Install mental ray renderer

Enable mental ray scene rendering on a computer where Maya is installed.

The Maya installation directory contains an installer for mental ray renderer. This version of mental ray is used only for local rendering on the same computer as Maya.

To run mental ray locally

1. Install mental ray renderer, using the installer.
2. In Maya, select Windows > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager.
3. In Plug-in Manager, set Mayatomr.mll to Autoload.

After the Mayatomr.mll plug-in is enabled, and Maya restarted, mental ray appears on the Maya submenu Render > Render using.