprMaterialNodeGetInputInfo
- rprMaterialNodeSetID
- rprMaterialNodeSetInputBufferDataByKey
- rprMaterialNodeSetInputFByKey
- rprMaterialNodeSetInputImageDataByKey
- rprMaterialNodeSetInputNByKey
- rprMaterialNodeSetInputUByKey
- rprMaterialSystemCreateNode
- rprMaterialSystemGetInfo
- rprMaterialSystemGetSize
- rprMeshGetInfo
- rprObjectDelete
- rprObjectSetName
- rprPointLightSetRadiantPower3f
- rprPostEffectGetInfo
- rprPostEffectSetParameter1f
- rprPostEffectSetParameter1u
- rprPostEffectSetParameter3f
- rprPostEffectSetParameter4f
- rprRegisterPlugin
- rprSceneAttachCurve
- rprSceneAttachHeteroVolume
- rprSceneAttachLight
- rprSceneAttachShape
- rprSceneClear
- rprSceneDetachCurve
- rprSceneDetachHeteroVolume
- rprSceneDetachLight
- rprSceneDetachShape
- rprSceneGetBackgroundImage
- rprSceneGetCamera
- rprSceneGetCameraRight
- rprSceneGetEnvironmentLight
- rprSceneGetInfo
- rprSceneSetBackgroundImage
- rprSceneSetCamera
- rprSceneSetCameraRight
- rprSceneSetEnvironmentLight
- rprShapeAttachRenderLayer
- rprShapeAutoAdaptSubdivisionFactor
- rprShapeDetachRenderLayer
- rprShapeGetInfo
- rprShapeMarkStatic
- rprShapeSetAngularMotion
- rprShapeSetContourIgnore
- rprShapeSetDisplacementMaterial
- rprShapeSetDisplacementScale
- rprShapeSetHeteroVolume
- rprShapeSetLayerMask
- rprShapeSetLightGroupID
- rprShapeSetLinearMotion
- rprShapeSetMaterial
- rprShapeSetMaterialFaces
- rprShapeSetMotionTransform
- rprShapeSetMotionTransformCount
- rprShapeSetObjectGroupID
- rprShapeSetObjectID
- rprShapeSetScaleMotion
- rprShapeSetReflectionCatcher
- rprShapeSetShadowCatcher
- rprShapeSetSubdivisionAutoRatioCap
- rprShapeSetSubdivisionBoundaryInterop
- rprShapeSetSubdivisionCreaseWeight
- rprShapeSetSubdivisionFactor
- rprShapeSetTransform
- rprShapeSetVertexValue
- rprShapeSetVisibility
- rprShapeSetVisibilityFlag
- rprShapeSetVisibilityInSpecular
- rprShapeSetVolumeMaterial
- rprSkyLightAttachPortal
- rprSkyLightDetachPortal
- rprSkyLightSetAlbedo
- rprSkyLightSetDirection
- rprSkyLightSetScale
- rprSkyLightSetTurbidity
- rprSphereLightSetRadiantPower3f
- rprSphereLightSetRadius
- rprSpotLightSetConeShape
- rprSpotLightSetImage
- rprSpotLightSetRadiantPower3f
- Transitioning from RPR 1.X to 2.0
- Radeon Image Filters
- Basic Example
- Filters
- ACES filmic tone mapping filter
- AI custom model filter
- AI denoiser filter
- AI upscale filter
- Auto linear tone mapping filter
- BGRA TO RGBA conversion filter
- Bilateral denoiser filter
- Binary operation filter
- Bloom filter
- Color space changing filter
- Convert filter
- Depth of field filter
- Dilate (erode) filter
- Drago tone mapping filter
- Dynamic resampling filter
- Edge-avoiding À-Trous wavelet filter
- Emboss filter
- Exponential tone mapping filter
- Filmic uncharted tone mapping filter
- Gamma correction filter
- Gaussian blurring filter
- Horizontal flip filter
- Hue-saturation changing filter
- Laplace edge detection filter
- Linear photographic tone mapping filter
- Linear tone mapping filter
- Local weighted regression filter
- Max-white tone mapping filter
- Median denoiser filter
- Morphological antialiasing filter
- Motion blur filter
- Motion buffer filter
- Multiplication filter
- NDC depth filter
- Photographic tone mapping filter
- Posterization filter
- Range remap filter
- Reinhard tone mapping filter
