#7 Maya For Beginners – Rendering With Mentalray a Cartoon House Tutorial 1080p HD
Mental Ray is Missing in Maya 2016 – Can’t find Mental Ray
Mental Ray Plugin Needs to be downloaded from Autodesk separately. It is not included in the download.
1. Download it here. http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/downloads/caas/downloads/content/mental-ray-plugin-for-maya-2016.html
2. Close Maya and Reopen Maya
3. Window – Settings/Preferences – Plug-in Manager
4. Scroll to the bottom of the Plug-in Manager
5. Find Mayatomr.mll and Place a check in Loaded and Auto Load
6. Click the X in the upper right to close. No need to save.