- Resampling filter
- RGB noise filter
- Rotation filter
- Sharpen filter
- Sobel edge detection filter
- Spread filter
- Temporal accumulation filter
- User defined filter
- Vertical flip filter
- Weighted sum filter
- Combining Filters
- Data Types
- Data Structs
- Info and Setting Types
- API Reference
- rifCommandQueueAttachImageFilter
- rifCommandQueueAttachImageFilterRect
- rifCommandQueueDetachImageFilter
- rifContextCreateCommandQueue
- rifContextCreateImage
- rifContextCreateImageFilter
- rifContextCreateImageFromDirectX11Buffer
- rifContextCreateImageFromDirectX11Texture
- rifContextCreateImageFromDirectX12Memory
- rifContextCreateImageFromMetalMemory
- rifContextCreateImageFromOpenClMemory
- rifContextCreateImageFromOpenGlTexture
- rifContextExecuteCommandQueue
- rifContextGetDeviceInfo
- rifContextGetInfo
- rifContextSetInfo
- rifCreateContext
- rifCreateContextFromDirectX12Context
- rifCreateContextFromMetalContext
- rifCreateContextFromOpenClContext
- rifCreateOpenCLContextSharedWithDirectX11
- rifFlushQueue
- rifGetDeviceCount
- rifGetErrorCodeDescription
- rifGetErrorCodeString
- rifGetLastErrorMessage
- rifImageFilterClearParameterImage
- rifImageFilterGetInfo
- rifImageFilterSetComputeType
- rifImageFilterSetParameter1f
- rifImageFilterSetParameter1i
- rifImageFilterSetParameter1u
- rifImageFilterSetParameter2f
- rifImageFilterSetParameter2i
- rifImageFilterSetParameter2u
- rifImageFilterSetParameter3f
- rifImageFilterSetParameter3i
- rifImageFilterSetParameter3u
- rifImageFilterSetParameter4f
- rifImageFilterSetParameter4i
- rifImageFilterSetParameter4u
- rifImageFilterSetParameter8f
- rifImageFilterSetParameter8i
- rifImageFilterSetParameter8u
- rifImageFilterSetParameter16f
- rifImageFilterSetParameter16i
- rifImageFilterSetParameter16u
- rifImageFilterSetParameterFloatArray
- rifImageFilterSetParameterImage
- rifImageFilterSetParameterImageArray
- rifImageFilterSetParameterString
- rifImageGetInfo
- rifImageMap
- rifImageUnmap
- rifObjectDelete
- rifParameterGetInfo
- rifSyncronizeQueue
- Tracing
- Radeon Machine Learning
- Examples
- Data Types
- Data Structs
- rml_context
- rml_context_params
- rml_graph
- rml_memory_info
- rml_model
- rml_op
- rml_op_batch_norm_params
- rml_op_bias_add_params
- rml_op_binary_params
- rml_op_cast_params
- rml_op_celu_params
- rml_op_clip_params
- rml_op_concat_params
- rml_op_const_params
- rml_op_conv_2d_params
- rml_op_conv_2d_transpose_params
- rml_op_desc
- rml_op_depth_to_space_params
- rml_op_elu_params
- rml_op_flatten_params
- rml_op_gemm_params
- rml_op_leaky_relu_params
- rml_op_local_response_norm_params
- rml_op_pad_params
- rml_op_placeholder_params
- rml_op_pool_2d_params
- rml_op_pool_2d_global_params
- rml_op_port_params
- rml_op_pow_params
- rml_op_quantize_linear_params
- rml_op_reduce_params
- rml_op_resize_2d_params
- rml_op_reshape_params
- rml_op_round_params
- rml_op_selu_params
- rml_op_slice_params
- rml_op_space_to_depth_params
- rml_op_squeeze_params
- rml_op_stack_params
- rml_op_thresholded_relu_params
- rml_op_top_k_params
- rml_op_transpose_params
- rml_op_unary_params
- rml_op_unsqueeze_params
- rml_size_2d
- rml_strings
- rml_tensor
- rml_tensor_info
- Info and Setting Types
- API Reference
- rmlConnectGraphs
- rmlCreateContextFromClQueue
- rmlCreateContextFromD3DQueue
- rmlCreateContextFromMTLQueue
- rmlCreateDefaultContext
- rmlCreateGraph
- rmlCreateModelFromGraph
- rmlCreateOperation
- rmlCreateTensor
- rmlCreateTensorFromClBuffer
- rmlCreateTensorFromD3DResource
- rmlCreateTensorFromMTLBuffer
- rmlGetClBufferFromTensor
- rmlGetD3DResourceFromTensor
- rmlGetGraphInputNames
- rmlGetGraphOutputNames
- rmlGetLastError
- rmlGetMTLBufferFromTensor
- rmlGetModelInputInfo
- rmlGetModelMemoryInfo
- rmlGetModelOutputInfo
- rmlGetTensorInfo
- rmlInfer
- rmlLoadGraph
- rmlLoadGraphFromBuffer
- rmlLoadGraphFromFile
- rmlMapTensor
- rmlPrepareModel
- rmlReleaseContext
- rmlReleaseGraph
- rmlReleaseModel
- rmlReleaseTensor
- rmlResetModelStates
- rmlSetD3DCommandList
- rmlSetDMLFloat16Allowed
- rmlSetLoggingEnabled
- rmlSetMIOpenAutoTuningOn
- rmlSetModelInput
- rmlSetModelInputInfo
- rmlSetModelOutput
- rmlSetModelOutputNames
- rmlSetNumD3DCommandLists
- rmlUnmapTensor
- RadeonRays
- Examples
- Data Types
- Data Structs
- Info and Setting Types
- API Reference
- rrAllocateAccelerationStructureDevicePtr
- rrAllocateCommandStream
- rrAllocateDeviceBuffer
- rrCmdBuildGeometry
- rrCmdBuildScene
- rrCmdIntersect
- rrCreateContext
- rrCreateContextDX
- rrCreateContextMTL
- rrCreateContextVk
- rrCreateGroupMPS
- rrDestroyContext
- rrGetCommandStreamFromD3D12CommandList
- rrGetCommandStreamFromMTLCommandBuffer
- rrGetCommandStreamFromVkCommandBuffer
- rrGetDevicePtrFromBuffer
- rrGetDevicePtrFromD3D12Resource
- rrGetDevicePtrFromMTLResource
- rrGetDevicePtrFromVkBuffer
- rrGetGeometryBuildMemoryRequirements
- rrGetSceneBuildMemoryRequirements
- rrGetTraceMemoryRequirements
- rrMapDevicePtr
- rrReleaseCommandStream
- rrReleaseDevicePtr
- rrReleaseEvent
- rrReleaseExternalCommandStream
- rrSetLogFile
- rrSetLogLevel
- rrSubmitCommandStream
- rrUnmapDevicePtr
- rrWaitEvent
- Uber Shader
- Radeon ProRender Plug-ins
- Material Library
- Blender
- Maya
- 3ds Max
- Unreal Engine
- Houdini
- Inventor
- USD Hydra Delegate
Starting an RPR Viewer Session with a Live Inventor Connection¶
This is how most users will use the Radeon ProRender plug-in for Inventor. Clicking this option will launch RPR Viewer and connect it to Autodesk Inventor. There are differences in how this works depending on the version of the host software:
- for Inventor 2022, the selected Inventor assembly will be exported into USD in the background and sent to the RPR Viewer application. Any changes to the assembly will be updated in RPR Viewer, and users can switch to RPR Viewer to apply materials, lighting and export renders;
- for Inventor 2021, the scene that is currently opened will be exported.
To start this live connection, simply click the Start RPR Viewer button, and:
- for Inventor 2022, the current scene will be opened after clicking the Start RPR Viewer button. A live link of data for Autodesk Inventor 2022 users will update the Viewer live to changes of your Inventor assembly. Please see the illustration below;
- Autodesk Inventor 2021 users can use the RPR Viewer application, but the live link to get model updates from Inventor will not function.

It may take a few seconds while RPR Viewer launches and the assembly data is exported into it. Please note that when run for the first time after installation, RPR Viewer may take a minute to start rendering. This is due to it compiling GPU kernels to run in OpenCL.